# 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 11, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-they-want-to-ban-the-sale-of-pointed-kitchen-knives-in-the-uk-to-reduce-knife-crime/841606/61 "2019-10-11T17:20:57Z")

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> [@Doyle](#):
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> I had no idea and will remember this in the future.

Will you?

Starting threads based on disreputable right wing glurge sites is kind of your jam.

> [@Scientists Who Are Actually Stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-who-are-actually-stupid/744306/1):
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> Courtesy of Breitbart. I know, red flags go up immediately.
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> The first one is on [Neil deGrasse Tyson](http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2015/12/21/scientists-who-are-actually-really-stupid-1-neil-degrasse-tyson/).
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> The next on [Bill Nye](http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/19/scientists-actually-really-stupid-2-bill-nye/).
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> Are these just hit jobs or is there some truth to them? I got this from a very liberal friend of mine who just happens to have a PhD in EE and he seems to agree.

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