"... they are no more dangerous than a plastic butterknife ... They are letter openers"

Plastic letter openers are lethal weapons and have been used as such numerous times. They may not slice salami, but they are excellent for stabbing. A friend of mine used to work for the LAPD, and a perpetrator who stabbed someone with a letter opener said "it went in like a hot knife into butter".

MANY things are more dangerous than they may first appear, and have been used by the knowledgable or the desperate: hatpins, frozen rabbits or cats, ice, plastic bags, belts and shoelaces among them.

Anyone who thinks that removing all dangerous weapons will prevent a crime from happening is deluding themselves.

Sue