This is wild. One would assume that the island in question was Britain, but you would be wrong. Apparently the one-party fiefdom that is Hawaii has decided that fiscal responsibility be damned, we need to remove granny’s kitchen knife from the street.
Out of curiosity, what is an “assault knife”? If I hit you with my stapler, it becomes an assault stapler. “Assault”is a verb, not an adjective.
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The responses were pure gold. My favorite is the guy who said he is going to buy a lot-box of confiscated TSA knives and become rich. While I am not sure the veracity of such financial planning, it illustrates just how absurdly “pointless” this is.