Two Sunday Night Stabbings in Santa Barbara

Something has to be done about all these stabbings! I propose that the time has come to introduce legislation for knife control. I'm tired of those knife-whackos who hide behind the second amendment with their asinine comments such as "knives don't kill people, only people kill people".

The Founding Fathers never could have foreseen the social changes that would take place when the wrote the constitution. At the very least, I favor a 48-hour waiting period for someone wanting to buy a knife, and only reputable home appliance stores should sell them.

We should also outlaw the human ego, which is next on the agenda--oh wait, is that the cause of all this violence?

Good one Bill! :)

I have to admit that while not happy to read about stabbings, I was pretty happy that they weren't teenaged gang members. Just old fools in these instances. Is that progress or are they just not reporting on the gang violence?

Ryan you have a type-o "stabbing the him"

Bill if you take away the knives you will have sharpened instruments if you take those away they will pick up lead pipes etc.

Even in prison people get knifed or shanked. My point is... People will always find a way to hurt someone when fear and anger plays a major role in their lives.
Just my opinion.

Jhern, take your sarcasm detector in for recalibration.

Jhern, Thank you for addressing my point, and I will address yours: People speak of "sensible" gun control, and how when we pass new laws "This will be a good start". I say that banning all knives will be a good start.

My next move--which my minion and cohort santabarbarasand is devoting her full-time energy to--is to ban those sharp objects to which you refer, but the banning of mere kitchen utensils is just the beginning as I plan to ban chopsticks, and all drumsticks weighing more than 1 kilogram. (2.2 pounds) Our goal is to have a totally statist society where anything that can be used as a weapon will be regulated by the government

We encourage all of you to turn over your knives, spoons, and ladels to our centralized depositing center at the following address: 101 S. state street, Santa Barbara, Ca. Failure to comply will result in a severe tongue-lashing by another Indy blogger "hank", who fully supports this noble goal.

Now for the serious point: Jhern and I actually agree and he makes (in a serious way as opposed to my sarcasm) the point I am making which is that what we see happening is that while our govenrment devises more ways to control us, these legislative measures fail to take into account the dark side of human nature which seems to be spiraling out of control.

From time to time, one must blow off steam but in so doing, one can still make their point. I think we all feel the same way about what is happening.