That’s Not a Knife! Dealing with Knife Crime in Europe, the Richard Miller Way! By Richard Miller (London)
Remember that iconic scene from Aussie Paul Hogan’s Crocodile Dundee? That's not a knife. That's a knife. Mick and lady friend Sue, are strolling through the dark streets of the rotten apple (New York), when a punk in a red plastic jacket takes out a pathetically small knife, waves it at Mick, and demands Mick’s wallet. Mick laughs and Sue looks deeply concerned and says to Mick, to give them his wallet because he has a knife. Then the classic line is said as Mick whips out a huge Bowie knife, probably having a blade about 12 inches long and cuts the dude’s jacket. The punk and his buddies then run.
Nowadays, when I read of stories about the ferals going on knife wielding rampages in London and elsewhere in Europe, I sometimes wonder how they would respond if they chose the wrong one to stab and slash, and from under a raincoat, out came a full-length katana, a Japanese sword, or a Viking sword, take your pick, both excellent? Even a classic large-blade Bowie would be interesting, say Cold Steel’s Frontier Bowie. Of course, it is illegal in Europe now, but if knife attacks continue, it would make more sense to legalise blades and give the presently innocent some training. I can see that carrying handguns could have a downside in highly congested urban spaces with people who may not be experts missing under stress, and even police do this. But, the problem of accidental firing, or in the case of a blade, accidental cutting, is not a great problem. The knife attacks would I believe rapidly drop. So would rape, if women were permitted to carry even small fighting knives. In fact, at worst, just legalise knife carry for women only, as a type of affirmative action protection. That would make rapists think twice, as Cold Steel founder Lynn Thompson once argued. And as for the claim that the knife could get taken away from the victim, have the knife carry law require that the woman attend a self-defence course, regularly.
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“A 33-year-old Russian national who was shot in Oslo on Tuesday after attempting to carry out a knife attack on random bystanders was also behind a similar attack that took place in 2019.
The 33-year-old, who was shirtless and barefoot at the time of the incident, allegedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” as he attempted to attack random people and police. Officers attempted to subdue the man by hitting him with their patrol vehicle but were unsuccessful.
After not being able to subdue the man by driving into him, the police left their vehicle and shot him against the wall of a building, with witnesses claiming to have heard police fire at least six shots, Norwegian online newspaper Nettavisen reports.
“The man came running after a woman with a knife. He looked crazy in the eye. When police arrived, they tried several times to drive him down. They pushed him against a wall. Then they shot him several times,” journalist Simen Lønning, an eyewitness to the incident, said.
Lønning added that the man looked “lifeless” after being shot and that police did not attempt any lifesaving measures. The Russian national was later pronounced dead.
According to the Italian newspaper Il Giornale, the man was already well-known to police and attempted another similar attack in 2019, with the Russian initially only threatening people with a knife before he eventually stabbed a migrant man from the Philippines who came to the aid of one of the people being threatened.
When police arrived to arrest the man, they used electronic tasers to subdue him. Witnesses also claimed that the Russian shouted the phrase “Allahu Akbar” during the 2019 incident as well. He had been sentenced to psychiatric care following the attack but investigators at the time did not believe it was terrorism-related.
Broadcaster NRK reports that the man was undergoing psychiatric care and was allowed on leave 24 hours before the attack. The police officer attacked has received care at a local hospital but is not believed to be seriously injured.
The attack comes just a day after a police officer in the French city of Cannes was attacked by a knife-wielding Algerian migrant who claimed to be acting “in the name of the prophet.”
In just over the last week, several western European countries have seen similar knife attacks or attack attempts by men, often from migrant backgrounds, yelling “Allahu Akbar.”
Tuesday’s incident also comes just around a month after an Islamic convert flagged for radicalisation by Norwegian authorities went on a rampage armed with a bow and a knife, killing five and injuring two others in Kongsberg.”
I am always surprised how small these attacker’s knives are. Still, they do considerable damage against the unarmed. Hence the need for the good guys to have bigger, sharper, better knives! Did any one from the left get “triggered” by this? At least no-one got cut!
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