Bristolians Discuss: Should kitchen knives be swapped for safer rounded blades?

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The yoga teacher who was present at the Southport attack suggests that kitchen knives should be swapped for rounded blades. Do you agree with this? Would this be the answer to knife crime in the UK?

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00:00The yoga teacher who was present at the Southport attacks has suggested that a kitchen knife should actually be swapped with rounder blades.

00:09Do you agree with this? Would that make things safer?

00:12So I'm a doctor and I work in A&E. It doesn't matter how blunt or how sharp a knife is.

00:18With enough force, it will enter the skin. No problem at all.

00:22And particularly with sharp edges or serrated edges, they're going to slash if they can't stab.

00:27So, no, it doesn't make any difference at all.

00:31Sorry, Karen.

00:33Keep going.

00:33It would be a good idea to do something to try and stop people buying these knives to carry around with them.

00:43Yes. I think safety is the biggest concern.

00:48Again, it's very situational because you can't put a large group of people that are disatilized.

00:55Because they're not going to go out and commit violent crimes at the night.

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