English Judge Says Solution to Knife Crime is to Remove the Point

Ammoland ^ | 3 June, 2018 | Dean Weingarten

[Deplorable American1776]

Is this from the Onion? I know it isn’t, but it sounds like it. I guess Liberals read the Onion to get their ideas. Sorry, Onion, you can’t make news up anymore, in a few year some Idiots (Dems in the USA, Liberal in the UK and other nanny state parties) might use it.

[Myrddin]

Yup. Edged weapons operate in thrust, slash and chop operations. The design will decide the optimal mode of use. The chop option requires significant mass.

[aquila48]

“Knives are easily made. Points are easily replaced on metal knives.”

Then you make sharpening wheels illegal.

[Myrddin]

Bricks and cement will suffice in a pinch for adhoc sharpening. Even a random rock from the garden.

[pabianice]

Similarly, the Brits are proposing that the tips of erect penises be removed. They are weapons of male domination, you know.

[Celtic Conservative]

Judge, have you ever heard of straight razors? So deadly, troops in the Normandy invasion liked to carry them in their boots as a backup. As a corrections officer of 25 years, let me tell you from personal experience, knives don’t need to be pointy to kill and maim.

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[ptsal]

Box cutters have also been effective tools in some crime situations.