Uzi's can be used as paperweights. Can I keep mine?

I'm just waiting for the repeal of "boards with nails."

Did you know in New York City num-chucks, ninja stars, knives that do special tricks (switch blades ect...)are illegal.

It's illegal to carry in public (even concealed)any kind of knife with a blade 4 inches or longer.

or any knife in public displayed, worn or carried in open view.

I would start worrying about REAL laws in your own city than with hypothetical laws in Britain.

Did you know that bulletproof vests are illegal for the general public? We've got plenty of stupid laws here, don't get me wrong, but the idea of banning kitchen knives (or altering them to be less sharp) really takes the idiocy prize.

And besides, is it really all that hard to make a knife? You get a piece of metal and sharpen it, for godsakes.

You stop people from selling knives, but it won't stop people from having them.

If you subtract out all the murders of Bad Guys by Bad Guys in the US, our murder rate is the same as Europe's. US murders are usually done with guns, Europe's with knives.

If the EU brought back guns, they would not have to worry about knives.

It's not evn a hypothetical law. It is a medic writing in the British Medical journal urging the change in knife design. His or her agenda I would assume is driven by the fact that the medical profession pick up the pieces on a Saturday night when some pissheads have "chibbed" each other, or a domestic has got out of hand. It couldn't be any further away from the statute book. It's merely somebody thinking aloud in a magazine article. Talk about blowing things out of proportion.

If Britain had decent food, the chefs would be rioting over this. You could never get away with this in France. It would be seen as compromising the proud French civilization.

Jake: Knives are far more deadly than guns in small areas. I'd fancy my chances with a kitchen knife vs yours with a gun if we were standing less than 5metres apart.

Urbane: Indeed and it makes sense. Also deep fat fryers that can't work w/o sunlight would save many lives. Im not sure why a kitchen knife needs a sharp point.

Yehudit: The fact that about 10 of the world's best 50 restaurants are in the UK, including the world's #1 (and four in top 10) probably pisses more Frenchmen off. Your best was #6

There are the wolves, there are the sheep, and then there are the sheepdogs. In the great State of Texas we can train and obtain a license to carry a concealed weapon; this Texan "sheepdog" is ready for any wolves who sniff around me or mine.

It is also heartening to see that the Gun Lobby is being felt and heard in DC.