Posted on 09/07/2021 6:07:34 AM PDT by massmike
Knives and scissors have been removed from supermarket shelves in New Zealand after a recent stabbing attack. Supermarket chain Countdown said on Saturday, a partial “knife control” would be in effect for several weeks to prevent stabbing attacks going forward.
This decision came after a Sri Lankan national injured six people at a Countdown location in Auckland last Friday. Authorities said the attacker was inspired by the Islamic State to carry out the attack.
Several other supermarket chains also removed knives from their shelves over the weekend. It remains unclear when this self-imposed “knife control” would end.
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That’ll help!
“Temporary”——when government states “temporary” it never is....
How about pointy sticks? Are pointy sticks ok?
It’d be better to ban Sri Lankens.
What about drinking straws, huh?
Sharpened pencils work well, too.
Pool cues are next.
Of course when they've banned firearms; edged weapons or anything with an edge or a point; then blunt objects such as bats, hammers, etc... Evil, disturbed, or just plain a-hole people will still find ways to commit acts of violence against their fellow human beings.
Are you getting it yet people (lib lurkers)? It is not the tool that is the problem - nor the solution. The responsibility for terrible acts rests squarelly on the perpetrator of those acts.
How about rocks?
Muscular men?
.........best also remove from shelves baseball bats, water (pour in bucket, drown victim), buckets, men’s belts (strangle)................
It’d be better to ban muslims(SPIT!).
Geeze what’s next. Banning base ball bats, Hockey sticks, cars, airplanes, rakes, shovels, ice picks because after all they could be used to kill someone.
They are certainly waging open war on “muscular men”.
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
-——— Voltaire
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It’s NZ, you mean cricket bats, not baseball…
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True. I should be watching the Twilight series while double handing a cup of hot cocoa…
Sounds like New Zealand has an unassimilated immigrant problem, not a knife problem. How many responsible knife owners are being punished for the action of one man?
Tamil Tiger, eh?
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