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: 2) by edIII on Friday June 01 2018, @05:08AM
To help you illustrate your point, people who fight with knives generally hold the blade parallel to their arm with the sharp side facing outwards. Then it is not so much stabbing as it is cutting and dragging a blade along the enemy's extremities, or slicing a tendon.
I think the judge needs to go watch some Steven Seagal movies or something :)
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