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There's already a UK ban on carrying knives in public unless you have an occupational need and they're wrapped up or at least not just sitting in your pocket.

Licensing wouldn't be worthwhile as almost every household would want knives for food preparation.

This is a tired stereotype.

The US has more stabbings per-capita than the UK does, even on top of the shootings.

It would be a miracle if the US experienced mass shootings at the rate the UK experiences mass stabbings.

> It would be a miracle if the US experienced mass shootings at the rate the UK experiences mass stabbings.

It would indeed be a miracle as the US would drastically have to reduce their number of shootings to get down to the number of UK mass stabbings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_stabbings_in_the_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_...

That is why I said that, as the comparison is pretty weak. The US' gun problem basically wouldn't be a topic of discussion if it was occurring at the rate mass stabbings do in the UK.