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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @03:29PM (2 children)
Racist! People can't help being muslim!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday June 01 2018, @05:48PM (1 child)
I hadn't thought about it in that way. No, a Muslim can't help being Muslim, because, if he quits, the rat bastards gang up and kill him!
(Score: 3, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 01 2018, @07:12PM
Nah, just move to southern California, pick up a Mexican accent, lose your proof of residency, and claim to be transwetback.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.