{"id":14560,"date":"2018-04-18T00:07:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T07:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=14560"},"modified":"2018-04-20T00:46:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T07:46:28","slug":"banning-the-knife-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/04\/18\/banning-the-knife-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Banning the Knife in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inanimate objects to not cause crime. They are just a tool. In the U.K. banning guns had done nothing but led people to use other tools to commit crimes, from acid and trucks to pointed sticks and fruit, but primarily with knives and other sharp pointy objects. And now, some power people want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/840634\/Ban-kitchen-knives-pointed-doctor-deadly-knife-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban those knives<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Dr John Crichton, the new chairman of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, wants the sale of pointed kitchen knives to be banned to help reduce the number of fatal stabbings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;He said: &#8216;This is a public health measure and public health measures are always about society deciding on a self-imposed restriction for the public good.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oh, the irony, the English used to, as Freemen, keep and bear the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seax<\/a>, the not-so-proverbial long knife, after whom the Saxons derived their name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/elm_seax.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"749\" height=\"498\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/elm_seax.jpg 749w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/elm_seax-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Some people are a bit obsessed with dealing with inanimate objects rather than those who use them as weapons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UvlyQaJbJgs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So how do they get rid of stabby knives? By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/news\/uk\/riggi-doctor-make-kitchen-knives-blunt-tipped-1-3367501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mandating blunt tips<\/a> (presumably like those Kindergarten &#8220;safety scissors&#8221; that didn&#8217;t cut s**t). And yes, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/2009\/jun\/14\/anti-stab-knife-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-stab<\/a>&#8221; knives are actually a thing, with <a href=\"https:\/\/givemeliberty01.com\/tag\/cutlery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple designs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/design\/new-point-knives-a-safer-kitchen-knife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already being sold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But how will that stop other dangerous weapons, like pointed sticks and fruit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q-l8kRBQTsc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Even the freedom hating Mayor of London decides to opine with idiocy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife. Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XILUvIFLOW\">https:\/\/t.co\/XILUvIFLOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorofLondon\/status\/982906526334668800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, you could always use the knife to defend yourself against someone armed with a raspberry&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Banning the Knife in Briton\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Inanimate objects to not cause crime.  They are just a tool.  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