British judge suggests rounded knives could reduce knife violence
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A British judge this month called for a ban on knifes with sharp points in an effort to decrease knife violence in the country.
Speaking at his retirement ceremony, Luton Crown Court Judge Nic Madge pointed out that knife crime rose 22 percent in England and Wales during 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics. Madge said that rounded kitchen knives instead of the common style of sharp-pointed knives could help assuage the problem because other policies to prevent knife violence have had little effect.
"A few of the blades carried by youths are so called 'Rambo knives' or samurai swords. They though are a very small minority," Madge said, according to the Telegraph . "The reason why these measures have little effect is that the vast majority of knives carried by youths are ordinary kitchen knives. Every kitchen contains lethal knives which are potential murder weapons."
According to the BBC , the British government has launched a £1.35 million ($1.8 million) advertising campaign to discourage youth from resorting to knife violence. The campaign tells true stories of victims of knife violence between the ages of 10 and 21.
"You will never get rid of stabbings. There have always been stabbings, there always will be stabbings," Madge said. "All I'm trying to do it to reduce the numbers killed."
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I wish he'd given his suggestions as to how people will be able to cut their steaks or peel an orange if sharp kitchen knives are banned.
When I cut a tomato I stab it and then slice it. Butter knives don't work.
You must really hate that tomato, LOL.
Until not that long ago, I'd only known a butter knife to be the small knife that we use to spread a pat of butter on a roll or piece of bread. I've since learned that other people identify a butter knife as what I've always called a dinner knife .
British have gone bat shit crazy like the loonies in the US.
when did this start getting worse? What changed about that time?
Shirley you are not implying that the influx of asylum seekers has added to the knife violence in London....?
For some I suppose it is easy to become absorbed and integrate into a gang life style … then to continue to struggle in trying to redirect their futures..
I was specifically struct by the young girls involved in the demeaning activities - it reminds me of the young girls and young women that catch flights to Turkey in order to become 'brides' of Daesh (something that I will never understand)
there are some who don't want to connect the dots
Agreed, one must seek knowledge in order to achieve in life .. yet for some/many, as the article you linked points out - they are achieving, in their minds at least, a level of power and recognition through control and dominance over others that are considered to be weaker.
There was a time that I paid closer attention to gangs and their mentalities … now not so much, yet after reading the article you linked, my curiosity has peaked regarding how gangs in America compare .. However I did watch a Frontline report on MS-13 .. which is a gang taken to a whole new level of power...
Do you recall the 'knock out game' of randomly sucker punching/cold cocking someone - it did not take a gang mentality to promote that disturbing action....
Refusing to / not wanting to connect the dots appears to be an acceptable form of denial.
I'm waiting for somebody here to suggest guns with slower bullets. Or maybe we can genetically modify ourselves to have fewer fingers to hold the knives.
This will solve the problem for sure. Damn, the Brits are genius, f--ing genius I tell ya. We need to be more like them sensible Europeans, I tell ya.
Why don't we try that in Chicago? South-central LA?... It can't hurt, and will "signal" our opposition to senseless violence.
That is genius level thinking. Why it's right up there with the new German plan to train refugees as truck drivers. Puting them in a big rig will give them a sense of purpose in life. What could go wrong, I mean think about it? No, seriously (LOL)
This judge must never have walked into a Bunnings (think Home Dedpot, Lowes). You know where things like grinders, files and honing stones can be purchased.,
You know where things like grinders, files and honing stones can be purchased.,
Screwdrivers as well.
Not to mention the finest English blade made, the Sheffield hook. I better stock up. I use 200 or so every year. American made hook blades suck. If I had a choice I would rather be attacked with a knife as opposed to someone with a hook-blade.
Next on the agenda is banning adult scissors only kid scissors will be allowed, but only with an open carry permit.
"A British judge this month called for a ban on knifes with sharp points in an effort to decrease knife violence in the country."
Ummmmmm…….."THAT WILL FUCKING WORK"....a JUDGE SAID SO ?
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My wife cut herself with a butter knife. I should call this.....IMPORTANT Judge...…... to sue the BUTTERY knife company for "Rounded Edge Syndrome" ?