"What next? A ban on knives?"

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

I am sure you have said that or have heard someone say that in relation to all the news relating to the banning of any or all firearms. Turns out some doctors in the U.K. are pushing for just that!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4581871.stm

[bolil]

Then we ban the sticks... clubbings are sure to go up.

[oyarde]

I think knives are banned in Seattle, without even looking , I imagine many knives are banned in California and many other states...

[KCIndy]

It must have been a bit too crazy for even the Brits, because I don't think there was any follow-up on this.

The article was from May '05, and to the best of my knowledge Brits can still own kitchen knives..... although frankly, *nothing* surprises me these days, especially when it comes from "across the pond."

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

It is an older article but with all the hysteria of the last few weeks you can bet it will come back up soon.

[Confederate]

Didn't NH pass legislation allowing the open carry of knives?

Edit:


May 18: New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has signed Rep. Jenn Coffey’s Knife Rights Bill into law, removing restrictions on switchblades, dirks, daggers and stilettos in Hew Hampshire and essentially removing all restrictions on knives in New Hampshire state law. New Hampshire now has no knife laws which stop law abiding citizens from buying, selling, owning, carrying, possessing, transporting, collecting, or lawfully using any type of knife. This is the first complete repeal of a state's knife restrictions ever.

http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99&Itemid=1

[dannno]

Already posted, however, nobody in that thread seemed to make the obvious connection between the article and the rhetorical question posited by the OP in this thread... which makes this one a little more valuable imo.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?399563-UK-Doctors-Call-For-Ban-On-Kitchen-Knives

[oyarde]

How would open carry of knives been illegal in the first place ??

[Confederate]

How would open carry of knives been illegal in the first place ??

It is in many places, the UK for example ;)

California as well if the knife has a blade longer than 3"