We need less pointy ballpoints as well, and cigarette lighters that don't get so hot, and blunt knitting needles...
Real knife fighting involves slashing at least as much as stabbing. So better make the knife as sharp as a teacup.

Insane world.

"I'm going to kill you with my teacup."

if someone is already willing to commit the illegal act of stabbing someone, I don't think they're going to be picky about whether or not they're doing it with a legal kitchen knife. if kitchen-knives no longer suit the purpose, they'll switch to boxcutters, screwdrivers.. whatever's cheap and will make a hole in someone.

well, thank god they arent killing each other with guns, though i would feel alot better if they didnt use knives, but instead pushed each other out of windows.

Crazy Brits, this is why you guys need handguns. I am sure you will see a drop in stabbing when people start carrying guns :)

Funny,

"I'm going to kill you with my teacup."

Look out! He's got the key for a tin of corned beef hidden in his hand!

It seems that maybe they should focus on the...you know...cause of the crime. Don't blame innocent knives just because some people are jerks.

To paraphrase the old NRA adage, "It's not knives that kill people, it's people who kill people."

Fatal STAB wound, no. Fatal SLICE, yes. Jugular, esophagus, arteries on the inside of the thigh. If someone wanted to kill you with it, they could.

Some people seem to have the most illogical habit of assigning blame for murders on inanimate objects. The sooner we accept that its simply a matter of ill-willed people, the more effective society can act against them.

Another socialist country beclowns itself.

Well, whatever happens in the UK happens here ten years later, so I guess more nonsense like this is in store for us in Obama's USSA.

So, now starts the black market "sharp pointy knife" stockpiling in the UK.

Umm ... anti-stab knife? Seriously rounding the edge doesn't mean you can't stab with it, it just means it requires more force. You can stab someone to death with a spoon if you put enough force into it :)

That being said I say we start the anti-utensil movement, after all you could potentially stab someone with any utensil! Chopsticks of death! Forks of DOOM! Spoons of Destruction! All should be banned and replaced with finger food only!!! Remember its all for your safety!!!

What prevents people from getting a grinder and just sharpening the end? Seriously... politicians have too much time on their hands.

in prisons in the US, inmates have actually rolled up magazines and sharpened them to a point. Maybe they should outlaw magazines too. Or maybe Great Britan will realize that they can't run their entire country like a prison. Or can they?

Slippery slope indeed.

We should just ban all knives. Manufacture all foods pre chopped. Leave the chopping to the professionals. The police can have the guns, because they need them and are the only ones who can be trusted. The food companies can be the only ones with the knife, because they are the only ones who can be trusted.

We're going to have to make everything padded so the government can fully protect us. And to the poster that said make cigarette lighters less hot? No no no. We're going to ban flame. Cigarettes should be kept from us, more protection. And we don't need fire anyway, it just pollutes. As soon as we get really progressive in our collective thinking, we can start to save people!