After 7 people were killed in a stabbing spree in Japan,
The full story is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7442545.stm
How would banning survival knives have stopped the murderer? In the BBC article, it also mentions another stabbing where kitchen knives were used. Even if survival knives were banned, a kitchen knife can be just as deadly. Furthermore, making your own knife is incredibly easy with a piece of steel and a grinder. They might not be pretty, but I've made a few of my own knives in this manner, and they are very sharp and sturdy. What will they do, ban construction equipment?
I fail to see how legislation against survival knives would be anything more than a "feel good" move by the government. What are your thoughts? Do you think laws banning survival knives would pass in Japan, or is the folly of attempting to ban a simple piece of steel so obvious that it wouldn't even pass as a "feel good law?"
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3BA697A2-BCA6-4752-863C-36F03AD5B91F.htmThe Japanese government is considering tighter restrictions on large-bladed survival knives after a stabbing rampage in the capital left seven people dead over the weekend
The full story is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7442545.stm
How would banning survival knives have stopped the murderer? In the BBC article, it also mentions another stabbing where kitchen knives were used. Even if survival knives were banned, a kitchen knife can be just as deadly. Furthermore, making your own knife is incredibly easy with a piece of steel and a grinder. They might not be pretty, but I've made a few of my own knives in this manner, and they are very sharp and sturdy. What will they do, ban construction equipment?
I fail to see how legislation against survival knives would be anything more than a "feel good" move by the government. What are your thoughts? Do you think laws banning survival knives would pass in Japan, or is the folly of attempting to ban a simple piece of steel so obvious that it wouldn't even pass as a "feel good law?"