> The actual rate of stabbings per capita is higher in the USA than the UK. This fact seems to have no impact on UK politicians who now want to try to ban kniv

> The actual rate of stabbings per capita is higher in the USA than the UK. This fact seems to have no impact on UK politicians who now want to try to ban knives with pointy tips: https://theconversation.com/why-stopping-knife-crime-needs-to-start-in-the-kitchen-246258 https://theconversation.com/why-stopping-knife-crime-needs-t... In general, this approach to crime is ridiculous and has no rational end-point.