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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:First they come for the knives, then the abrasi Re:First they come for the knives, then the abrasi (Score: 2) by LVDOVICVS on Friday June 01 2018, @06:51PM (1 child)

  by LVDOVICVS (6131) on Friday June 01 2018, @06:51PM (#687384)

  I think if someone is a murderer, they should go to jail. I think that's worth the expense of their incarceration. Non-violent crimes and their sentences in another matter.

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• Re:First they come for the knives, then the abrasi (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday June 01 2018, @07:10PM

  by tangomargarine (667) on Friday June 01 2018, @07:10PM (#687391)

  You're moving the goalposts, bucko. Nobody is talking about murder; the topic is possessing sharp knives.

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