What slippery slope?
British doctors writing in the British Medical Journal are calling for a complete ban on all long kitchen knives, saying that half of all stab wounds are caused by those deadly kitchen implements.
They consulted 10 top chefs from around the UK, and found such knives have little practical value in the kitchen.
Good to know that they got everyone involved in the process.
They argued many assaults are committed impulsively, prompted by alcohol and drugs, and a kitchen knife often makes an all too available weapon.
And if there aren't any knives handy, they'll grab something else.
The study found links between easy access to domestic knives and violent assault are long established.
What? There's a link between the existence of swimming pools and drowning deaths. Violent assaults usually happen at home.
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."
Practical? Are they going to register the hundreds of millions of already extant knives?
Nutjobs. First they came for the guns...
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To be fair, they really seem
To be fair, they really seem to be calling for rounding off the ends of kitchen knives, which actually isn't a bad idea. Just ask my wife's right big toe. What is the point *for,* anyway? I can see historically how chef's knives came to be pointy, since they evolved directly from dirks, daggers, and swords, but the point is at best vestigial given that the edge of the blade is where all the gettin' down takes place. When is the last time you used the point of your 8'' Wusthof for anything necessary? It *would* be safer if the end wasn't pointy...
I use the point frequently.
I use the point frequently. When I'm trimming meat, I often will use the point to get under the skin on a chicken breast, or to remove a bit of unsightly fat.
They can have my solingen steel chef's knife when they pry it from my cold, dead hand.
You use your chef's knife for
You use your *chef's* knife for that? Trust me, you'll get a lot cleaner technique and better control with a 5'' utility knife. Not that I'm trying to pry your Solingen out of your hands, it's just that both my thumbs, my left pinky, and my wife's big toe vote in favor of smaller knives for delicate work.
I like using a larger knife
I like using a larger knife to cut meat into strips for stir fry or what have you. But if I'm going to do a little minor trimming, I don't particularly care to switch knives in the middle of the job. And Mrs. B wouldn't appreciate more labor doing dishes, either.
This whole concept is stupid.
This whole concept is stupid.
This group wants to ban pointy knives. What happens then if people are stuck with scissors? Box cutters? Masonry nails affixed to broom handles? Do they outlaw each pointy think in turn, as they think of it? What happens then, when people break their broom handles to make a pointy half-spears? Outlaw brooms?
I wish the retarded would be left alone to live their lives in peace, instead of making them write policy papers.