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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 point 3 days ago (4 children)

All those things, including knives, are heavily regulated, yes.

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm sorry, who or what exactly regulates knives? Knife manufacture? Knife ownership? Even knife sales... If you're referring to ballistic knives or switchblades, sure - those are like guns, but the 99.999% of knives in the world? The ones anybody with a piece of metal can hammer out and sharpen for themselves?

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

Sweden has a knife law, you can't carry knives in public without a valid reason.

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

In plenty of countries carrying knives in public is not allowed. You can own one for use in your home or work but don't brandish it out in the open.

The reason few people know this is because it's rarely ever needed, and the people violating that law are generally the people you want arrested anyway (e.g. because they're trying to stab someone).

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 0 points 2 days ago

I see nothing special about knives in that respect, though I have no doubt there are laws.

Making credible threats of killing or seriously injuring people, with whatever tools, would seem to be a good basis for arrest.

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