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Stop the sale of long blades with sharp points help save lives

Submitted on Tuesday 9th August 2011

Published on Wednesday 17th August 2011

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 17th August 2012

Signatures: 2

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BBC ~ BBC News ~ British ~ Crime ~ Police ~ UK ~ United Kingdom

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Stop the sale of long blades with sharp points help save lives

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We need to ban the sale of long pointed kitchen knives.

Violent crime in the United Kingdom is increasing. Although other weapons - such as baseball bats, screwdrivers, and chains - are also carried, by far the most common weapons are knives. Police officers and pathologists say that pointed kitchen knifes are used in at least half of all cases.

An editorial in the British Medical Journal suggested that since "many assaults are impulsive", government action could "drastically reduce the availability" of a "potentially lethal weapon".

For more info see the BBC news article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7508404.stm and the original article in the British Medical Journal: http://t.co/JOq2TyT


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