| ▲ | CamperBob2 6 hours ago |
| you cant buy a kitchen knife that is too long What? |
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| ▲ | john_strinlai 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| sorry, should say "carry", not "buy". most states have a maximum length you can carry (4-5.5 inches is common). although, i would imagine at some length, it becomes a "sword" (even if marketed as a knife) and falls under some other "nanny"-ing. i have not googled that. |
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| ▲ | mikestew 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | You still have an hour or two to edit your comment. Look in that line of text where you see your user name, click “Edit”. | | |
| ▲ | Cyph0n 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Doesn’t editing require a karma threshold? | | | |
| ▲ | CamperBob2 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | As kevin_thibedeau points out elsewhere in the thread, he's not necessarily wrong. In many states and foreign countries it's illegal to carry a large knife in public without a reason and I'm sure purchases are restricted in some places as well. Most people are more or less OK with that, it seems, so there historically hasn't been a lot of pushback. So, having been given the proverbial inch (or centimeter), those obsessed with banning potentially-dangerous tools are trying to take the next mile (or kilometer): https://theconversation.com/why-stopping-knife-crime-needs-t... |
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| ▲ | kevin_thibedeau 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Long knives in the UK are like full auto guns in the rest of the world. |
