Why are knives the most commonly used murder weapon?
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Why are knives the most commonly used murder weapon?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “kitchen knife killer“
About Hailey
If I go into my kitchen, I will immediately see a set of eight cooking knives. If I open a drawer, there are another eight steak knives.
I have several others, probably better designed for harming people in my camping gear, my work bench and in the first aid kit in my car. I have a Swiss army knife in my pocket and a mulltitool on my belt.
I probably have two dozen knives and that is not all that excessive. None of these knives are dedicated combat knives so they are not against the law in Canada.
Everyone has used a knife for cooking / eating at least so they have a rough idea of how to use one.
So knives are all around us, easy and legal to obtain this and easy to use. The perfect crime of passion murder weapon.
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I don’t know if they’re the most common, but I know that they’re up there.
Knives have a number of qualities that make them particularly well-suited for murder:
They are EVERYWHERE .
Pretty much every household in the world has some sort of knife inside of it. Whether it be a Bowie knife, a simple chef’s knife, or even one of those really cheap steack knives, everyone’s got access to at least one.
They are CHEAP .
Knives are one of the simplest things to make. As such, they are incredibly affordable.
Conceal-ability
Knives are pretty easy to conceal. You can sneak them in your clothing, your bag, your shoes, whatever.
Lethality
Depending on where the stabbing happens, a knife wound can be just as deadly as a gun shot. Maybe even worse.
Kind of scary, but yeah.
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Easy to get, easy to carry, easy to use, quiet, and…variable force.
Some like to kill quickly. So, cutting the jugular or stabbing the heart will do this Others, however, like to torture. As any cutter knows, you can cut deep or shallow. It’s even sexual.
Guns are the most common weapon used in murder. Serial killers tend to prefer knives. Most serial killers are sadistic and sexual in nature. The knife becomes the phallus.
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Knives are the most commonly used weapon because they are so easy to get. They are literally everywhere . I mean, someone could easily go to the closest store and get a knife. Whether it be a steak knife, a swiss army knife, or just a simple butter knife, they can get one easily. Also, guns are harder to hide when you carry them. If someone carries a gun and intends to kill someone with it, it could easily stick out. Knives, on the other hand, you can easily hide. Someone could slip an army knife in their pocket. Someone could even have a little pouch with a leatherman in it and no one would question them! So really, knives are worse!
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Because unlike guns, knives, especially steak knives and utility knives are very dangerous, and sometimes they can even be deadly (or even fatal) because they also can be used as murder weapons. Very similar to a gun, if someone wants to buy steak knives, especially for cooking, or utility knives for fishing, he or she should require a criminal background check, and show ID, very similar to when purchasing alcohol or tobacco. The Signs (or posters) very similar to those shown above from the UK should be posted in stores in the U.S. where steak and utility knives are sold that show a age limit for buying steak and utility knives very similar to for tobacco and alcohol, and the U.S. like the U.K., should have a promotion that show what knives can do to people. If someone has a criminal history of stabbing (or murder), he or she should be banned (or not allowed) to purchase (or buy) steak knives, or utility knives similar to a gun, or work in places that use steak knives such as restaurants, or a deli. All knives, including steak knives, utility knives, and jack knives should be illegal and against the law, very similar to a handgun, except for cooking, or go fishing
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Because…
They’re silent
They’re readily available
Everybody knows exactly how to use one
You never need to reload
You can still buy them at WalMart
They’re light in weight; anyone can carry one
You never need to think about your backdrop
Anyone can aim one under any sort of lighting conditions
There is no recoil
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Q: “Why are knives the most commonly used murder weapon?”
Because spoons take too long!
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Because a knife is esential tool founded everywhere. Good knives are not cheap, but to murder someone even semi sharpened flat piece of metal is enough.
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I have no idea whether that’s true on a global scale. It’s possible, because knives are readily available in far more places than are guns. And because knives are important tools, they can’t be realistically rericted in the same way the guns can.
Now, in a country where guns are really easy to come by, this is not usually the case. In the US, for example, where guns can be pretty easily purchased (depending on the state), they’re used in homicides much more often than are knives. Between 9,000 and 12,000 homicides a year take place with firearms, while around around 1,600 take place with knives and other blades.
The simple reality is that it’s really quite easy to kill a person with a gun, quite a bit more difficult to kill someone with a knife, and very hard to kill a person with most other weapons. Where guns are readily available, they’ll be the first choice of most killers. There may be a statistical exception to this rule, but I haven’t seen it yet. If guns aren’t available, knives are usually the best weapon the average person can lay hands on. Still a lot harder to kill with than a gun.
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In fact, no. Blunt weapns come first as expedient weapons.
It’ actually difficult to stick a pointy weapon in the body of another human being.
We are not normally ‘wired’ to inflict directly potentially Deadly wounds to another human beings.
it takes desensibilisation training, emotional burst, substance abuse to numb your perceptuions or peculiar mind dispositions (sociopathy).
Knives are VERY effective to kill people, but it’s rather a messy and very personal way to kill.
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Because they’re easy to get and easy to conceal. Concealability is paramount to most crime. It’s hard to victimize people if they see you coming. Stabbing someone just standing around isn’t so hard. Try stabbing someone actively running away from you. That’s a lot more difficult. This is why you never let strangers get close to you and you listen to your gut if something is off about someone. Keep your distance, ask them to stay away, and ALWAYS keep your eyes up. Don’t look away from strangers on the street. Look them straight in the eye. Let them know you see them. Let them know you’re paying attention. And move away from them when they approach. Let them know you won’t just stand there and take it. Criminals like easy marks, not difficult ones. Don’t be easy.
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Because they are easy to get, easy to hide, easy to use, and effective. They are simple and easy to access tools, I have at least 20 knives around my house at any given time, and carry one on me every time I leave the house for practical use. A small sharp piece of metal doesn’t need instructions, it doesn’t need a manual, it’s simple, to the point (No pun intended) and doesn’t require a licence to own. It’s also often cheap which is something that appeals to most criminals.
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Actually, blunt instruments are used as often as knives in violent attacks. But both are probably most often used simply because they are readily available, and are rarely regulated. Firearms are much more regulated in virtually every culture, and much less common in most.
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