Germany Wants to Ban Knives Longer Than 6 Centimeters to Stop Knife Crime


Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser only looks fat because she’s filled to the brim with genius ideas

You don’t really think of the Germans as big time stabbers, but apparently they are really into stabbing, because the government is going to ban knives.

ASB Zeitung:

Attacks with knives have been increasing recently. To stop this trend, the Federal Minister of the Interior wants to tighten regulations on knives. She plans to completely ban a specific type of knife.

In light of an increase in knife attacks, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser plans to further tighten gun laws. In the new gun law, she announced in “Bild am Sonntag” that she will “further restrict the carrying of knives in public.” This means that knives with a blade length of up to six centimeters, instead of the current twelve centimeters, will be allowed to be carried in public. Exceptions will only be made for household knives “in closed containers after purchase.” “For dangerous switchblades, we want to create a general ban on carrying them. We will present the corresponding changes to the gun law soon,” said Faeser.

Similar tightening measures had previously been demanded by the states. The Minister then called on the municipalities to create more “gun and knife-free zones.” Knife bans must be “strictly enforced, just like the Federal Police does with checks at train stations,” she said. According to police statistics, there were 8951 cases of dangerous and serious bodily harm involving knives last year, either to injure someone or to threaten them – an increase of 5.6 percent compared to the previous year.

Since the “knife-free zones” obviously haven’t worked out so far, why not try making some murder-free zones instead?

I’m sure those will do something.

I mean, if I were about to kill someone, but then saw a sign that said “NEIN MURDEREN HIER,” I’d be like “aww, schucks!” and stop immediately.


The slippery slope is real