British Police Call On Nation To ‘Save a Life, Surrender Your Knife’ As ‘Knife Violen

[Paslode]

This almost belongs in the comedy zone........I can see nanny's like Cuomo, Malloy and Bloomberg salivating over this prospect.

The news out of the United Kingdom almost reads like a satire piece from The Onion. But as strange as it may sound to people around the world, and especially in the United States, the British police push to ban knives is no joke.

The new “Save a Life – Surrender Your Knife” program is in full swing and police are telling us that they have joined forces with an already growing trend in the United Kingdom to ban “pointy” knives.

http://countercurrentnews.com/2014/11/british-police-calling-for-knife-ban/#

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/is-this-a-joke-british-police-push-for-ban-on-pointy-knives_112014

https://www.facebook.com/lancspolice/photos/a.187144407983524.43177.183513901679908/837972909567334/?type=1

[WarriorDiplomat]

[QUOTE=Paslode;567993]This almost belongs in the comedy zone........I can see nanny's like Cuomo, Malloy and Bloomberg salivating over this prospect.



http://countercurrentnews.com/2014/11/british-police-calling-for-knife-ban/#

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/is-this-a-joke-british-police-push-for-ban-on-pointy-knives_112014

https://www.facebook.com/lancspolice/photos/a.187144407983524.43177.183513901679908/837972909567334/?type=1[/QUOTE

Theirs knife violence because they ain't got no guns

[MR2]

They can pry my thrown knife from their cold dead throats - or something like that.

[tom kelly]

What is next for the English to surrender? Tea Time at 4:00 PM. tom kelly

[JJ_BPK]

All LEO's in the UK are issued "stab vests". They have no NLECTC penetration ability, but I am told the Sergeant Major will allow them as alternate wear to the ubiquitous PT belt..

A friend's SiL in Scotland is a COPPER and I check with him before each trip over to see what the latest hot button is.

I am NEVER without a knife. Currently, my Camillus is OK. Under 3 inches, folding, non-blade lock, but I worry about the nefarious can opener & awl being interpreted as a terrorist weapon(s) of choice??

For you kids: U.S. Military Knife, United States Government Spec MIL-K-818D” or Knife, Pocket NSN: 5110-00-162-2205

[Richard]

It's not a ban - it's a catch-phrase to a program designed to enhance awareness and education. Meh.

"While projects encouraging the surrender of knives are not a single solution to violence, they have an important role to play in inspiring communities to get behind education and preventative measures."

"Among the weapons given up ... a homemade blade screwed together with razor blades and large knives."

http://www.lancashire.police.uk/about-us/news/save-a-life--surrender-your-knife

But will the droogs participate? :rolleyes:

And so it goes...

Richard

[mark46th]

Next thing they will ask for will be your testicles. They will have to ask my wife. She keeps them in a jar in the refrigerator...

[JJ_BPK]

Police told not to wear uniform on way to work due to terror fears
Rob Waugh for Metro.co.uk Monday 17 Nov 2014

http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/17/police-told-not-to-wear-uniform-on-way-to-work-due-to-terror-fears-4951103/?ito=facebook

The UK has a problem...

And it only get bigger..


Sniffer dogs offend Muslims,, POLICE sniffer dogs trained to spot terrorists at railway stations may no longer come into contact with Muslim passengers – after complaints that it is against the suspects’ religion.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/50071/Sniffer-dogs-offend-Muslims

[PSM]

My understanding is years ago they made it illegal to fight off a robber in your own house. They said just comply with the bad guy, let him have what he wants and he will go away without hurting you.

I believe Neville Chamberlain came up with that idea. ;)

Pat

[craigepo]

It is hard to believe that, at one time, the sun never sat on the British Empire.

[MR2]

Next thing they will ask for will be your testicles. They will have to ask my wife. She keeps them in a jar in the refrigerator...

That's cold man. :D

[Guymullins]

Forks, what about bloody forks. They are filled with pointy tips and should be outlawed. Spoons should be the only implements approved for carry, and not those little pointy Tea spoons either. Soupspoons are ok, so long as their handles are very blunt. There have been some sneaky buggers from Glasgow (wouldn't you know it) who terrorize the streets using desert spoons with pointy handles concealed in shoulder holsters.

[Joker]

Taco Bell sporks will be the only thing civilians can have; government approved, background checked, registered chefs (regular cooks are not chefs) can have those evil killing machines, formerly known as knives, and they must be stored in a stand-alone, military style, 24-hour guarded, arms room. Only one evil killing machine can be checked out at a time per every two chefs, the two-chef rule.
Civilians do not have the expertise, nor can be trusted, to cook their own food and only the government chefs meet these needs and requirements.

[Barbarian]

(in all seriousness, I am surprised no where in the U.S. this hasn't already been proposed, like say maybe San Francisco or something?).

They're working on it. Thankfully, there is a knife version of the NRA called "Knife Rights" that is chaired by Doug Ritter.

www.kniferights.org/


If you're going to ban knives, you might as well go ahead and ban the two weapons that predate them: rocks and sticks.

[mugwump]

Those two Muslims who decapitated that soldier were responsible Brits for using a cleaver instead of a dangerous-pointy-killer-thing.

[The Reaper]

We should have Knife Safety legislation. It is for the children. All knives for civilians shall look like this:

Negative.

No serrations allowed.

TR

[shady.raven13]

Great now we will have to add knife safety to our annual briefing list!!!

[Team Sergeant]

Every time I see a Chiwawa I think; "There's no f**king way that thing descended from a wolf."

Now I think the same thing about many of the Europeans.......

[grigori]

There is no reason whatsoever for anyone to have a knife with a pointy tip. The only purpose for such a knife is for stabbing. Civilian knives should at most have a sharp edge for cutting and chopping, but the tip should be rounded off to prevent any kind of ability to stab and thus use the knife as a weapon. Only the military and law enforcement shall have access to knives with a sharp point, heretofore known as Assault Knives.

(in all seriousness, I am surprised no where in the U.S. this hasn't already been proposed, like say maybe San Francisco or something?).

In Germany, they banned ninja throwing stars I read. They also now either require or some want to require a permit or license to buy pepper spray guns. Since Germans can't own real guns, they sell replicas of real firearms that fire pepper spray (so for example it looks like an AR-15 but really shoots pepper spray). But now they do or want to require a permit or license to purchase one of those. They keep making the laws more and more restrictive after each mass shooting that occurs there, but being the laws are already very restrictive, they have gotten into comical territory with them.

German citizens can own guns but the process is hard. I have asked an German friend of mine, he told me either you can get a handgun permit for competitive shooting which requires practice at a registered club for an year. Another route is passing the German hunters exam after which one can buy long guns and 2 handguns.

More over here:
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2011/03/oliver-weiss/german-gun-laws/

[PSM]

Every time I see a Chiwawa I think; "There's no f**king way that thing descended from a wolf."

Now I think the same thing about many of the Europeans.......

Let's be fair, my avatar dog has been attacked by far more Chihuahuas than Europeans. :D

Pat

[RomanCandle]

Every time I see a Chiwawa I think; "There's no f**king way that thing descended from a wolf."

Now I think the same thing about many of the Europeans.......

Judging from the reaction from members of various British knife fora when anyone posts a knife pic that happens to contain a firearm of any type, they are well and truly brainwashed into thinking that even a photo of a gun constitutes an assault with a deadly weapon. :rolleyes:

Many seem quite proud of the fact that they can only carry non locking blades of less than three inches. Anything over that or god forbid it locks and you must be a Kray. Everyone knows the injuries that locking blades will force you to inflict on others.

[Team Sergeant]

Socialism at it's finest.

Morons that listen to a very corrupt gov that allows muslims to rape little kids and does nothing because they are afraid.

So taking away knives is a brilliant idea, in fact just grant a few more million muslims amnesty and soon England with be under sharia law........ who cares.

[The Reaper]

When the riots broke out back in 2011, they had to import a foreign weapon for self-defense---baseball bats. Baseball bat sales on Amazon UK shot up over 1000% during that period.

Where did they get the weapons for the military during both World Wars?

TR

[blacksmoke]

What type of people are likely to comply with this request? The victims that may possibly use their knife in self defense, or the scumbags?

[DJ Urbanovsky]

I always find it amusing when the nanny state apologists start yapping about banning/confiscating knives.

The odds of being killed or injured by falling are far greater. Maybe we should ban gravity next.

Whenever I run into a blade fearing candyass, I always like to ask them if they've ever considered how many knives they have in their kitchen...

As a knife maker by trade, and also a generally inquisitive person by nature, over the course of my career, I've conducted a great many unscientific interviews with a wide array of law enforcement professionals. You guys want to know what the most common knife is that these people confiscate off of bad guys? A steak knife of the type that one might find at, say, Outback or Sizzler. Second most common is a 6"-10" butchers/chefs knife. Why is that? Because they are cheap (or free if one steals them from a restaurant), ubiquitous, and designed to cut meat. Which, if I am not mistaken, is what most humans are made of...

[TrapperFrank]

If my memory serves me right, I believe there was a call to ban "assault" knives in the UK a few years ago. Just what the hell is an "assault" knife?

[The Reaper]

I was in London back in 2007 or so, and was told by our local contacts not to carry my folding knife or Leatherman in public. Locking blades, serrations, and blades were too long.

What a country of (formerly) free men. :rolleyes:

TR

[Guymullins]

In London last year I was dispossessed of my Leatherman when visiting The Shard, their idea of a sky-scraper. They were afraid I would hijack the elevator. I wonder where I would force it to go under the threat of my corkscrew?

[hso]

Gentlemen,

This publiication from Parliament lays out the plan being carried out in the U.K. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmhaff/112/112we16.htm

It is a model that some in the U.S. want followed. For the past few years in NYC Cyrus Vance Jr. has been having the law against gravity knives twisted to include just about anything you'd carry. http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234

[JJ_BPK]

I have a small supply of Kalifornacater authorized units.

2500 USD while they last..
SALE 2 for 6000 USD..

[DJ Urbanovsky]

I could turn that into something nasty in about 30 seconds.



I have a small supply of Kalifornacater authorized units.

2500 USD while they last..
SALE 2 for 6000 USD..

[pyreaux]

I wonder how the Brits would feel about this guy and his breakfast spoon!!!

Fast forward to about 1:55 for the beginning of the goodness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4oHzFNclzQ

[WarriorDiplomat]

Every time I see a Chiwawa I think; "There's no f**king way that thing descended from a wolf."

Now I think the same thing about many of the Europeans.......

LOL well I see the British are once again expanding the OSHA for criminals program.

[MR2]

So are they going to have to puree the roast beef before they serve it?

[Joker]

So are they going to have to puree the roast beef before they serve it?

And they will only allow Taco Bell sporks as you would probably go bat-shit crazy and kill folks with a regular evil fork.

[(1VB)compforce]

And they will only allow Taco Bell sporks as you would probably go bat-shit crazy and kill folks with a regular evil fork.

Nah, they'll go all the way to KFC sporks, the ones that break trying to eat coleslaw or mac n cheese.

[Sdiver]

There will always be some type of "weapon" available to the criminal element.

Here's probably the most lethal weapon known today ...

[Sohei]

...There will always be some type of "weapon" available to the criminal element...

As long as the human mind and imagination is involved, there will always be a weapon to be found. A person's willingness to utilize "something" to harm another human being can't be legislated away.

[mojaveman]

There will always be some type of "weapon" available to the criminal element.

:D

[Ret10Echo]

As long as the human mind and imagination is involved, there will always be a weapon to be found. A person's willingness to utilize "something" to harm another human being can't be legislated away.

Here here.... Gun, knife, rock, pointy stick, chicken bone.... It's people and the social circumstances/ societal morality that drives violent response....

As Rooster Cogbern would state "He shoulda armed himself"

[mugwump]

:D

The thugs carry screwdrivers as their weapon of choice.

[TOMAHAWK9521]

This is what England will resort to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bCyIAsSid8&spfreload=10