Posted on 06/15/2009 12:12:09 PM PDT by pissant
The first “anti-stab” knife is to go on sale in Britain, designed to work as normal in the kitchen but to be ineffective as a weapon.
The knife has a rounded edge instead of a point and will snag on clothing and skin to make it more difficult to stab someone.
It was invented by industrial designer John Cornock, who was inspired by a documentary in which doctors advocated banning traditional knives.
Mr Cornock, 42, from Swindon, said that the knife will cut vegetables, but will make it almost impossible to stab someone to death and will reduce the risk of accidental injuries.
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If it really makes it harder to cut your fingers off in the kitchen, I have a son who could use one.
Wait till you see what they do to forks!!
Have they altered lawn darts yet?
Stupid gits.
I remember when a Klintonista advocated ‘safer bullets’ too!
the ones who would buy such a knife aren’t the ones who go around stabbing people. And the ones who do go around stabbing people aren’t going to buy this knife.
Sad beyond words.
I’ll bet they can still slit a throat pretty easily.
Of course, somone could grind a nice sharp point on it...
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I wonder if you can grind the tip into a point? Oops. There goes the concept.
No doubt, criminals everywhere, TERRIFIED of all the anti-knife laws on the books, rushed to legally purchase their anti-stab knives so as to not run afoul of anti-knife laws.
so what’s to stop someone from grinding down the top of the knife to make it sharp?
And I suppose that the morons in the UK have never watched MSNBC’s prison show where they detail how inmates make shanks out of everyday objects.
If it can still cut a throat there will be a good market for it in the Muslim nations.
What’s next, anti-poke nails on boards?
Made in China and sold in Britain for $80 to $100? Such a bargain for a $3 knife. I wonder what they dont understand about fatal knife wounds? The “locals” here would take that knife and cut you three ways—wide, deep, and frequent. They dont need to stab you.
This just in: Grinding wheels and sharpening stones to be banned.
Consideration of metal ban followed by styrofoam cups and lighters.
A “stab-free” knife?
That might slow down or stop the rank ameteurs, but I was under the impression that the “proper” way to kill someone with a knife involved slicing. That would be the exact same motion/action needed to prepare meat in the kitchen.
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