Skipper, one can only answer this with the words of Winston Churchill, in his History of the English-Speaking Peoples,, Vol. 1:
“Men armed with iron entered Britain from the Continent and killed the men of bronze. At this point we can plainly recognise across the vanished millenniums a fellow-being. A biped capable of slaying another with iron is evidently to modern eyes a man and a brother. It cannot be doubted that for smashing skulls....iron is best.”
But now, this news! Alas for civilization....
Reminds me of that old Monty Python skit about how to defend yourself from a fresh fruit attack…
“What if someone comes at you with a pointed stick??”
When Sporks are out-lawed, only Outlaws will have Sporks!!!
Maybe we should’ve let Hitler have them in WWII! Remember, private US citizens sent their own firearms to Britain to supply the Home Guard.
AssHats!!
”...only criminals will have pointed sticks.”
The human animal has been very imaginative in visiting violence upon his fellows. It’s just not possible to eliminate every potential weapon. Every attempt to do so only makes matters worse.
They don’t realize that they’re only removing means of defense from law abiding citizens subjects and enabling the criminals. When the hell are they going to wake up?
I know, I know, I know, I know!
Even though I’m a voluntary exile in Switzerland, it makes me even sicker than you.
Oh there have been plenty of ink and electrons spilled over this, and that team in West Middlesex University Hospital have been well and truly castigated. They are now looking like a right bunch of .