Government crackdown on knife crime in cities

[stephanie]

Maybe hammers, baseball bats, ROCKS, sharpened sticks will be next.....:poke:

Philip Webster, Political Editor
Anyone caught carrying a blade will be prosecuted and will not be allowed to escape with a caution under a crackdown on knife crime promised by Gordon Brown.

Police must prosecute those of any age who are found in possession of a blade in areas where knife crime is high. London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Greater Manchester are among the 12 priority areas.

Mr Brown is bringing forward a Violent Crime Action Plan which will be announced by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, early next month.

The Government may also introduce an outright ban on some hunting knives.

In an interview with The Sun today, Mr Brown says: “You cannot be casual or cool about knives. Society cannot cope with people carrying guns and knives and threatening to use them.

“There are boundaries you cannot cross and one is this country’s zero tolerance on knives. It is neither cool nor does it make you safer to carry a knife. We must ease people’s fears. They deserve freedom from fear about their safety on the streets.”

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3181965.ece

[Gaffer]

First take away the guns then take away the knives, then anything that can be wielded as a weapon. Completely disarm the population. Now only the police and criminals have weapons.

[bullypulpit]

One more reason, second only to the piss poor cuisine, that I should never visit England.

[gabosaurus]

First you complain about crime. Then you complain about those who want to do something about crime.

[Nukeman]

First you complain about crime. Then you complain about those who want to do something about crime.
What you fail to comprehend in your ohhh so many years on this earth is that this will do nothing to deter crime at all. Criminals will continue to use whatever they can get their hands on guns, knives, machete, ax, ball bat, stick, 2x4, or whatever the laws only effect LAW ABIDING CITIZENS. the criminal dont care about the LAW, but when you take away the average citizens ability to protect themselves who will protect them?:slap:

Remember this little saying and try to comprehend it.
"When seconds matter the Police are only minutes away"