Law enforcement officers' speculation in several articles in regard to the higher percentage of murders being committed with knives revolves around more effective crackdowns on illegal guns.

That makes a lot of sense. Let's say knives were banned -- the percentage of murders committed with baseball bats would rise.

So ban baseball bats and the percentage of murders committed with fireplace pokers rises.

I'm sitting here looking at a rod iron floor lamp that would make a mighty fine spear with minimal refinement of the point at the top.

Also saw in my cursory readings that in reaction to a higher percentage of murders being committed with kitchen knives in Britain, there was a recommendation by some "expert" to ban pointed kitchen knives -- which really aren't necessary in food preparation.

Ban kitchen knives and we'll see a spike in Murder-by-Spork.