You all should ban screwdrvers and hammers and wrenches and cricket bats and especially blunted knives, sure it might inconvenience some people, but think of the chance of saving lives???
Comment on Southport attack survivor calls for kitchen knives to be blunt tipped
ladel@feddit.uk 2 months ago
It’s a difficult one - inconvenience some chefs or have a chance to save lives
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 months ago
Just make them out of softer material, like cork.
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
hammers
softer material, like cork.
www.bbc.com/news/articles/clwwn7x4j9yo
A man who attacked his ex-partner over the head with a rubber mallet in front of their two young children has been jailed for life for her murder.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 months ago
Yeah, rubber mallets are still dangerous. That can be fixed with a sizeable donation to my prospective campaign fund.
ladel@feddit.uk 2 months ago
If you ban all potential weapons, deaths due to weapons would fall, yes.
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Make sure you ban all rocks and sticks, too!!!
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
dailymail.co.uk/…/world-s-weirdest-murder-weapons…
From a pair of stilettos to a jar of gherkins, photographer captures bizarre objects used to kill
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You guys are out here acting like stick crime is a joke and it’s fucking disgusting
athairmor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Everything is a potential weapon.
j4yt33@feddit.org 2 months ago
Yes, we should also remove the edges from all knives, much safer this way. Probably a bit inconvenient to some chefs but who cares about preparing food right
rjek@feddit.uk 2 months ago
No chance to save lives unless sharp-tipped knives are banned and they’re all destroyed. Otherwise it’s a gimmick that just inconveniences.
ladel@feddit.uk 2 months ago
She’s asking for half of this. Probably she only stops short of asking to to destroy existing knives because she knows it’s impractical. But if you stop creating new pointed knives, they’ll slowly get phased out. You wouldn’t save lives day 1, but decades down the line when nobody owns a pointed knife any more, you will.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is literally impossible for anyone to make a blunt tip sharp in a few minutes, so that checks out.
ladel@feddit.uk 2 months ago
If someone really wants to kill someone else, of course they’ll find a way. The idea is to raise the barrier to make it more difficult, maybe prevent those deaths where the killer lose their head for a moment.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yes, would-be mass murderers everywhere will be deterred by the fact that knives will no longer come pre-pointed. Society will be saved!
ladel@feddit.uk 2 months ago
It’s not expecting to stop all murders. It’s about reducing deaths.