It’s a stupid debate that completely misses the point. Knives are already fairly tightly regulated in Germany. Even the ones you can carry legally with up to 12 cm blades you wouldn’t be able to carry without issues in areas like the city or whatever. So reducing that length is not going to do anything but make it even harder for those who legitimately can or even have to carry knives around. People who intend to use them for illegal acts will just continue to do so.
The stupidest thing about this is, that I don’t think any law prohibiting the carrying of knives could stop a terrorist from doing something like this and a general ban of knives is not possible.
It’s a stupid debate that completely misses the point. Knives are already fairly tightly regulated in Germany. Even the ones you can carry legally with up to 12 cm blades you wouldn’t be able to carry without issues in areas like the city or whatever. So reducing that length is not going to do anything but make it even harder for those who legitimately can or even have to carry knives around. People who intend to use them for illegal acts will just continue to do so.
The stupidest thing about this is, that I don’t think any law prohibiting the carrying of knives could stop a terrorist from doing something like this and a general ban of knives is not possible.