I thought the Doctors were asking for kitchen knives to have blunt points, as there is no actual reason to use a pointed knife in the kitchen, and it was the points doing the real damage.
No?
Not if it’s thrown properly.
Oh come on, how many folks are skilled in knife combat? Have you ever played Doom?
Have you more knives to throw after that one? How many bullets fit into a gun again? Just enough to kill you 7 or 8 times? Questions? Question marks?
A lot of people can’t hit the broad side of a barn with a hand gun. Some people shoot themselves fiddling with it. So what?
Well from my vast assortment of knives, I found the following different point types:
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Straight point
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Drop point
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Raised point
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That’s it
So there really aren’t that many different types now are there?
okay /sarcasm
And that’s why we wone the Revolution!
Okay, this is a silly thread. I’ll stop now.
I myself can put a properly balanced knife into a dartboard at twenty paces, but that’s because I have a father with creative opinions about father/son bonding experiences, and a great deal of practice. I’ve not used a gun, so I cannot compare directly, but there is a sort of point-and-click simplicity to a firearm that there isn’t to a thrown knife.
If properly trained, an opponent can kill you with a rolled-up newspaper. Luckily, few criminals have this training.
You are correct on their reasoning. Their reasoning is nonsense, of course, there are many reasons to have points on kitchen knives.
This MPSIMS thread has some interesting commentary.
If I were going to brutally murder someone, I would go to the local hardware store and pick up bush axe (no waiting period). Imgine the shock and awe when I stepp from behind their car or handy tree.
In my kitchen I have an assortment of knives that I use in the preperation of food. Two of my knives have long blades that end in points. One is my chef’s knife used for vegetables and the other is the one I use to carve meat with. Sometimes I use the points of these blades to begin to cut whatever it is I need to slice up. I use the points often enough that I would miss having them.
This is rather silly don’t you think? Is there a certain mentality that anything that might be remotely dangerous in the wrong hands should be banned?
Marc
What is the slippery slope though?
Ban guns, means ban knives, means ban what? Ban peanutbutter at school means ban jam/jelly, means ban bread?
Have you any idea how truly dangerous a weapon can be be made by sharpening a stale loaf of French bread? Won’t somebody think of the children?
Shrug. Ban guns, knives are used. Ban knives, something gets used. Screwdrivers, hammers, ball bats, tire irons, chains, anything can be a weapon. You can’t ban everything.
Long thin fillet knives, heavy bladed knifes for chopping, carving knives, bread knives, short utility knives, butter knives, yada yada yada. Blah.
Why even sharpen it? It’s a pretty good bludgeon after sitting a day or two. Ban the bread! I’m glad I’m not the only one having “a problem” staying serious. 
Not to mention that the the doctor in question wants any blades over 2"/5 cm banned (mentioned in a NPR interview, referenced in the linked MPSIMS thread), which not only bans long pointed knives, but all paring knives that I’ve ever seen, which you definitely need a point on, all steak knives, basically anything sharp that doesn’t have a blunt tip. And frankly, there’s no way in hell I’d want to repurchase all those knives just because the government thinks that instead of a decent home chef that I or someone I know is bound to snap and murder someone with one. Not to mention that it’s just a pain to have to switch knives while deboning, etc. I’m thinking the interviewed “top chefs” might sing a different tune if their kitchens had to actually operate under these new regulations.
Let’s just ban children. Guns are easier to look after.
I was just trying to point out that Americans laughing at Poms (Brits) fear of guns/knives/pointy sticks could be compared to some Americans (and other countries) banning peanut butter in schools.
Banning anything can be seen as silly or as sensible, depending on the circumstances and those concerned.
Personally I would rather make peanut butter compulsory and pointy things illegal…at least that way we can predict who will be hurt.
You might find this interesting:
Fear and Loathing in Whitehall:
Bolshevism and the Firearms Act of 1920
Oh I know there are a lot of different types of knives, but what I was responding to was a statement about how many different types of points there are.
Hmmmm. That puts to rest the idea Britain never had any use for guns (not a gun culture) and also the idea that some people are simply better than we colonial barbarians are. I’m going to file it for future reference.