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Knives are too Sharp and Filing Down their Points is Solution to Soaring Violent Crime, Judge Says

posted by martyb on Friday June 01 2018, @04:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the pointed-question dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/27/knives-sharp-filing-solution-soaring-violent-crime-judge-says/

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by wonkey_monkey on Friday June 01 2018, @07:44PM (4 children)

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Friday June 01 2018, @07:44PM (#687411) Homepage

    You're missing the point. Usng the word "if" in a hypothetical doesn't mean to imply it's plausible or even possible.

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  • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Saturday June 02 2018, @03:08PM (3 children)

    by Wootery (2341) on Saturday June 02 2018, @03:08PM (#687701)

    I just replied to tangomargarine who made the same point.

    • (Score: 2, Informative) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday June 03 2018, @12:16PM (2 children)

      by wonkey_monkey (279) on Sunday June 03 2018, @12:16PM (#687989) Homepage

      And you're still missing the point.

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      • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Wootery on Tuesday June 05 2018, @10:15AM (1 child)

        by Wootery (2341) on Tuesday June 05 2018, @10:15AM (#688793)

        So go ahead and make a point...