In a bid to tackle what President Emmanuel Macron described as “a senseless surge of violence,” the French government will issue a decree “within 15 days” banning the sale of knives to minors.
In a bid to tackle what President Emmanuel Macron described as “a senseless surge of violence,” the French government will issue a decree “within 15 days” banning the sale of knives to minors.
Equally, I agree that it’s a miserable state of affairs that we have to view knives as dangerous weapons rather than tools.
Do we really have to view them as such, or do only a few deranged individuals want us to? (“deranged individuals” explicitly and especially includes hysterical “security” politicians with ulterior motives)
I was commenting on the fact that it’s a shame that people use tools like knives, that have other actual utilities, to hurt each other.
Which is unfortunate, but still a pretty unlikely niche phenomenon, and no reason to do stupid things out of blind panic.
Personally, I think restricting under-18s from buying knives isn’t a huge deal. I’m surprised they were allowed to buy bladed tools in the first place honestly, as that’s been illegal in my country for as long as I’ve known. There is also rising concern about knife crime in France, as per the article, but I agree these things can often be blown out of proportion.