Posted on 07/06/2018 8:20:12 AM PDT by davikkm
Britain’s Poundland discount chain has announced it will stop selling kitchen knives in all of its stores to help tackle soaring youth violence. The company, whose stores have been a major fixture on UK high streets since 1990, is the first major retailer to go ahead with the anti-knife measure recently recommended by a judge, and other brands are expected to follow suit, according to the Birmingham Mail.
As of Friday, kitchen knives are no longer available at any of its 59 West Midlands branches, Poundland said, noting that the ban will be extended to all 850 UK stores by the end of the year.
Reportedly suffering “epidemic” levels of violence, the West Midlands has the fastest growing rate of knife crime outside London, where the company banned blade sales in April after the capital saw 35 deadly stabbings in the just first few months of 2018.
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And once one must apply for a permit to own a butter knife in Britain the next culprit will be cricket bats.
Smart money's on the banning of meat as well. I swear, the craven stupidity of so many in the modern West drives me to despair. What once was called "The Nanny State," has mutated into something more like "The Nurse Ratched State."
The British should sever all forefingers at birth as they can be pointed like a GUN.
Perhaps GB will demand that all foods be pureed, sold in buckets from the store so they can be only eaten with a spoon. After all, no one REALLY needs a knife or fork.
OR they can mix broccoli and greens in with the pureed meats dry it and sell it as crackers. Reminds me of something...soy+lentils+meat crackers. Soy-lent Greens.
A scene from BECKET comes to mind when he introduces forks to the dinner table, and the guests promptly start stabbing at each other...
add to it a scene from THE LION IN WINTER in which the queen makes the statement “Of course he has a knife! This is the DARK AGES, and we ALL have knives!”
No need for knives or forks in this “modern” age is there. Give them green crackers.
What about sporks?
Just curious, but does anyone know when the pussies in the UK plan to ban rocks and sticks?
That actually sounds like something that Sadiq Khan and the NHS would consider - for non Muslims only, of course.
SAS might get called up for those.
Father battered to death with cricket bat after confronting gang suspected of stealing his children’s bikes
Tire iron!
Chevy.
The punchline from a joke so old, google cannot find it.
This is so d—n silly! I can make a knife, and I have; several in fact. Will they ban hammers and nails and files?
AR-15 fully semi auto bump stock ass-salt knives?
How veddy British of them!
Pip, pip, cheerio & all that rot, and ENJOY YOUR MUSLIMS!
It’s about time to put to end to all the carnage caused by Butter Knives.
How will Brits cut their steaks?
Ideal Commieworld is a lot like ancient China. Each village has one knife, chained to a rock. Why do you think Chinese food is served in bite-sized pieces? It's so the peasants don't get any ideas.
are they banning acid (for acid tossing) and vehicles (driven in crowds)?
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