News comes that politicians in Boston are looking to curb violent crime by restricting the sale of knives.
There’s some precedent for this across the Atlantic. In the United Kingdom, they responded to a high homicide rate by banning guns. Something had to be done.
Then they saw an epidemic of knife crime, so they banned many types of knives. Something had to be done.
Then folks started assaulting each other with pint beer glasses, and something had to be done. They considered mandating plastic glasses. I am not kidding.
When folks start beating each other with tire irons, rolling pins, and lawn gnomes, something will have to be done.
If Dihydrogen Monoxide continues to claim as many lives as it currently does, something will have to be done.
Of course, they could try looking at the root causes of violence, such as unemployment and alcoholism, and…oh, who am I kidding? Continued...