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Does anyone really believe that will make a difference?
How many kitchen knives are there in the UK lurking in private kitchens?
"In the face of rising knife violence rates in the UK, supermarket chain Asda will no longer be selling individual kitchen knives. This comes on the heels of the company's decision in 2016 to securely package all knives after a customer was stabbed inside a Poundland, another British grocery chain. For their part, Poundland stopped selling knives altogether last year. The grocery chains aren't entirely incorrect — England does have a growing knife violence problem. However, regulating knives won't stop the violence. And, boy, does England have a growing knife violence problem.
Over the first three months of 2019, England, with a population of just under 56 million, has seen 41 people killed by a knife based on this BBC report. According to the LA Times, "There were 285 knife homicides in England and Wales from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, the highest number since comparable records began in 1946............"
Man, all you can do is laugh at this idiocy. I recently read they (the UK nanny-state) want to embed a GPS tracker in all knives sold in the UK. Genius. Every crime is going to lead to someone's silverware drawer or tool box. LOL. You can't make this stuff up.
You can't carry a knife in public without "good reason" unless it's folding knife with blade less than 3 inches and it cannot lock. I would imagine the only larger knifes available would be kitchen knives.
It's hard to imagine there is any real truth to this type of reported idiocy in the UK. After all, limiting access to knives, poison, blunt objects, etc. will not keep people from perpetrating deadly assaulting others.
.... of course guns in the US are an entirely different matter.
Sounds like this is more a CYA response to that other grocery store (Poundland) where somebody got stabbed to death inside the store. Poundland quit selling knives after the attack. This grocery chain (Asda) appears to want to avoid having an incident happen in their stores after Poundland stopped selling knives.
This does not appear to be any sort of political statement by the grocery chain in terms of stopping knife violence in the UK. Rather it appears to be a risk management policy implemented in order to avoid a knifing in their stores.............Thus giving a competitive edge to Poundland.
sell a knife to anyone under 18, unless it has a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less
carry a knife in public without good reason, unless it has a folding blade with a cutting edge 3 inches long or less
carry, buy or sell any type of banned knife
use any knife in a threatening way (even a legal knife)
Even multi tool with locking blade is illegal:
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Lock knives
Lock knives are not classed as folding knives and are illegal to carry in public without good reason. Lock knives:
have blades that can be locked and refolded only by pressing a button
can include multi-tool knives - tools that also contain other devices such as a screwdriver or can opener
As this is safety feature I find this law the most ridiculous of all.
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