i personally wouldn't described teenagers killing each other with luminous green hunting knives as a 'weird panic' but perhaps something that needs a lot of attention and a multitude of steps to solve. banning these insane weapons is, would you believe it, one quick step that might help.

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YurgenJurgensen 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How many crimes related to “foot claws”, “death stars” and “blow darts” were there before they were banned? The UK Offensive Weapons Act is a joke of a law that makes us look like morons afraid of cartoon turtles and farming tools.

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pjc50 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's just very easily substitutable with regular knives? Plus the Offensive Weapons Act already covers them? I would be very surprised if it has made a difference.

(those of us with longer memories remember the previous iteration and why the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles don't have "ninja" in their name in the UK)

	▲	RansomStark 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, its almost as if the knives aren't the problem. The gang memebrs will use whatever gives them an advantage, guns, knives, acid, bats, bricks. We can't ban everything, we should possibly tackle the cause instead of the symptom... But don't worry, in the mean time they're coming for our regular knives. The BBC has already rolled out Idris Ebla to explain that kitchen knives shouldnt have points[0]. Yes this has been picked up by politicians with the minister for policing at the time calling it an interesting idea [1]. [0] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j... [1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/... Sorry about the amp links

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bluescrn a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Would they really do less stabbing if they had to use a mundane kitchen knife instead of a 'tacticool' knife or 'ninja sword'?

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silver_silver a day ago | parent [-]

Not necessarily a lot less but I’m sure removing the aesthetic/cool factor reduces how often they’re carried

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cjbgkagh 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Maybe if the law required all knives to be pink they might be too embarrassed to murder someone. One problem then is the switch to acid attacks which are just clear liquids in containers.

	▲	int_19h 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It reminds me of a certain meme gun along these lines. https://www.reddit.com/r/ATBGE/comments/b4d9gy/unicorn_rifle... (Yes, it is a real gun and it shoots real 9mm bullets.)
	▲	beeflet 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You could require that all acids are also dyed pink