Britain suffers from a severe case of hoplophobia. First the British government enacted an ever increasing number of regulations on firearms until it was all but illegal to own one. Now the government wants to do the same to knives:
Judge Nic Madge said ordinary kitchen knives were causing a “soaring loss of life”, rather than more heavily regulated large-bladed weapons.
He was speaking at Luton Crown Court at a ceremony to mark his retirement.
Knife crime rose by 22% in England and Wales in 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics.
“Kitchens contain lethal knives which are potential murder weapons and only butchers and fishmongers need eight or 10 inch kitchen knives with points,” the judge said.
He wants manufacturers to produce knives with rounded points for domestic use and those with points to be sold under strict rules.
First it was the guns. Now it’s the knives. Next it will be sporting equipment (Only professional cricket players need cricket bats!). If the British government continues pursuing this train of thought to its logical conclusion, all people living in Britain will have to have their hands chopped off at birth.
It feels like we’re living in an onion parody of gun control.