Reducing knife crime

Sir. I am collecting homicides committed in Italy during 2005.
Surprisingly enough, voluntary homicides are rare, and mostly committed
with firearms. From January 1st to April 30th there were five homicides
committed with knives, and two of them were committed with kitchen knives,
used as a razor on the cervical region. In both cases, crime was committed
at home by a psychiatric patient.
According to these data, the idea of reducing the rate of homicides
committed with kitchen knives by modifying the form of such knives seems
useless. At least in this Country.

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