A judge has proposed a nationwide programme to file down the points of kitchen knives as a solution to the country’s soaring knife crime epidemic.
Last week in his valedictory address, retiring Luton Crown Court Judge Nic Madge spoke of his concern that carrying a knife had become routine in some circles and called on the Government to ban the sale of large pointed kitchen knives.
[...] He said laws designed to reduce the availability of weapons to young would-be offenders had had “almost no effect”, since the vast majority had merely taken knives from a cutlery drawer.
[...] He asked: “But why we do need eight-inch or ten-inch kitchen knives with points?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @04:50AM (1 child)
The Monty Python 'self-defense against fruit' course is looking less and less like parody every day. Soon the Brits will only have bananas and passion fruit with which to defend themselves.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @12:24PM
No, no, no, you forget... in the interests of those poor unfortunates here with allergies, they'll be banned as well..
Can see The Sun headline now , Allergy Sufferer assaulted with peanuts..
The local 'disposable' weapon of choice in my part of the UK is the good old half brick [available everywhere] in a strong carrier bag..