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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: 2) by AssCork on Friday June 01 2018, @01:40PM
Tisk, tisk.
A hammer is meant to multiply force proportional to the amount of energy expended to wield it.
A knife, being a wedge, is meant to separate things.
A fire arm is designed to deliver a metal fragment, at high speed, to it's intended target.
The skill of which is an olympic sport [wikipedia.org], no less.
Just popped-out of a tight spot. Came out mostly clean, too.