Kimberley region*, W.Australia - as a child, then much of the world, these days the Wheat belt, W.Australia.
> we have pretty liberal (in the classic sense/definition) laws regarding gun rights here.
Umm .. sure, whatever relevance that has - we have guns also, we shoot them 5,000 yards* and we regulate them just as we regulate poisons, explosives, lasers, etc.
> Again, what is the actual expected goal in terms of limiting access to knives at all?
That's the UK and the purpose of having knife regulation in the UK is to have a lawful reason to question people with knives.
> If someone wants to kill someone else, even opportunistically, the removal of knives won't significantly reduce said crime... there are lots of opportunistic weapons that can be used to kill.
Sure, you can likely choke someone to death with a dildo, let's take that as a given.
Also observed in the real world, if safety belts are introduced, car accident M&M improve - fewer deaths, lesser injuries. If guns and knives are regulated, shootings and stabbings diminish in number - not eliminate, just reduced in number.
> Anyone with even a modest amount of combat training can articulate and demonstrate this.
Sure, any grunt seppo can demonstrate how to kill someone with a banana, there's an entire Mony Python sketch about this .. but that's not what we're tallking about here - the discussion is civil regulation to reduce shootings and stabbings by non militarily trained yut, bad apples, and village idiots.
Also observed in the real world, if safety belts are introduced, car accident M&M improve - fewer deaths, lesser injuries. If guns and knives are regulated, shootings and stabbings diminish in number - not eliminate, just reduced in number.
Sure, any grunt seppo can demonstrate how to kill someone with a banana, there's an entire Mony Python sketch about this .. but that's not what we're tallking about here - the discussion is civil regulation to reduce shootings and stabbings by non militarily trained yut, bad apples, and village idiots.* My neighbour, here in W.Australian wheat belt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7owwTz7Z0OE
* Kimberley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jejk-7I9Y6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmKxmxk6Gas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r10UavOenec