R.I.P. Scout26
I think they don't understand how with enough force anything can be turned into a stabbing weapon (well nearly anything, cooked spaghetti would be tough to use). That knife would need at least a 3 inch cross section at the tip to make it too much work to use as a stabber, but then it would be a club and capable of blunt force trauma.
Why waste the time; it's already a slashing weapon, and that's far more effective in a fight. Plenty of places on the body have really important bits within range of a fairly short sharp blade slicing across. Remember that for decades the most feared street weapons behind various sorts of blackjacks were straight razors.
Forget about every single tool a hand can hold and just cut off the hand.
I'm no street fighter, but I kinda think if someone came at me with a knife, and I was given the choice between a knife for defense, and a long blunt object like a baseball bat, I'd take the bat.
Obviously. If knives are a particular favorite of criminals, maybe it's for the same reason they like handguns - easy to conceal. And people are scared of them.
The Metropolitan Police launched “Operation Sceptre” in 2015
Well, I'll be curious to see what the UK does regarding umbrellas and canes.
You'll put an eye out!
