Ravenwood - 07/01/05 07:45 AM
Since banning guns has failed to cut down on crime, the U.K. is pushing forward with their ban on knives. With knife crime on the rise, the Scottish government has unveiled plans to ban most knives and almost all swords. Even legal knives will be heavily regulated.
It would be a criminal offence for anyone to buy a non-domestic knife from an unlicensed shop, and sellers would have to record the buyer's name, address and age.Of course one of the problems with banning guns has always been the illegal manufacture. Guns are not very complex, and criminals have even figured out how to turn cell phones into makeshift guns. Keeping them from getting knives will be impossible.
Knives have been around for tens of thousands of years. Prehistoric knives were nothing more than razor sharp chips of obsidian. Incarcerated prisoners make shivs out of toothbrushes. Simply put, if someone wants to cut you, they will. And when knives are illegal, only criminals will have them.
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The UK is turning into an elementary school cafeteria.
How long will it be before forks are banned?
Posted by: Nick Bourbaki at July 1, 2005 8:17 AMFortunately this is not the entire UK but Scotland, our northern neighbours.
That said we've had calls for the ban of long sharp pointy kitchen knives here south of the border.
What can I say either we've voted for some very stupid people or our politicians are really scared of any form of armed populace.
Posted by: Chris at July 1, 2005 8:49 AMRunning with scissors is next on the list of crimes to be dealt with.
Paper cuts will result in huge lawsuits against the eevil paper mills.
"Sharp Dressers" will be reviled in the fashion world.
Excalibur will be seized from "The Lady of the Lake" (Watery Tart, Moistened Bint, etc,) and melted down.
Posted by: Steve Scudder at July 1, 2005 9:17 AMMy Scot ancestors must be turning in their graves; banning the claidhmor in Scotland is like banning the Colt Peacemaker in Texas. A sad day...
Posted by: Robert Garrard at July 1, 2005 10:53 AMAll your Scot ancestors came to the American South. The ones that were left behind are not the same ethnicity (more English.)
Posted by: Phelps at July 1, 2005 11:53 AMThey should just go ahead and ban everything. After all, if everyone just walks around naked they won't be able to hurt each other. God forbid someone be able to defend themselves with a tool. We must use our bare hands or run away just like animals.
Posted by: Wesley at July 1, 2005 2:51 PMThe company where I work just gained a new Brit. He's all for the knife prohibition laws. When we were out in a group after work I asked him when the "pointy stick" law was going to be put in place. He didn't find it humorous, though several of the more lubricated of the crowd almost lost it.
He then went on to say how much safer it was to live in the UK. Which prompted the question of why then was he now working/living in the country with the most personally owned firearms in the world. He's not talking to me anymore.
Posted by: Nylarthotep at July 1, 2005 4:30 PMLOL. My liberal friends refuse to debate guns with me any more. But I did notice I was the first one picked when we played paint ball.
Posted by: Ravenwood at July 1, 2005 6:16 PMYou've got to be kidding me, this is a bit of satire, has to be. What's next banning closed fists?
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