Keir Starmer’s focus on knife sales is a futile distraction | Brief letters

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Selling zombie-style blades is indefensible, but almost every domestic kitchen contains sharp knives: hindering under-18s’ access to them is performative but futile, distracting from addressing the real, difficult questions of who wants to kill, why, and whether and how they might be prevented before they break any laws.

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BT virtual assistantKeir Starmer’s reaction to the Southport killings includes addressing knife sales (Report, 22 February).