"electionary populist pleasing knee jerk".

What's even worse about the whole thing is that those who actually *are* prone to violence will lose another way of defusing it in a comparatively safe and harmless way. If anything, such a bill would lead to a *rise* of violent crimes - while at the same time, those who simply want to have some fun will have their liberties curtailed even more.

It's sheer idiocy. :/ But then, that's politics...