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Edmonton Mayor looks at banning sale of big knives
A spate of recent stabbings that killed two people and sent another to hospital have prompted Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel to probe the feasibility of banning the sale of large knives.
Mr. Mandel has asked city administration to work with local police on ways to curb the escalating violence, including the possibility of legislating a city-wide ban, a spokeswoman for the Mayor said yesterday.
Let me see now, even if they do proceed with this stupidity Spruce Grove is only about a 1/2 hour away from Edmonton heading west on the #16, banning the sale of “big knives” (whateverthefucktheymaybe) is not going to solve a single thing.
What we have here folks is another example of a pointless knee-jerk reaction in the pursuit of being seen to be ‘doing something‘.
[ h/t rphl_lxndr via Twitter ]
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How much is the National Big Knife Association paying you?
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I think its time to start talking about a National Big Knife Registry.
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“another example of a pointless knee-jerk reaction …”
A Big Knife would take care of that hamstring nicely.
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If you ban big knives then only criminals will have big knives.