UK takes progressive move towards banning kitchen knives.

Doctors' kitchen knives ban call

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.


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."


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thas what happens when people dont have access to guns. god people are stupid. after that there gonna ban rope cuhz strangling isgonna be on the rise

The Europeans are just so much more sensible and civilized than us knuckle draggin gun cultured americanz.

RC wrote:The Europeans are just so much more sensible and civilized than us knuckle draggin gun cultured americanz.

lol yea, wait til they all get invaded by germany again...hahaha

This reminds me of that one of episode of family guy where they destroy all their guns and right after they get invaded and get murked.. lol... yeah let the gubbament have total control.. but oh well lol.. ppl are fucking retarted before you know it theres going to be a ban on how high a bath tub can be filled up to avoid intentional drowning... lol