I sharpened a pencil this morning. Guess we will be out in the exercise yard together
Jon R.
I used a knife 5 times today, I guess that's life for me then.
Simon you really must grasp the fundamentals of mathematics, using the criteria that you quote, you would only get 50 years.
Correct interpretation of the facts is essential when compiling a cogent argument against knife use.
It won't though, will it.
Not only do I think this ban will be ineffective, I think the restriction on sales to under 18s is equally pointless.
If someone wants to stab someone and can't buy a knife anywhere - they'll open the top drawer in their mum's kitchen, or if they don't want it to be noticed, a friend's mum's kitchen and take one out, pocket it and away they go.
The ONLY people these bans affect in any significant way are legitimate knife users who will never use it to harm anyone other than their own dumb self when they slip and cut their hand (yep - I've been there too!)
Every scumbag on the face of the planet knows exactly where to get tools to stab people.
1> Mum's kitchen.
2> Dad's tool box.
It's so bloody obvious that this kind of action is absolutely transparent in being "seen to be doing something".
Of course - the damage it does to small businesses, be they hobby knifemakers or full time, will far outweigh any possible benefit.
The "if it saves just one life" argument is understandable, but fatally flawed at the most fundamental level.
Where does all this info. about kitchen knives come from?
Just thought I should point out that the "flick knife" Nicky Campbell was demonstrating on Watchdog was actually an assisted opener, or "semi-auto". These have been available to buy legally in the UK for years now (although this may have changed recently, not sure)
Except for 'ordinary household kitchen knives'
That's a direct quote from an eBay UK spokesmen following a Watchdog report into the sale of illegal knives on eBay.
So will this include tools and collectable legal knives...?