It Doesn't End With Guns

For John, BLUF:  In the effort to stop murder and mayhem by elimination of the tools there is a never ending chain of items to be banned.  It will not end with the AR-15 and the AK-47.  Then it will be all guns, and then knives and then….  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Let us pray for our bishop, Mug

From Samizdata, by Ms Natalie Solent (Essex), 26 September 2019.

Here is the lede plus six:

Church leaders urge government to ban pointed kitchen knives.

Church leaders in the Diocese of Rochester have called for the government to enforce stricter rules on the sale of domestic knives.

They’ve written an open letter asking for a ban on the sale of pointed kitchen knives.  The letter was also signed by leading crime experts, as well as MPs, and community leaders.

“Historically we needed a point on the end of our knife to pick up food because forks weren’t invented.  Now we only need the point to open packets when we can’t be bothered to find the scissors,” the letter reads.

It continues:  “A five-year study in Edinburgh found that of the sharp instruments used in homicides, 94 per cent were kitchen knives.  Research demonstrates kitchen knives are used in a large percentage of homicides due to their availability and lethal nature.

“Criminologists have demonstrated that reducing availability in turn reduces crime.

“The UK has worked for the public good by restricting handguns, paracetamol, smoking in public and plastic bags – now it is time to say ‘no bloody point’.”

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Regards  —  Cliff