Summary
Germany is enforcing a strict knife ban at Christmas markets as part of a new security package passed in October following a deadly knife attack in Solingen that killed three and injured eight.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser pledged “strict enforcement” and “zero tolerance,” with fines of up to €10,000 for violations.
The ban applies to knives at festivals, markets, and large events, with police ensuring compliance.
The measures aim to enhance safety at Germany’s iconic markets, which have already seen one unrelated injury this season.
Is that just a ban on bringing knives or a ban on selling them as well? A ban on knife sales, during Christmas time, in a city famous for knives, seems a bit weird.
Just wait until they hear about pointed sticks.
You can still buy and transport knives, they just have to be in a “locked” container. Basically just not easily accessible.
Unfortunately this just amounts to symbolic politics:
- anyone seriously willing to hurt others will ignore it or find ways around it
- the general public is mildly inconvenienced by any measures to enforce/control it
It’s not like carrying knives in public was legal before, anyway
You must be confusing us with the UK or France. You can carry (concealed or otherwise) knives up to 12 cm or folder that are not designed to be openable with one hand. If you want to transport a Chef’s knife on the metro, do it in your backpack, that is, you’re not supposed to have it at hand. Some types of knives (e.g. butterflies) are right-out outlawed, you’re not allowed to have them even in your own home.
Mostly though these weapon-free zones are a way to allow police to do searches.
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Mental illness is the problem, of which all religions are at the top of the list.
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You’re misinformed and those generalisations are nothing but uneducated hatred. Muslims do not all share the same beliefs, in the same way that Christians have different types of beliefs (like catholic, protestant, Jehovah’s witnesses or the Ku Klux Klan) The people you are talking about are a relatively small subset of extremists, which exist in every religion, even in Buddhism.
Btw, I’m not defending any religion here. I’m not a religious person. It’s just stupid to label a world religion with 2 billion members as potential terrorists. Most of them are just ordinary people living their daily lives.
You are a victim of right wing propaganda if you forget that.
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All of Islams problems can be explained entirely by demographics, modern history, and wealth distribution — which directly impacts quality of education.
Iran was a relatively liberal democracy before western plutocracies chose to arm radicals and overthrow the government.
Afghanistan was relatively stable until the soviets invaded and overthrew the government, and the west taught them how to do terrorism/insurgency.
But sure, let’s just ignore history and act like Christianity wasn’t a radical terrorist org prior to science and universal education.
Are you suggesting that other parts of the world which lack serious educational support for the poor are somehow also inclined to the level of radicalized violence that is part of the current Islamic religion?
And why are we bringing up history of Christianity? That’s not in the current world view, it’s doing some atrocious shit right now, but let’s not pretend it’s being used in the way that islam currently is. No religion is clean, but in the present islam is the cause of a huge majority of the violence we see.
What happened to being intolerant of the intolerant? Or does that only apply to nazis and fascist?
My life has been directly, negatively impacted by Christian extremism far more than Islamic extremism.
So far I have yet to enter a clinic that has been damaged by a Muslim’s molotov because someone is doing a thing that they think their special book says not to do.
All religion is incompatible with civilized society as long as there are those who would twist it into a cudgel to beat down the nonbelievers.
If you think that Islam is somehow worse than others, not only are you misinformed of current issues the world over, you are also misinformed about history in general.
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Islam isn’t a race. It’s a religion and following it is a choice which can be changed at any time unlike race.
Lol I love how I’m called a racist because I’m pointing out how damaging a religion is… you’re being tolerant of the intolerant. Way to bend your shit world views to fit a narrative.
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I’m as left wing as they come, but I don’t believe in ignoring facts or outright lying about something because the truth is not what you want to hear.
How to enforce it? Random searches, metal detectors? Seems unconstitutional.
The declaration of a weapons-free zone makes searches legal. If you don’t want to be searched, you’re free to not enter.
Unconstitutional in regards to which constitution?
The German Grundgesetz.
Not really. The police can search you without cause, it’s the whole reason “Waffenverbotszonen” exist.
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For entry to private events? I doubt it, it’s not just searching people randomly on the street.
