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MarkC · 05-27-2005, 05:36 PM

Headlines today in the NY Times

BRITONS PUSH KNIFE CONTROL

"Three medical experts in Britain are urging kitchen knife manufacturers to redesign their wares as a crime control measure. They say a third of all murder victims in Britain are now stabbed to death and they want the sale of long, pointed knives to be banned."

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The instrument should be banned that way the bad guys can't use them right? It seems crooks who can't use guns are using something just as lethal?

Mark

Luke · 05-27-2005, 05:40 PM

Gasp !! Maybe it'll be hands next so that no one can be strangled.

Luke

Edward Tinker · 05-27-2005, 05:40 PM

Mark, this sounds like an April Fools joke...

Cars kill how many folks a year...

wterrell · 05-27-2005, 05:45 PM

I was very surprised to notice that the 9-11 hijackings were perpetrated with knives (box knives) and the gun lobby did not make a great noise stating that "knives don't kill people, people kill people".

It would have effectively put an end to the handgun control issue.

(As a side note: brittain has banned BB guns. Brilliant!)

Ron Smith · 05-27-2005, 10:46 PM

The only point at which this will stop is when they ban golf clubs. Listen to the roar then.

Next they will have to ban files, so they can't sharpen the kitchen knives.

Or maybe they will require rubber scissors and nurf cricket bats.
Ron

Ron Smith · 05-28-2005, 08:02 AM

Tac,

Well said! And duely noted.

Ron

wterrell · 05-28-2005, 10:10 AM

tac,

Please note that I have decided to not reply (I am on an ink saving campaign) because of a sense of politeness.

policeluger · 05-28-2005, 12:15 PM

Very gentle jab here Tac, but we capitalize "Sunday" and "Saturday", but I'm not sure about "Alabama"....best of the hoilday to all.

Luke · 05-28-2005, 12:39 PM

Dear tac,

With all due respect, I don't believe anyone here intended to offend either you, personally, or your country, Great Britain.

Frankly, I hold Great Britain in high regard . . . perhaps moreso than any other European country. My first North American ancestor emigrated from England in 1642 and settled in what is now North Carolina.

Cheers.
Luke

George Anderson · 05-28-2005, 03:02 PM

Tac, Luke is right on the button, Wess certainly meant no insult. Although you bast--ds fought with us in 1776 and then had the audacity to burn the White House in the War of 1812, you are still one hell of a stand-up crowd. I've been proud as hell of our britttish brothers ever since I was old enough to reed. And that extends to our britttish brothers who live on the botttum of the world as well. It takes ballls to fight for what is right regardless of the political consequences. Must be an Anglo Saxon trait.

MarkC · 05-28-2005, 07:53 PM

Tac,

As the starter of this "thread" I did not want to offend you and I apologize if I offended you with the article I saw in the liberal New York Times. In the Clinton era the CDC (Center For Disease Control) and the American Journal of Medicine teamed up to skew statistics on gun violence to help with various bans on firearms.

When the medical community declares a type of "tool" is a health hazard the population begins to believe it.

So, ever vigilant, we should be aware of the storm.

Best to you my friend...

Mark

P.S. If you are ever in the second most liberal state ... Massachusetts ..... next to New Jersey, send me an email and will have some fun with guns!

05-27-2005, 05:36 PM	#1
MarkC User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 478 Thanks: 1 Thanked 109 Times in 26 Posts	What Next? Headlines today in the NY Times BRITONS PUSH KNIFE CONTROL "Three medical experts in Britain are urging kitchen knife manufacturers to redesign their wares as a crime control measure. They say a third of all murder victims in Britain are now stabbed to death and they want the sale of long, pointed knives to be banned." -------- The instrument should be banned that way the bad guys can't use them right? It seems crooks who can't use guns are using something just as lethal? Mark

05-27-2005, 05:40 PM	#2
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Gasp !! Maybe it'll be hands next so that no one can be strangled. Luke __________________ "Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther

05-27-2005, 05:45 PM	#4
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I was very surprised to notice that the 9-11 hijackings were perpetrated with knives (box knives) and the gun lobby did not make a great noise stating that "knives don't kill people, people kill people". It would have effectively put an end to the handgun control issue. (As a side note: brittain has banned BB guns. Brilliant!) __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

05-27-2005, 10:46 PM	#5
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	The only point at which this will stop is when they ban golf clubs. Listen to the roar then. Next they will have to ban files, so they can't sharpen the kitchen knives. Or maybe they will require rubber scissors and nurf cricket bats. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

05-28-2005, 08:02 AM	#6
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Tac, Well said! And duely noted. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

05-27-2005, 05:40 PM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,927 Thanks: 2,028 Thanked 4,525 Times in 2,090 Posts	Mark, this sounds like an April Fools joke... Cars kill how many folks a year...

05-28-2005, 10:10 AM	#7
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	tac, Please note that I have decided to not reply (I am on an ink saving campaign) because of a sense of politeness. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

05-28-2005, 12:15 PM	#8
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	Very gentle jab here Tac, but we capitalize "Sunday" and "Saturday", but I'm not sure about "Alabama"....best of the hoilday to all.

05-28-2005, 12:39 PM	#9
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Dear tac, With all due respect, I don't believe anyone here intended to offend either you, personally, or your country, Great Britain. Frankly, I hold Great Britain in high regard . . . perhaps moreso than any other European country. My first North American ancestor emigrated from England in 1642 and settled in what is now North Carolina. Cheers. Luke __________________ "Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther

05-28-2005, 03:02 PM	#10
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	Tac, Luke is right on the button, Wess certainly meant no insult. Although you bast--ds fought with us in 1776 and then had the audacity to burn the White House in the War of 1812, you are still one hell of a stand-up crowd. I've been proud as hell of our britttish brothers ever since I was old enough to reed. And that extends to our britttish brothers who live on the botttum of the world as well. It takes ballls to fight for what is right regardless of the political consequences. Must be an Anglo Saxon trait.

05-28-2005, 07:53 PM	#11
MarkC User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 478 Thanks: 1 Thanked 109 Times in 26 Posts	Tac, As the starter of this "thread" I did not want to offend you and I apologize if I offended you with the article I saw in the liberal New York Times. In the Clinton era the CDC (Center For Disease Control) and the American Journal of Medicine teamed up to skew statistics on gun violence to help with various bans on firearms. When the medical community declares a type of "tool" is a health hazard the population begins to believe it. So, ever vigilant, we should be aware of the storm. Best to you my friend... Mark P.S. If you are ever in the second most liberal state ... Massachusetts ..... next to New Jersey, send me an email and will have some fun with guns!