Church of england bishops are leading a call for the government to take a serious stance on knife crime by banning pointed kitchen knives.
Kitchen knives banned in uk. Yes laws on offensive weapons are being tightened up and yes penalties for carrying a knife illegally or using one in the commission of a crime are being made more punitive but no the. A e doctors are calling for a ban on long pointed kitchen knives to reduce deaths from stabbing. A ban on the sale of pointed kitchen knives has been demanded by the church of england as it says there is no reason for them in the modern world. This story was almost summoned into being to make a point about the absurdity of gun control arguments.
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. Call for uk to ban pointed kitchen knives ridiculed online 24 sep 2019 13 10. If you re carrying your tools that s fine if you re a chef that s outside having a smoke with your massive knife on you and the police see you they might suggest leaving it in the kitchen next time if you re prowling round your high crime gang land council estate and the police find a box cutter on you yeah you re getting arrested. Dr john crichton the new chairman of the royal college of psychiatrists in scotland wants the sale of pointed kitchen knives to be banned to help reduce the number of fatal stabbings.
No not at all that article is a piece of hysterical nonsense. Lock knives are. The suggestion has been met with some confusion and a lot of jokes. 2018 uk knife law changes my.
It s illegal to carry an offensive weapon. Carry buy or sell any type of banned knife. Use any knife in a threatening way even a legal knife in scotland 16 to 18 year olds are allowed to buy cutlery and kitchen knives. Home deliveries of knives bought online to be banned in uk this article is more than 2 years old buyers will have to collect in person and retailers must verify they are over 18 in one of series.