Further update: Nigel Farage was hit with a chocolate shake today. Reminds me of the egging of Trump rally attendees in San Jose in 2016.

I pity those attempting to write satire…

When chocolate shakes are outlawed, only outlaws will enjoy chocolate shakes.

” While I’m willing to criticize this solution,”

This isn’t anything even remotely resembling a solution.

Something must be done.

This is something.

Therefore, this must be done.

That is the “logic” behind “soulutions” like this.

You can not solve the problems of violence by banning type of weapons popular with criminals.

The ultimate problem is that it is easier to destroy than to create and human ingenuity is limitless. Even if you could wave a magic wand and make all banned weapons vanish from the whole world, they would simply adapt and find something else to use as a weapon.

What will they have to ban next? Spears? Baseball bats? Pointy sticks? Rocks?

Colonel Mustard did it in the study with the knife. Nope!

Colonel Mustard did it in the study with the lead pipe. Nope! (due to environmental regulations regarding lead pipes).

That leaves candlestick, wrench, and rope as possibilities.

More seriously, knife attacks in London are a real problem. While I’m willing to criticize this solution, I don’t have a better solution.

Since both get them the same salary, why not?

Note: if the small sword like object with the D guard was a stiletto dagger, I would expect the handle to be quire a bit bigger, comparable in size to the kitchen knives that surround it.

That tells me it’s a miniature replica of a sword, probably a rapier (think Three Musketeers) , and again most likely intended to be used as a letter opener.