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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to toughen knife laws and step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers Monday as he visited the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people.

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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago

Knife laws?

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser earlier this month proposed allowing only knives with a blade measuring up to 6 centimeters (nearly 2.4 inches) to be carried in public, rather than the length of 12 centimeters (4.7 inches) that is allowed now.

This would ban bringing a kitchen knife to a picnic, but would it have done anything to prevent this attack? Maybe the guy was carrying his knife around openly before he started stabbing people (which would be crazy) but I suspect that he wasn't.

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Depends on the definition of carry. Does it mean to have in public at all or just having it concealed and on your person. Like bringing a bread knife to a picnic in a case for the knife should be legally distinct from having a knife in your pocket or belt.

[-] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 18 points 2 months ago

Don't be dumb. The only way to stop a bad guy with a knife is through a good guy with a knife

[-] rotkehle@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago

never gets old.

[-] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Are you American?

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