Kitchen knife ban!?
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Oh that is just brilliant =)
Long knives serve no purpse except as weapons? Tell that to anyone chef-trained
Could it be that the reason they are used in so many homicides is that it's the most common knife in households and it's near the hands of any domestic dispute?
I don't see any hooligans whipping out a Global knife on the street going "im gonna cut you ******!" anytime soon
Long knives serve no purpse except as weapons? Tell that to anyone chef-trained
Could it be that the reason they are used in so many homicides is that it's the most common knife in households and it's near the hands of any domestic dispute?
I don't see any hooligans whipping out a Global knife on the street going "im gonna cut you ******!" anytime soon
It does happen actually....
However, regardless of that, it's silly. Just silly.
Doesn't mean it wont happen though.
Like we all know how those hooded tops mug people and house break don't we?
However, regardless of that, it's silly. Just silly.
Doesn't mean it wont happen though.
Like we all know how those hooded tops mug people and house break don't we?
how many knfe incidents do NOT involve either drink or illegal drugs?
My guess is that it would be close to single figures
spin doctors at work here methinks
Tant
My guess is that it would be close to single figures
spin doctors at work here methinks
Tant
Spot on Tantalus.
As has been discussed in other threads (either here or on BB) banning knives, long bladed kitchen knives or otherwise, will not stop those intent on doing someone injury.
If kitchen knives were banned I'm sure most households will have screwdrivers, or other potentially dangerous items (hammers etc.)
The key word here is "potential". The item in question is not dangerous it the individual wielding it.
As has been discussed in other threads (either here or on BB) banning knives, long bladed kitchen knives or otherwise, will not stop those intent on doing someone injury.
If kitchen knives were banned I'm sure most households will have screwdrivers, or other potentially dangerous items (hammers etc.)
The key word here is "potential". The item in question is not dangerous it the individual wielding it.
If these big knives are responsible for 50% of stabbings, presumably the other 50% were caused by short knives...... I don't like the way this going.
Perhaps it's a clever ploy by the supermarkets to get us to buy our meat pre cut.
Perhaps it's a clever ploy by the supermarkets to get us to buy our meat pre cut.
Great Pebble said:
Yeah, there's a whole load of them near my old home that are a real problem. They keep ringing bells and praying on people, oops sorry that should read praying for people.
They call themselves "Benedictines" or something.....
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/330/7502/1221?ehom
The BMJ link it sends you to is "interesting"!
Knives and sharps are banned in prisons but they still get hold of stuff to use as weapons.
I am not sure if the statements used in these papers are to stir controversy but the problem being if a newspaper uses these quotes and pushes the idea the government may decide to "do something about this problem". Which invariably means 99% of the population get stopped from doing something,while the other 1% who are the problem ignore the laws anyway!
The BMJ link it sends you to is "interesting"!
I am not into knives, I use them as tools,I dont collect them and would in no way consider myself knowledgeble about the subject, but isn't a dagger a stilleto blade(a commando knife) which is a weapon rather than a tool(IMHO) and I have never seen one in kitchen.
Knives and sharps are banned in prisons but they still get hold of stuff to use as weapons.
I am not sure if the statements used in these papers are to stir controversy but the problem being if a newspaper uses these quotes and pushes the idea the government may decide to "do something about this problem". Which invariably means 99% of the population get stopped from doing something,while the other 1% who are the problem ignore the laws anyway!
Wait till all the stabbing turns into throat cutting, or they figure out that any idiot can sharpen a stick and use it to stab. So much for sharp cutting edges. Before you all know it, you will be tearing your food with tooth and claw.
If this goes into law, how will it affect your seemingly already shakey ability to carry a pointed knife for bushcrafting purposes?
If this goes into law, how will it affect your seemingly already shakey ability to carry a pointed knife for bushcrafting purposes?
I wonder how many people are killed each year by motor vehicles.
I wonder how many people are killed each year by mountain climbing.
I wonder how many people are killed each year by food poisoning.
Can you see where i'm going?
Maybe they should ban drink and drugs?
I wonder how many people are killed each year by mountain climbing.
I wonder how many people are killed each year by food poisoning.
Can you see where i'm going?
Maybe they should ban drink and drugs?
and big hills... you missed that one, unless it's a drug mountain, I can understand that...
Joules
Joules
If we claimed to be "Bushcraftii" and stated that our religion demanded the carrying of Large blade, small blade, saw, hatchet, SAK/multitool and kept them sharp. Do you reckon we'd get away with it?
aparrently more people die on the toilet than anywhere else
next most common is in bed
hmmmmmm
Tant
next most common is in bed
hmmmmmm
Tant
Banning something is a 'quick' fix and makes it look as though something is being done.
Serious shake ups in the legal system need to be made, not just banning everything.
No governmet will do anything too radical as that will lose them votes and the primary directive is to be re-elected.
Serious shake ups in the legal system need to be made, not just banning everything.
No governmet will do anything too radical as that will lose them votes and the primary directive is to be re-elected.
really it is just adding another unenforcable law to all the other laws that cannot be policed. They will only be able to do something after a crime has been commited - if they can leave their radars alone for five minutes....
I may just try and get some sense circulated around a nice big Xray department (LGI). It's not like the BMJ have anything to do with laws anyway so I really doubt this will take off.
Friends,
I think you're missing an important point here: this is not some idiot journalist or politician babbling, it is published in a prestigious medical journal by a Doctor !!! Have Drs. Hern & Beckett lost any touch with reality? That this "study" is so incredibly stupid and ridiculous doesn't make it any less dangerous, I'm afraid... Wouldn't a ban on locking folders have seemed just as stupid, a few years ago? How about now? I think that you (British citizens) should let the British Medical Journal know your thoughts on this matter, and get the support of any doctors you know. After all, in these troubled times, stupidity seems to be a contageous disease...
Sorry about the ranting,
Dimitris
I think you're missing an important point here: this is not some idiot journalist or politician babbling, it is published in a prestigious medical journal by a Doctor !!! Have Drs. Hern & Beckett lost any touch with reality? That this "study" is so incredibly stupid and ridiculous doesn't make it any less dangerous, I'm afraid... Wouldn't a ban on locking folders have seemed just as stupid, a few years ago? How about now? I think that you (British citizens) should let the British Medical Journal know your thoughts on this matter, and get the support of any doctors you know. After all, in these troubled times, stupidity seems to be a contageous disease...
Sorry about the ranting,
Dimitris
