UK Doctors: BAN KITCHEN KNIVES! (Seriously!)

[ChunkyMonkey]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4581871.stm

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.

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[68Charger]

Sofa King, We Todd did.

[Colorado_Outback]

This has been going on for the better part of a decade over there.

I remember reading a story a while back about the boy scouts over there not being allowed to have swiss army knives.

[jhood001]

Guess they'll have to resort to slashing now... or maybe just make a shiv out of a piece of metal?

[rondog]

Good Lord. The pussification intensifies. Some day someone will attack somebody with a tent stake, and the cry will go out.....

[blacklabel]

They consulted 10 top chefs from around the UK, and found such knives have little practical value in the kitchen.

Poor bastards that actually prepare meals are screwed.

[68Charger]

Poor bastards that actually prepare meals are screwed.

It's the UK, the food isn't that good anyway...

[sniper7]

Baseball bats are next

[blacklabel]

They should just chain everyone's wrists to their waists with enough room to reach for a keyboard at a desk. Maybe a net from forearm to forearm to prevent strangling someone

[Zundfolge]

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How about no


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