Japan wants dagger ban

In the wake of the attack that left 7 dead and 10 injured, Japanese police will seek to ban double-edged knives, Bloomberg reports:

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's National Police Agency is seeking a ban on double-edged knives, including daggers, after a stabbing spree left seven dead and 10 injured in a major Tokyo shopping district last month, Kyodo English News reported.

The agency will propose changes in the 1958 Firearm and Sword Control Law in the next session of parliament, Kyodo said, citing unidentified police officials. The bill will also strengthen measures against suspected stalkers, the report said.

Governments are so predictable, aren't they? Some law-breaker commits a horrific crime with _____ [fill in the blank], and the predictable response is "let's ban _____ [fill in the blank]." And sometimes those two blanks aren't even the same item! So I guess after this update only mass murders committed with single-edged weapons will be acceptable. The Japanese people must feel safer already.