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Should knives with points be banned?

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OonaStubbs · 22/01/2025 18:12

All the recent attacks have been through stabbing, why not ban pointy knives and just sell knives with rounded ends? Or at least heavily, heavily restrict the sale of pointy knives to those who have a legitimate need for them, have them branded with serial numbers and prevent re-sale etc?

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EasternStandard · 23/01/2025 07:47

XenoBitch · 22/01/2025 23:50

You get done if you get caught.
I have a caution for carrying a bladed article. It was a tiny craft knife... 6cm long, and still in the wrapper. I was arrested and a woman in my 40s... not a teen in a gang.

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What reason did you give for having it?

DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe · 23/01/2025 07:43

XenoBitch · 22/01/2025 23:50

You get done if you get caught.
I have a caution for carrying a bladed article. It was a tiny craft knife... 6cm long, and still in the wrapper. I was arrested and a woman in my 40s... not a teen in a gang.

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I once read about a woman who was stopped by police when they noticed/it was brought to their attention that she had a bread knife visible in her car - and they demanded to know why she had it with her and what her intentions were.

Apparently, they hadn't noticed the burger van that was hitched to her car...

WineseCuisine · 23/01/2025 07:10

saltinesandcoffeecups · 23/01/2025 00:58

Quick… replace “knife“ with “gun” in all of these posts and you’re one step closer to understanding Americans 🤣

Oh and add a fundamental (dare I say inalienable) right to possess a knife.

Well except for Amateurdad.

I acknowledge your point about the discussion in America. But the logic in the argument they're making is as flawed as ever.

A knife is a multi-purpose tool that, like many tools, can be used as a weapon with the right intent.

A gun is, by design, a weapon. At a stretch, you could say it might be a tool for someone who hunts, but even as such, the only job it's designed to do is killing. Big difference.

alwayscrashinginthesamecar1 · 23/01/2025 03:10

When I was a kid my mum worked in a shop that sold flick combs, basically for blokes to keep in their pocket. You pressed a button and the comb came out. Only the comb part was made out of stainless steel, and lots of people bought them and filed down the steel comb into a knife shape, voila they had a nice shiny flick knife! They banned them eventually, but it just demonstrates what a waste of time banning pointy knives would be.

CrowleyKitten · 23/01/2025 02:44

XenoBitch · 22/01/2025 22:27

People use knives for crafts too. I do the occasional bit of paper cutting. You can't do that with a rounded edge. I use the same blades that surgeons do.

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My Mum does taxidermy. likewise, a pointed scalpel is essential for that (it's all roadkill. she doesn't kill anything to stuff them. oh, and a Tanuki that was somebodies beloved pet. he wanted the skull back, but didn't have the heart to process her himself, so offered her on a taxidermy site to anyone that would be willing to send him back her skull to keep)

CrowleyKitten · 23/01/2025 02:37

ByQuaintAzureWasp · 22/01/2025 20:52

We used to buy all our cook's knives from TK Maxx in store ... they stopped selling them about 18 months ago.

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that's a shame. my second favourite knife wasn't expensive, but it's very good, and I got it there.

CrowleyKitten · 23/01/2025 02:35

XenoBitch · 22/01/2025 21:15

I have been a patient in a psychiatric ward, and maybe anything that would be taken off of a patient on intake (pens were taken from me, and some people had deodorant removed), should be banned in the general public too.

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I was really surprised when they didn't take the pencil sharpener out of a sketching kit my husband was given when he was in Psychiatric. I sneaked it out. he'd been on suicide watch, I didn't want him having access to a razor.

CrowleyKitten · 23/01/2025 02:33

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 22/01/2025 21:08

Stricter controls for ordering online, yes.
Quite shocking he wasn't asked for ID.
I get id'ed in Tesco buying butter knives, paracetamol& energy drinks(they don't make me show it but they have to authorise it on the til)

I was quite surprised I didn't have to show I.D. when recently buying a knife online. the delivery was just left in my bin cupboard.

CrowleyKitten · 23/01/2025 02:22

OldTinHat · 22/01/2025 19:18

How on earth would you cut a very ripe tomato without a knife with a point on?

Cheese knives, you need the point to get the cheese.

My DC both left home at 18 and couldn't buy kitchen knives or cutlery. I had to buy them on their behalf because they weren't 21.

yes, you either need a serrated knife, or a sharp knife with a point to cut tomatoes without squashing them if they're ripe. using the point to nick the skin makes all the difference.
steak knives are great for cutting tomatoes.

Isittimeformynapyet · 23/01/2025 01:39

XenoBitch · 22/01/2025 23:50

You get done if you get caught.
I have a caution for carrying a bladed article. It was a tiny craft knife... 6cm long, and still in the wrapper. I was arrested and a woman in my 40s... not a teen in a gang.

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Why were you searched for it to be found?

saltinesandcoffeecups · 23/01/2025 01:13

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 23/01/2025 01:10

Are they like tatting needles?
Because I've stabbed my hand with those 😭

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Close but slightly not as sharp!

mainecooncatonahottinroof · 23/01/2025 01:11

No, it's a ridiculous premise.

Knives have a legitimate purpose.

If one person wants to attack another, they will find a way.

Are you going to ban bottles too in case someone breaks one and stabs someone?

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 23/01/2025 01:10

saltinesandcoffeecups · 23/01/2025 01:08

Have you ever sat on a lace needle? 😳

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Are they like tatting needles?
Because I've stabbed my hand with those 😭

saltinesandcoffeecups · 23/01/2025 01:08

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 23/01/2025 01:07

My knitting needles are longer than most kitchen knives and can definitely stab someone...

(Side note, but even the blunt holding needle can stab deeply... as I've discovered by pure accident 🤣)

Have you ever sat on a lace needle? 😳

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 23/01/2025 01:07

My knitting needles are longer than most kitchen knives and can definitely stab someone...

(Side note, but even the blunt holding needle can stab deeply... as I've discovered by pure accident 🤣)

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 23/01/2025 01:06

saltinesandcoffeecups · 23/01/2025 00:58

Quick… replace “knife“ with “gun” in all of these posts and you’re one step closer to understanding Americans 🤣

Oh and add a fundamental (dare I say inalienable) right to possess a knife.

Well except for Amateurdad.

I think using a gun to cut your tomatoes might be just a tad excessive 🤣

FallOfTheHouseOfUtterlyButterly · 23/01/2025 01:05

XenoBitch · 22/01/2025 23:50

You get done if you get caught.
I have a caution for carrying a bladed article. It was a tiny craft knife... 6cm long, and still in the wrapper. I was arrested and a woman in my 40s... not a teen in a gang.

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Presumably because you didn't have a reason to be carrying it ie you hadn't just brought it or weren't taking it to for example a craft class?

saltinesandcoffeecups · 23/01/2025 00:58

Quick… replace “knife“ with “gun” in all of these posts and you’re one step closer to understanding Americans 🤣

Oh and add a fundamental (dare I say inalienable) right to possess a knife.

Well except for Amateurdad.

NotVeryFunny · 23/01/2025 00:49

No.

Water41 · 23/01/2025 00:06

pointswinprizes · 22/01/2025 23:46

Is that legal? I thought you could get done for carrying something that could be used as a weapon.

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It's a tool for my job. It's also legal to carry as long as it's under three inches and not used in an offensive way.

XenoBitch · 22/01/2025 23:50

pointswinprizes · 22/01/2025 23:46

Is that legal? I thought you could get done for carrying something that could be used as a weapon.

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You get done if you get caught.
I have a caution for carrying a bladed article. It was a tiny craft knife... 6cm long, and still in the wrapper. I was arrested and a woman in my 40s... not a teen in a gang.

pointswinprizes · 22/01/2025 23:46

AmateurDad · 22/01/2025 23:41

Not only do I not know, I really couldn't care....

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Care enough to post 🤪

pointswinprizes · 22/01/2025 23:46

Water41 · 22/01/2025 23:41

I carry a knife. It's about three inches long and I keep it sharp. Mostly for work (because coming across a horse caught in a haynet once without anything to help is enough) but it quite often ends up in my bag.

Is that legal? I thought you could get done for carrying something that could be used as a weapon.

XenoBitch · 22/01/2025 23:44

@AmateurDad
Ok....
Do you just rot in front the TV? I bet you do.