On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:37:58 -0700, Mark & Juanita
wrote:


As many of you may be aware, (from the "you can't make this stuff up
department"), several physicians in England are advocating that "long
pointy knives" be banned from the general public's availability, saying,
"Government action to ban the sale of such knives," they wrote, "would
drastically reduce their availability over the course of a few years."

From a survey of several folks in the US,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158032,00.html

Since, those, who in the past have derided gun control as going after
the wrong probelm by asking "what are they going to ban next, knives?"
have now been justified in their line of questioning, the following should
cause woodworkers, and particularly the woodworkers in this group,no little
concern:

Someone with whom I have never agreed in my life actually asked the
following question, "Can sharp stick control be far behind?" wondered
LaPierre's erstwhile opponent, Peter Hamm of the Brady Campaign to Prevent
Gun Violence" Of course, he said this tongue in cheek, but still ....

Ick. From the various snippets I've heard about wood harvesting in
England, it may already be a non-issue, but I can't imagine that'd
make it any easier to get a chain saw!

The keeper of the Pointy Stick web page better take care, he may be
considered a violence enabler in the future.


;-)





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