Registered: 08/26/06
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Loc: southern Cal
Originally Posted By: haertig
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I think I may also have found the reason that Boston is pushing for the knife control law. In the FBI's UCI for 2010 they took a black eye for a murder rate increase of 47% (50 to 73 homicides) while almost everybody else is decreasing.
Could it be that many places are now supporting concealed handgun carry and self protection while Boston is not? Those other places see their crime rates going down, but Bostons murders are going way up.
I understand that the homicide rate in Los Angeles has been decreasing in recent years, and I doubt that anyone would characterize LA as a place that is "now supporting concealed handgun carry and self protection". Most analyses attribute the decline primarily to an aging demographic and other non weapons related factors. That still does not justify a really silly law - a knife is among other things, a really useful and vital tool.
So given that Philadelphia law, you can't buy a kitchen knife and take it home without breaking the law (only depending on how they define, or more likely interpret, possession). Brilliant!
Just think about the poor truck driver delivering the kitchen knives to the store, possession with intent to distribute.
So given that Philadelphia law, you can't buy a kitchen knife and take it home without breaking the law (only depending on how they define, or more likely interpret, possession). Brilliant!
Just think about the poor truck driver delivering the kitchen knives to the store, possession with intent to distribute.
What about the guy delivering them to the school cafeteria? Possession with intent to distribute in the vicinity of a school. Oh no, think of the children!!
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