Matt Black said:
Boys still fought then and fight now; put knives in their hands and those fights turn fatal, take knives out and they are much less likely to be so.
Boys still fought then and fight now; put num-chucks in their hands and those fights turn fatal, take num-chucks out and they are much less likely to be so.
Boys still fought then and fight now; put guns in their hands and those fights turn fatal, take guns out and they are much less likely to be so.
Boys still fought then and fight now; put bats in their hands and those fights turn fatal, take bats out and they are much less likely to be so.
Boys still fought then and fight now; put stones in their hands and those fights turn fatal, take stones out and they are much less likely to be so.
Boys still fought then and fight now; put gasoline and matches in their hands and those fights turn fatal, take gasoline and matches out and they are much less likely to be so.
Boys still fought then and fight now; put a steeringwheels in their hands and those fights turn fatal, take steeringwheels out and they are much less likely to be so.
See the logic?
To be consistent, you must ban everything a person could possibly use as a weapon...
Because if someone really wanted to kill someonelse, they could do it without a knife or gun.
Do you really think the potential murderer thinks, "Well, gee whiz... guns and knives are banned, I guess I can't kill him"...
No, they will become more creative....
A nanny state does not work...