“Composer quits London for new life in Mexico because ‘it's safer' ...” was the headline on a September, 2012 article by Anna Edwards in the UK's Daily Mail.
“Composer Michael Nyman is packing his bags and moving to Mexico,” reported Edwards. Nyman told a local newspaper that he was going to permanently move to La Roma, in Mexico City, after “becoming increasingly worried about the level of violence in London.” In gun-free Britain.
Nyman may have been wise. “London murder rate is HIGHER than New York's for the first time ever after TWELVE killings in just 19 days” was a headline April 2, 2018 in the Daily Mail.
The Times of London, similarly, reports that the British capital city has been hit with a surge in stabbings.
In what sounds like a parody of the American gun debate, police in Lancashire, responding to increasing knife violence, joined the “Save a Life — Surrender Your Knife” campaign that offers “amnesty” to those who hand over their knives. Knife bins were located in locations around Lancashire between 2014 and 2016, and knives may now be surrendered at police stations with front counters.
Researchers at West Middlesex University Hospital reported in 2005 that kitchen knives are used in as many as half of all stabbings, many committed impulsively, often prompted by drugs and alcohol.
The researchers said there was no reason for long, pointed knives to be publicly available or possessed.
We should consult the experts.
Indeed, ten top UK chefs the researchers contacted said long, pointed knives have little practical value in the kitchen. In short, if busy chefs can get by with small-bladed knives, then there's no justification for those at home to be using long, pointed knives to slice vegetables for soup.
(Just so you know I'm not making this up, much of this is from the Trib.)
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