> Doctors call for ban on kitchen knives

If you read the report you'll see they were doing no such thing. They were arguing that kitchen knifes shouldn't have long, sharp points. The call wasn't aimed at criminals, but at unplanned domestic violence using weapons of opportunity. Why make it needlessly easy for a moment of anger to do lasting damage that you'll regret later?

Also, note that it is an old report and that it was widely ridiculed at the time. That article ends with some sensible counter-arguments from officials, but of course they don't lead with those. It's journalism through sensationalism.