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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?
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Knives are too Sharp and Filing Down their Points is Solution to Soaring Violent Crime, Judge Says
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 01 2018, @10:55AM (10 children)
Prison isn't going to deter a punk with a knife. You know what will though? The sound of a 12 gauge pump shotgun chambering a shell, a bright red dot on his hoodie, or getting a nice, close look at the rifling in the barrel of a .45.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Friday June 01 2018, @01:18PM (3 children)
I can play that sound on my mobile and shine a red pointer on his hoodie.
See? Why would you need guns for that?
(grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 01 2018, @02:02PM (2 children)
That actually is my SMS notification sound. Which is how I can say with authority that phone speakers don't do it justice.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 01 2018, @08:21PM (1 child)
Somehow this comes as a complete non-surprise...wonder why?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 01 2018, @11:33PM
It sounded like a hilarious idea inside my head. Out at Chili's having a few drinks and a burger, get a text, watch people's heads jerk around trying to find out WTF. I was really disappointed.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @01:28PM
i picture the punk with a wife-beater, not a hoodie.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @02:11PM (1 child)
Says all we need to know about TMB.
Where is Ralph Macchio when you need him?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 01 2018, @02:38PM
If you haven't watched the new show by that name, I highly recommend it. It made it into my top five shows of the past ten years by the first episode.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday June 01 2018, @03:45PM
I'm a believer in the rifling of a .45. Did you know that you can probably roll a watermelon down the barrel of a Thompson? Anyone who has ever stared down that .45 caliber barrel, uncertain whether it would be fired or not, will probably agree.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Saturday June 02 2018, @03:15PM (1 child)
You want the punk with the knife to get so close that he can see the pistol's rifling?
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Sunday June 03 2018, @01:59PM
No, this is why you need a larger caliber pistol.
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