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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   
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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• Re:Slice and dice Re:Slice and dice (Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Sunday June 03 2018, @09:47PM (1 child)

  by Fluffeh (954) on Sunday June 03 2018, @09:47PM (#688111) Journal

  But we don't believe no evolution hear. No.

  Oh... I see. Well clearly you would agree with me to say that our teeth were designed intelligently (see what I did there!) to be the most efficient at devouring and cutting through meat like the good lord intended for us to do.

  *sips coffee*

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• Re:Slice and dice (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday June 04 2018, @01:33PM

  by DannyB (5839) on Monday June 04 2018, @01:33PM (#688339) Journal

  :-)
  Heh, heh.

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  If you eat an entire cake without cutting it, you technically only had one piece.

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