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The law recognizes that a bottle of beer generally cannot be used to murder someone else.

But it easily can. Break the end off and poke.

and if a store was selling broken bottles as weapons that would probably face some legal action

Maybe. That would probably legally qualify as a knife.

And stores are not allowed to sell knifes due to the danger to others?

What store isn't allowed to sell knives??

It was a rhetorical question, that was the point.

Not in the US.

No more shoelaces - they are weapons.

Next up - THOUGHTPOLICING!

You joke, but the ATF museum has within it a shoelace that is registered as a machine gun.