[hdkrgr]

How is it ridiculous? The fact that purchasing a gun is the first step of shooting people is a good enough reason for most countries to ban the purchase of guns...

[marcinzm]

Yet they don't ban kitchen knives because there's legitimate uses for kitchen knives. Thus the point that you utterly missed.

[tuesdayrain]

I don't think "because there's legitimate uses" is the differentiating factor, since that implies only kitchen knives have them. Self-defense is a legitimate use for owning a gun, for example.

[marcinzm]

In many countries self-defense is NOT a legitimate use for owning a gun.

[kevin_thibedeau]

Many of these countries have exterminated their large predatory animals.

[shpongled]

Guns also have legitimate uses.

[ColanR]

iirc the UK does ban kitchen knives from being carried publicly.

[earleybird]

It seems the tradition of bringing your own dining knife passes. [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-knives]