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    Save a life - Surrender your knife

    In the UK.

    Knife control urging people to turn in their kitchen knives.

    No activity on the site since 2017...so who knows.

    http://surrenderyourknife.co.uk/
    Another mark of a tyrant is that he likes foreigners better than citizens, and lives with them and invites them to his table; for the one are enemies, but the Others enter into no rivalry with him. - Aristotle's Politics Book 5 Part 11



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    Course, they've been on about this $#@! for years now.

    Doctors' kitchen knives ban call

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

    Doctors say knives are too pointed

    A&E doctors are calling for a ban on long pointed kitchen knives to reduce deaths from stabbing.

    A team from West Middlesex University Hospital said violent crime is on the increase - and kitchen knives are used in as many as half of all stabbings.

    They argued many assaults are committed impulsively, prompted by alcohol and drugs, and a kitchen knife often makes an all too available weapon.

    The research is published in the British Medical Journal.

    The researchers said there was no reason for long pointed knives to be publicly available at all.

    They consulted 10 top chefs from around the UK, and found such knives have little practical value in the kitchen.

    None of the chefs felt such knives were essential, since the point of a short blade was just as useful when a sharp end was needed.

    The researchers said a short pointed knife may cause a substantial superficial wound if used in an assault - but is unlikely to penetrate to inner organs.

    Knife wound
    Kitchen knives can inflict appalling wounds
    In contrast, a pointed long blade pierces the body like "cutting into a ripe melon".

    The use of knives is particularly worrying amongst adolescents, say the researchers, reporting that 24% of 16-year-olds have been shown to carry weapons, primarily knives.

    The study found links between easy access to domestic knives and violent assault are long established.

    French laws in the 17th century decreed that the tips of table and street knives be ground smooth.

    A century later, forks and blunt-ended table knives were introduced in the UK in an effort to reduce injuries during arguments in public eating houses.

    The researchers say legislation to ban the sale of long pointed knives would be a key step in the fight against violent crime.

    "The Home Office is looking for ways to reduce knife crime.

    "We suggest that banning the sale of long pointed knives is a sensible and practical measure that would have this effect."

    Government response

    Home Office spokesperson said there were already extensive restrictions in place to control the sale and possession of knives.

    "The law already prohibits the possession of offensive weapons in a public place, and the possession of knives in public without good reason or lawful authority, with the exception of a folding pocket knife with a blade not exceeding three inches.

    "Offensive weapons are defined as any weapon designed or adapted to cause injury, or intended by the person possessing them to do so.

    "An individual has to demonstrate that he had good reason to possess a knife, for example for fishing, other sporting purposes or as part of his profession (e.g. a chef) in a public place.

    "The manufacture, sale and importation of 17 bladed, pointed and other offensive weapons have been banned, in addition to flick knives and gravity knives."

    A spokesperson for the Association of Chief Police Officers said: "ACPO supports any move to reduce the number of knife related incidents, however, it is important to consider the practicalities of enforcing such changes."

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    It is true . I will put a drop box at the end of my drive . Save yourself , give me all your weapons .

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    Ban blunt instruments!
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  6. #5
    Not good for business.
    On Trump:
    How conservative Republicans can continue to support this arrogant imposter—the man who brags about inflicting the world with the Covid mark of the beast; the man who said, “Take the guns first, go through due process second”; and the man who deliberately played and then set up Stewart Rhodes (of course, Stewart was all too eager to be Trump’s patsy) for an 18-year prison sentence—is truly beyond my comprehension.” Chuck Baldwin

  7. #6
    What?

    Haven't they tried, knife free zones?

    Ban the knives to the kitchen. /s

  8. #7

    Come And Get It


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul View Post
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  11. #9
    Time to ban all tools of any kind. Nothing good has ever come from them. If not for tools, humans would still be living in Edenic paradise.

    I blame da debble.
    "And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat

    "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire

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    No need to ban knives. Just require a license in order to operate them

    And many lives will be saved
    It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post
    And when teeth is all one has for self defense, they will ban teeth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.3D View Post
    And when teeth is all one has for self defense, they will ban teeth.
    I love to see old people without their teeth. My Granny would take hers out for me occasionally and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul View Post
    The intellectual battle for liberty can appear to be a lonely one at times. However, the numbers are not as important as the principles that we hold. Leonard Read always taught that "it's not a numbers game, but an ideological game." That's why it's important to continue to provide a principled philosophy as to what the role of government ought to be, despite the numbers that stare us in the face.
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    This intellectually stimulating conversation is the reason I keep coming here.

  15. #13
    Or just ban pointy knives.

    Knives like this one are entirely stab-free



    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...wont-stab.html
    It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.
    - Kim Kardashian

    Donald Trump / Crenshaw 2024!!!!

    My pronouns are he/him/his

  16. #14
    Quote Originally Posted by TheTexan View Post
    Or just ban pointy knives.

    Knives like this one are entirely stab-free



    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...wont-stab.html
    I see you have broken your knives . I can fix those for you for a six pack .
    Do something Danke

  17. #15
    Better ban pencils too since they can be too pointy. Lets only be allowed to use crayons.
    "Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration is minding my own business."

    Calvin Coolidge

  18. #16
    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    Better ban pencils too since they can be too pointy. Lets only be allowed to use crayons.
    I'm assuming you're joking, but a pencil in the eye is actually quite painful and dangerous.

    I bought these "Safety Counts" pencils for my kids so they remember to use them safely



    The same store also has "Call 911 in case of emergency" pencils - also very good.
    It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.
    - Kim Kardashian

    Donald Trump / Crenshaw 2024!!!!

    My pronouns are he/him/his



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    Don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows

  21. #18
    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Globalist View Post
    Better ban pencils too since they can be too pointy. Lets only be allowed to use crayons.
    Why stop there?... it's all fun & games 'til someone sticks a spoon in your eye. Observe, if you will, how ordinary kitchen utensils can be used in an aggressive manor.


    Don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows



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