In a bid to tackle what President Emmanuel Macron described as “a senseless surge of violence,” the French government will issue a decree “within 15 days” banning the sale of knives to minors.

  • Drusas@fedia.io
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    11 days ago

    That will be rough for people like me who moved out on my own at 17. Also, a million things could be used as a weapon. Scissors? Screw driver (among many other tools)? This doesn’t seem like a practical way of handling the problem.

    • Rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      I also moved out at seventeen! And I did live without a kitchen knife for six months or so, too. I guess for me at seventeen it didn’t matter so much.

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      11 days ago

      Ignorant question: Isn’t the knife making everything worse at 17 or any other age?