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Boston Set to Restrict Knife Sales
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:59am by Buck Sexton Print »Email »
Comments (114)Legally buying a handgun in Boston is already impossible for most citizens, but soon it may become much harder to purchase even a pocketknife in Beantown.
Yes, some Boston politicians believe that if you make it harder to buy something with a sharp edge, there will be fewer stabbings. Apparently, Boston has had 1300 such attacks over the past two years.

The Boston City Council will meet tomorrow to vote on the ordinance, which would require a licensing process for the sale of knives. Boston already dictates the type of knives that can be sold, but this new legislation would allow the state to continuously keeps its hands on anyone who sells everything from Swiss Army Knives to machetes.

It is unclear if sale of chef’s knives, which often have 8-inch-long, razor sharp blades, will be covered by the new regulations, but the impact on fine dining around Beacon Hill could be severe.

Even without this legislation, Boston is far from a 2nd Amendment haven.

Current Massachusetts law bans all sorts of weapons and imposes draconian prison terms for their possession. Many knives such as switchblades are illegal outright. You need a license to carry pepper spray. One could guess this has made the city much safer from rogue female joggers.


For the aspiring ninjas out there, be forewarned: Massachusetts has already banned nunchakus, Kung Fu Sticks, and throwing stars, punishable by no less than two-and-a-half years in prison.

The lengthy sentences under Boston extend to firearms as well. Have a sawed-off shotgun? Or an automatic weapon? You could get life in prison.
 
I really want to go to Boston University. If I do, I sure XXXX wont be leaving my blades home.
 
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That must be the safest city in the world.
Boston has had 1300 such attacks over the past two years.
Oh, wait... :rolleyes: But at least no one ever gets shot there right?
 
It would be interesting to see if this affects sales from out-of-state via online dealers. Though I suspect it might just make all dealers halt sales to the entire state like what happened with New York.

It's pretty sad when people can't admit that these laws do absolutely nothing to deter crime, yet they insist on allowing them to continue.
 
"Boston has had 1300 such attacks over the past two years"

Funny Great Britain has the same problem since they banned guns. Australia recently banned swords because when they banned guns thats what criminals started using. Hey maybe it's the people not the weapons doing all this. Don't worry when they take away your guns and knives there are still those bigazz forks you can use to stab folks with. :D
 
I'm gonna get this in front of Doug Ritter and company at Knife Rights...

Prof.
 
It's an attempt to disarm American citizens so that we will become even more complacent. Americans' right to bear arms was a pretty big deal to the Japanese during WWII. Hirohito told his commanders that it was impossible to invade America because there would be "a gun behind every blade of grass". The government knows the most democratic countries are those with armed citizens.
 
Serial numbers and registered owners for pocket knives...:rolleyes:

What a joke.

Just for clarification, they're currently talking about licensing the sale and not the ownership of knives. In the short video clip I watched on this, it seems like the guys behind this are responding to emotional pressure from relatives (parents) of people who were stabbed, and concern that children can technically buy big, 'scary', cheap knives at some convenience stores. I'm still unclear on the details of these proposed restrictions.
Missing from that "1300 stabbings" statistic is any sort of context or breakdown of what that actually means. I.E. What is the average number of stabbings/year in Boston? Who did the stabbing and who was stabbed? What were they stabbed with?
 
Moved to where it should have been posted.

Please reserve the General Knife Discussion forum for the discussion of actual knives. It really is not that hard to follow the simple rules here.
 
Just for clarification, they're currently talking about licensing the sale and not the ownership of knives. In the short video clip I watched on this, it seems like the guys behind this are responding to emotional pressure from relatives (parents) of people who were stabbed, and concern that children can technically buy big, 'scary', cheap knives at some convenience stores. I'm still unclear on the details of these proposed restrictions.
Missing from that "1300 stabbings" statistic is any sort of context or breakdown of what that actually means. I.E. What is the average number of stabbings/year in Boston? Who did the stabbing and who was stabbed? What were they stabbed with?
I suspect a great deal of them would be from knives typically found in a kitchen.
 
I think sticks should be banned, yes!! And all hands/fists registered, or at least implanted with memory foam so that punches don't afflict poor citizens. We should also ban any thing that has a cord, too much choking potential there. I also think that electricity needs to go, too many shocking related deaths and injuries. Cars will be tough, but I don't see them lasting much longer, what with all the manslaughter we see as aresult of driving.
 
I think sticks should be banned, yes!! And all hands/fists registered, or at least implanted with memory foam so that punches don't afflict poor citizens. We should also ban any thing that has a cord, too much choking potential there. I also think that electricity needs to go, too many shocking related deaths and injuries. Cars will be tough, but I don't see them lasting much longer, what with all the manslaughter we see as aresult of driving.
Our mouths should be stapled shut, or better yet, removed, so we can't use harsh language. After we then learn to sign, we'll be forced to amputate our fingers because of course they will be used as weapons to offend each other in the absence of spoken language.
In the end, there is no way to escape the conclusion that we must kill all babies straight out of the womb so they can never harm another person.
 
And yet you will find people who not only believe the U.S. is among the more free countries in the world but that we were attacked because our freedom is envied by others LOL. Of course, this is almost always stated by people who have never been to any other countries :-)

The laws of states other than FL never concerned me, until recently. My wife is new to this country and wanted to see other parts of it. It was sad to have to explain to her that there are places we simply cannot go, in this country, due to the tyranny in those places. Like right outside Boston is a city called Lowell. It has one of the largest Khmer populations in this country. My wife, being Khmer, would love to visit it. I had to advise her that we will never go to Massachusetts, NY, or CA :-(

If all this absurdity ever bleeds all the way down to FL or up to AK, that's it for me. Ill be heading to a free country :-(
 
If all this absurdity ever bleeds all the way down to FL or up to AK, that's it for me. Ill be heading to a free country :-(
The US are heading the wrong way in this respect, I'd like to see anyone try and deny it. But you are heading nowhere: you're it. If you fail, humanity will have to wait for a new Renaissance to start. And it might be a millennium before that happens, and no one knows where. Europe is (relatively) free only because the US is. The rest of the world has never known comparable freedom, and is speeding the opposite direction because of religion (islam) and/or State authoritarianism.
So despite its many flaws, there is no freer country than the US.
And I HAVE traveled extensively, and I'm not even from the US.
 
Sooner or later they will be mandating ankle bracelettes for the masses so that they can track our every move.
 
The US are heading the wrong way in this respect, I'd like to see anyone try and deny it. But you are heading nowhere: you're it. If you fail, humanity will have to wait for a new Renaissance to start. And it might be a millennium before that happens, and no one knows where. Europe is (relatively) free only because the US is. The rest of the world has never known comparable freedom, and is speeding the opposite direction because of religion (islam) and/or State authoritarianism.
So despite its many flaws, there is no freer country than the US.
And I HAVE traveled extensively, and I'm not even from the US.

Uh... yea there is. I'm not gonna say where, don't want everybody following me, but I've been places where I damn sure felt like I had more freedom to do what I wanted.

And the real problem with this country is 90% of the people are too scared to throw a freakin rock :-(
 
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Crime
Boston Set to Restrict Knife Sales
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 10:59am by Buck Sexton Print »Email »
Comments (114)Legally buying a handgun in Boston is already impossible for most citizens, but soon it may become much harder to purchase even a pocketknife in Beantown.
Yes, some Boston politicians believe that if you make it harder to buy something with a sharp edge, there will be fewer stabbings. Apparently, Boston has had 1300 such attacks over the past two years.

The Boston City Council will meet tomorrow to vote on the ordinance, which would require a licensing process for the sale of knives. Boston already dictates the type of knives that can be sold, but this new legislation would allow the state to continuously keeps its hands on anyone who sells everything from Swiss Army Knives to machetes.

It is unclear if sale of chef’s knives, which often have 8-inch-long, razor sharp blades, will be covered by the new regulations, but the impact on fine dining around Beacon Hill could be severe.

Even without this legislation, Boston is far from a 2nd Amendment haven.

Current Massachusetts law bans all sorts of weapons and imposes draconian prison terms for their possession. Many knives such as switchblades are illegal outright. You need a license to carry pepper spray. One could guess this has made the city much safer from rogue female joggers.


For the aspiring ninjas out there, be forewarned: Massachusetts has already banned nunchakus, Kung Fu Sticks, and throwing stars, punishable by no less than two-and-a-half years in prison.

The lengthy sentences under Boston extend to firearms as well. Have a sawed-off shotgun? Or an automatic weapon? You could get life in prison.
State law does not limit blade lengths on fixed blade knives or folders, but a number of cities (about 7 so far, including Boston and surrounding cities) have local ordinances prohibiting the carrying of knives with blades longer than 2.5". The penalty is arrest and $300 fine (plus a criminal record, of course!). That is the law. The reality? I have yet to hear of anyone arrestedly solely on a knife charge. These ordinances are usually applied as "add on" charges after an arrest for drugs, assault, outstanding warrant, etc. Keep your knife in your pocket while here in MA, like I do, and maintain a low profile. Trust me, you will not have any problems. If you are in Boston, visit the North End and check out some of the authentic Italian restaurants. Excellent food, excellent wine and very reasonable prices!
 
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