# Now they want to ban the sale of pointed kitchen knives in the UK to reduce knife crime.

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**Created:** [October 10, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-they-want-to-ban-the-sale-of-pointed-kitchen-knives-in-the-uk-to-reduce-knife-crime/841606 "2019-10-10T20:32:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-they-want-to-ban-the-sale-of-pointed-kitchen-knives-in-the-uk-to-reduce-knife-crime/841606/225 "2019-10-17T15:18:24Z")

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> [@XT](#):
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> My response is never just ‘but what about Japan’, despite the fact I do try to be less verbose these days. 😛  
> .

You went on a bit longer but the very first bit:

> [@Availability and lethality of guns and body counts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/availability-and-lethality-of-guns-and-body-counts/809469/39):
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> I read the (2005) article that the chart was based on. In addition, a moment of thought would show you that less guns doesn’t necessarily mean less suicides, since if this were true the US would be leading the world in per capita suicides, instead of being basically in the middle of the road. Japan, with one of the most restrictive gun regulations and a very low number of guns per capita is the world leader in suicides per capita, so there is something else going on.

Your argument boils down to “guns aren’t the only factor”, which nobody is arguing against.

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