24 Injured In Stabbing

[Semicolon]

We need knife control,  who needs one longer than 1 inch anyways unless they are up to no good

My thought too- BAN KITCHEN KNIVES.

This is serious logic in the UK.

[RageBeoulve]

Better mental health care would be a decent patch, but won't actually address the underlying causes of these problems.

[ZEGH8578]

If everyone had a knife, this would have been averted.

[ZEGH8578]

We need knife control,  who needs one longer than 1 inch anyways unless they are up to no good

My thought too- BAN KITCHEN KNIVES.

This is serious logic in the UK.

I know right? Stupid entire country where nobody understands anything. Like Netherlands, allowing weed to kill and destroy their nation. Retards!

Like I said above, had everyone attending had a knife, or better, a wakizashi, this tragedy would never have happened. They would all have expertly ninjad the perpetrator to pieces. Logic Hi-Five!

That is why there are no wars in the world. Cus all countries have an army.

[RageBeoulve]

We need knife control,  who needs one longer than 1 inch anyways unless they are up to no good

My thought too- BAN KITCHEN KNIVES.

This is serious logic in the UK.

I know right? Stupid entire country where nobody understands anything. Like Netherlands, allowing weed to kill and destroy their nation. Retards!

Like I said above, had everyone attending had a knife, or better, a wakizashi, this tragedy would never have happened. They would all have expertly ninjad the perpetrator to pieces. Logic Hi-Five!

That is why there are no wars in the world. Cus all countries have an army.

That is why there are no wars in the world. Cus all countries have an army.

Sad but true. Even supposed "evil" criminals don't want to pick on someone and try to take their stuff if they think there is a good chance they'll get hurt. I mean this is really simple stuff, but people don't want to admit it. It doesn't fit their "we can create a utopia" narrative.


Getting real tired of this "m-muh beliefs" shit.

[Al Swearegen]

Thank Goodness he had a knife in each hand and not two uzis I guess. I am betting the casualties would have been worse.

[Icequeen]

He's now been charged with 21 counts of attempted homicide.

A document signed by Hribal dated April 6 was found in his school locker after the stabbings that injured 21 students and a security guard on April 9, according to the complaint.

The note includes a passage that says, "I can't wait to see the priceless and helpless looks on the faces of the students of one of the 'best schools in Pennsylvania' realize their precious lives are going to be taken by the only one among them that isn't a plebeian," according to the complaint.

The complaint also says that after the stabbings began, a bloody Hribal was grabbed from behind and taken to the floor by Vice Principal Sam King.

The suspect refused to drop his knives and said, "No, I am not dropping them, my work is not done, I have more people to kill," according to the complaint.


Read more: http://www.wtae.com/news/note-found-in-franklin-regional-suspect-locker-their-precious-lives-are-going-to-be-taken/25660560#ixzz2zviLztdw

I guess he did know what he was doing. Sad, no one saw it coming.

[Arya Quinn]

We need knife control,  who needs one longer than 1 inch anyways unless they are up to no good

My thought too- BAN KITCHEN KNIVES.

This is serious logic in the UK.

Pics or it didn't happen 

[Genesis]

We need knife control,  who needs one longer than 1 inch anyways unless they are up to no good

My thought too- BAN KITCHEN KNIVES.

This is serious logic in the UK.

Pics or it didn't happen 

Yes please provide proof or we ask you about your mother....

[Semicolon]

We need knife control,  who needs one longer than 1 inch anyways unless they are up to no good

My thought too- BAN KITCHEN KNIVES.

This is serious logic in the UK.

Pics or it didn't happen 

The articles are more interesting than the pictures:


Doctors' kitchen knives ban call

A&E doctors are calling for a ban on long pointed kitchen knives to reduce deaths from stabbing.

A team from West Middlesex University Hospital said violent crime is on the increase - and kitchen knives are used in as many as half of all stabbings.

They argued many assaults are committed impulsively, prompted by alcohol and drugs, and a kitchen knife often makes an all too available weapon.

The research is published in the British Medical Journal.

The researchers said there was no reason for long pointed knives to be publicly available at all.

They consulted 10 top chefs from around the UK, and found such knives have little practical value in the kitchen.

None of the chefs felt such knives were essential, since the point of a short blade was just as useful when a sharp end was needed.

The researchers said a short pointed knife may cause a substantial superficial wound if used in an assault - but is unlikely to penetrate to inner organs.

In contrast, a pointed long blade pierces the body like "cutting into a ripe melon".

The use of knives is particularly worrying amongst adolescents, say the researchers, reporting that 24% of 16-year-olds have been shown to carry weapons, primarily knives.

The study found links between easy access to domestic knives and violent assault are long established.

French laws in the 17th century decreed that the tips of table and street knives be ground smooth.

A century later, forks and blunt-ended table knives were introduced in the UK in an effort to reduce injuries during arguments in public eating houses.

The researchers say legislation to ban the sale of long pointed knives would be a key step in the fight against violent crime.

"The Home Office is looking for ways to reduce knife crime.

"We suggest that banning the sale of long pointed knives is a sensible and practical measure that would have this effect."

Government response

Home Office spokesperson said there were already extensive restrictions in place to control the sale and possession of knives.

"The law already prohibits the possession of offensive weapons in a public place, and the possession of knives in public without good reason or lawful authority, with the exception of a folding pocket knife with a blade not exceeding three inches.

"Offensive weapons are defined as any weapon designed or adapted to cause injury, or intended by the person possessing them to do so.

"An individual has to demonstrate that he had good reason to possess a knife, for example for fishing, other sporting purposes or as part of his profession (e.g. a chef) in a public place.

"The manufacture, sale and importation of 17 bladed, pointed and other offensive weapons have been banned, in addition to flick knives and gravity knives."

A spokesperson for the Association of Chief Police Officers said: "ACPO supports any move to reduce the number of knife related incidents, however, it is important to consider the practicalities of enforcing such changes."

Source

How do 'anti-stab' knives work?

Kitchen knives are the most common weapon used in fatal stabbings, say police. Now a new "anti-stab" knife has been developed, but how does it work?

Knife crime is hardly out of the headlines these days and it makes grim reading.

Stabbing deaths hit a record high of 322 in the UK last year, according to the government. Most knives used in such attacks are from the kitchen, former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair suggested.

The first "anti-stab" knife will soon go on sale in Britain and has been designed to work as normal in the kitchen, but be ineffective as a weapon.

The knife has a unique "combination tip" that reduces the risk of injury. The tip has a rounded edge instead of a point and the blade for cutting is underneath. While it can chop vegetables, the tip makes penetration more difficult. It also snags on clothing and skin, making it very unlikely to inflict a fatal wound.

Doctors have lobbied in the past for kitchen knives to be redesigned. They argue that while a redesign is not a complete solution to the complex problem of knife crime, it could help to save lives.

The New Point knife has been developed by industrial designer John Cornock, who was inspired to create the product after watching a documentary on knife crime. It has taken four years to develop.

'Intelligent design'

The knife has a blunt "upper protrusion" with a rounded edge which acts as a guard for the sharp point underneath. It has an undercut that snags on clothes, skin or tissue.

A sharp point underneath is used in the usual way as a standard knife point but with limited penetration. An ergonomic handle also reduces the aggressiveness of the product.

"The common kitchen knife has remained unchanged for centuries so now we're hoping to introduce a safer, more intelligent design for the modern home," says Mr Cornock.

He says a knife can never be totally safe, but the idea is it can't inflict a fatal wound. Nobody could just "grab one out of the kitchen drawer and kill someone".

The knife, which is expected to be launched in late autumn, has been tested with "very favourable" results by the Home Office's Design and Technology Alliance - set up to research products that can deter crime. It has also been welcomed by those in the medical profession and the police.

Dr Mike Beckett, clinical tutor at West Middlesex Hospital, has previously called for knives to be redesigned. He says all products should combine efficiency in their intended purpose with the greatest possible degree of safety.

"This is especially true of household products which are freely available to the very young and very old, and used by people who may be clumsy, short tempered, drunk or mentally or physically unwell. Most people fit into one or more of these categories at some time in their lives."

Det Insp Mark Clarkson from the Metropolitan Police's Anti-Knife Crime Unit says he has tested the new knives and believes the design can reduce both accidental harm within the kitchen and stab-like injuries in general.

Designs for another "safe" kitchen knife were unveiled by Staffordshire County Council's trading standards officers in April this year. The council is looking to work with manufacturers and retailers to introduce it nationally.

Source

[Jack]

The articles are more interesting than the pictures:

Actually, pictures of the anti-stab knife are interesting too. 

[Semicolon]

The articles are more interesting than the pictures:

Actually, pictures of the anti-stab knife are interesting too. 

Pics have been posted, Some_Bloke.

[ZEGH8578]

A saami-knife. A saami told me himself, that the reputation they have for drunk-stabbing each others with this thing is unfounded and unfair, since it has such a rounded tip, it rarely pierces through the clothes.

:]

[Jack]

Pics have been posted, Some_Bloke.

Now there's the quandary of how to rid the world of all the stabby ones.

[Semicolon]

Pics have been posted, Some_Bloke.

Now there's the quandary of how to rid the world of all the stabby ones.

The article mentioned grinding the tips off of existing knives. I don't see why a criminal couldn't just grind a tip onto a blunt knife.