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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: 1) by khallow on Saturday June 02 2018, @02:38AM

    by khallow (3766) on Saturday June 02 2018, @02:38AM (#687542) Journal

    and therefore completely missed that this new suggestion is not about dulling blades, but blunting points.

    Note the frequency of the words "stab" versus "slash". I also wrote:

    Knives on the other hand, are a very narrow and strong wedge. A normal human could generate enough force to stab someone with a knife, even if you took the edges and point completely off with a belt sander. Said judge is arguing is that one can dull a knife enough that there is a large reduction in the lethality of the knife. I don't buy that in the least. Maybe if the person were wearing thick, durable clothes (like a leather jacket or multiple layers of denim) or actual armor (like stab-resistant body armor), this would be relevant. But that's not the normal situation.

    I got this.