I'm waiting for British Chef Gordon Ramsay to chime in with his signature 4 letter words.
Posted on 09/25/2019 10:42:24 AM PDT by Gamecock
Church leaders in the Diocese of Rochester have called for the government to enforce stricter rules on the sale of domestic knives.
They’ve written an open letter asking for a ban on the sale of pointed kitchen knives. The letter was also signed by leading crime experts, as well as MPs, and community leaders.
It comes after a conference called The Point in Chatham last week raised awareness of the issue, as statistics show that there has been an 80 per cent rise in knife crime in the UK since 2014.
The signatories have urged Government to "take urgent measures to promote the sale of safe kitchen knife designs and restrict those designs which have been used in so many acts of violence."
The letter endorses research, highlighted at the conference, which explains that points on domestic knives are historic and no-longer necessary.
"Historically we needed a point on the end of our knife to pick up food because forks weren’t invented. Now we only need the point to open packets when we can’t be bothered to find the scissors," the letter reads.
It continues: "A five-year study in Edinburgh found that of the sharp instruments used in homicides, 94 per cent were kitchen knives. Research demonstrates kitchen knives are used in a large percentage of homicides due to their availability and lethal nature.
"Criminologists have demonstrated that reducing availability in turn reduces crime.
“The UK has worked for the public good by restricting handguns, paracetamol, smoking in public and plastic bags – now it is time to say ‘no bloody point’.”
The letter and conference are part of a month of awareness-raising activities about the dangers of knife crime in September, supported by the Diocese of Rochester, the Church of England in Medway, and the London Boroughs of Bromley and Bexley.
A special service reflecting on knife crime was also held in Rochester Cathedral on 21 September.
Rt Rev Simon Burton-Jones, Bishop of Tonbridge said: “Knife crime rips up the lives of families and friends, piercing the networks that give us life, meaning and support.
"Knife crime can be reduced if we follow the evidence trail, devote our resources to the right places, share knowledge smartly and value the organising power of local communities.
"The Church has a role to play, for it is located in most, if not all, places."
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What about pointed sticks?
Will the ban include the moslems who carry them and are responsible for the surge in attacks?
I'm waiting for British Chef Gordon Ramsay to chime in with his signature 4 letter words.
After a 6 month wait.
La tee da. I wouldn’t know about such ritzy restaurants but would bet their snub nosed blade would slice a customer’s neck quicker than a box cutter.
This is the epitome of stupidity. Anyone anywhere can make a decent knife in under 30 minutes from a nearly limitless supply of options.
If they go further down this road they will have to outlaw the owning of any hard metal by the mouth-breathing plebes they despise so much.
Nobody needs no knife to eat chik’n! And I’m an expert on the matter as I personally am a chik’n graveyard.
Careful, that could put an eye out.
meat cleavers don’t have a point but are quite good to use against someone you don’t like. Will these same folks seek to ban them? And don’t forget the need to ban cars that are also used to kill people.
I somehow find it hard to believe that the Catholics are the ones committing all of these “knife crimes”.
And restricting access to “pointy knives” is unlikely to deter those who ARE committing the “knife crimes”.
JMHO
Empowering criminals empowers government, as the only entity which can “deal with the problem.” A power grab as old as the hills.
So the only knives left will be butter knives.
How stupid. They just need to ban muslimes - they didn’t have that problem until muslimes started migrating. Unreal!
Anything can be a weapon.
Reducing criminals in turn reduces crime, too.
And, people can have nice things again...
I think I saw an old epi of Top Chef in which the challenge was at an airport restaurant.
The chefs couldn't bring their knife kits, and all that was available were knives with cables attached.
it’s a slippery slope ... next they’ll want to ban SHARP kitchen knives ...
Next will be grinding wheels, honing stones, files, sandpaper, pieces of stone and concrete, etc.
I'm not sure we can protect ourselves against such overwhelming force...
I do not understand the mentality of someone begging their government to take away their liberty to choose what things they can and cannot purchase or own.
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