# Should Stiletto Heels Be Banned as Dangerous Weapon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652 "2013-06-10T20:43:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/1 "2013-06-10T20:43:32Z")
Woman Uses Stiletto Heel To Repeatedly Stab Boyfriend To Death She had some truly killer heels. A 44-year-old woman fatally stabbed her boyfriend in the head with her stiletto heels in a luxury Houston high-rise, according to Houston police. Ana Lilia Trujillo is facing murder charges." > **[Latino | Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/category/latino)** > > Latino ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/2 "2013-06-10T20:46:28Z")
Perhaps we should call them “fuck you” pumps. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/3 "2013-06-10T21:02:18Z")
Clearly to keep us safe from high heels we need regulation, background checks, registration, shoe safes, heel guards, mandatory training and higher taxes. There is no constitutional right to keep and bear heels, and if there were it would be silly anyway. Soon, we can confiscate all the heels, and then the entire world will be a happy place. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/4 "2013-06-10T21:27:31Z")
We shouldn’t walk all over the rights of the people. ---
**Author:** ![babygoat666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@babygoat666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babygoat666)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/5 "2013-06-10T21:32:47Z")
Are people seriously comparing sharp objects to devices that spray metal projectiles? Okay, just checking… have fun you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/6 "2013-06-10T22:39:02Z")
Wake me when 10,000 Americans are stillettoed to death every year and we’ll talk. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/7 "2013-06-10T23:04:59Z")
Yes. Stilettos and kitchen utensils need to be regulated. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/8 "2013-06-10T23:46:02Z")
Not sure if dangerous is the right word, but they’ve been used to take a lot of money from me in the past. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/9 "2013-06-10T23:56:42Z")
When stiletto heels are outlawed, only outlaws will look hot. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/10 "2013-06-11T01:18:34Z")
When a five year old uses one to take his three year old sister out of the gene pool, then we’ll talk. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/11 "2013-06-11T01:18:39Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Clearly to keep us safe from high heels we need regulation, background checks, registration, shoe safes, heel guards, mandatory training and higher taxes. There is no constitutional right to keep and bear heels, and if there were it would be silly anyway. Soon, we can confiscate all the heels, and then the entire world will be a happy place. Hasn’t the fickle American public forgotten about gun legislation in any serious way (for the moment)? Can’t we stop making ridiculous not-so-witty analogies to gun legislation in every single thread about someone dying? At least until the next mass shooting? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/12 "2013-06-11T02:14:02Z")
You’ll have to pry them from my cold, dead, feet. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/13 "2013-06-11T03:45:08Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Hasn’t the fickle American public forgotten about gun legislation in any serious way (for the moment)? We won’t forget they tried it. They failed. This time. They will try again. We must remain vigilant. > [@](#): > > Can’t we stop making ridiculous not-so-witty analogies to gun legislation in every single thread about someone dying? At least until the next mass shooting? Look at the thread title. I didn’t write it. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/14 "2013-06-11T04:48:37Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Wake me when 10,000 Americans are stillettoed to death every year and we’ll talk. How about [440,000 deaths](http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/) every year? Is that enough to get your attention? Didn’t think so. ETA: And there’s not even a pesky constitutional amendment getting in the way of solving the problem. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/15 "2013-06-11T13:15:14Z")
For some reason I keep picturing Danny Trejo in drag starring in a new series of Robert Rodriguez movies: _Stiletto!_. **Shudder** Or _Nude Nuns with Big Heels_? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/16 "2013-06-11T13:25:11Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Look at the thread title. I didn’t write it. Quite true. Objection withdrawn. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/17 "2013-06-11T14:17:52Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > How about [440,000 deaths](http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/) every year? Is that enough to get your attention? Why, just the other day someone was on the corner randomly shoving cigarettes into peoples mouths and there was nothing anyone could do about it! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/18 "2013-06-11T15:33:10Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > How about [440,000 deaths](http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/) every year? Is that enough to get your attention? > > Didn’t think so. > > ETA: And there’s not even a pesky constitutional amendment getting in the way of solving the problem. Have you noticed indoor smoking is banned in just about every public place now? It got our attention and we did in fact do something about it. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/19 "2013-06-11T16:45:47Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Have you noticed indoor smoking is banned in just about every public place now? It got our attention and we did in fact do something about it. And yet, women are still free to walk about in whatever footwear they so desire. Where’s the justice? ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652/20 "2013-06-11T17:08:48Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Have you noticed indoor smoking is banned in just about every public place now? It got our attention and we did in fact do something about it. Yep, and shooting people has generally been frowned upon by the law too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-stiletto-heels-be-banned-as-dangerous-weapon/660652.md?page=2)