Funny you should mention it. I was about to comment on the picture in original article which seemingly to depicts that very process going forward.
Posted on 02/09/2006 12:50:15 PM PST by vrwc0915
NATIONWIDE knife amnesty to end the carnage on our streets was launched yesterday.
The five-week initiative, running throughout the UK, is aimed at repeating the success of Operation Blade, which took thousands of weapons off the streets of Strathclyde in 1993.
Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson yesterday vowed it would be just one of many measures to battle knife crime in Scotland.
Victims of the scourge have included policeman Lewis Fulton, knifed through the heart in Glasgow in 1994 as he tried to arrest a teenage schizophrenic.
Knives are becoming an increasing menace in the hands of young girls, too.
Kirsty Nisbet, from Edinburgh, was just 14 when she needed 89 stitches after a former friend slashed her with a craft knife in 2002, leaving her scarred for life.
Knives today, spoons tomorrow.
Rest of the story:
Jamieson added: "We have seen the impact of Operation Blade and I want to see that replicated throughout Scotland."
She appealed to those who carry knives: "Use the amnesty as an opportunity to put this behind you and stop more young people being killed or maimed."
Launching the amnesty for England and Wales, Home Secretary Charles Clarke said: "Every weapon handed in will be a weapon that cannot be used in crime.
"Anyone with a knife or other weapon that might be used to cause fear and distress on our streets should take this chance to get rid of it."
During the amnesty, which will run from May 24 to June 30, there will be disposal points for weapons at police stations and other locations around Scotland.
Knives will be forensically checked to see if they have been used in any crime but it is expected that the vast majority will just be destroyed.
Lord Advocate Colin Boyd will retain his right to prosecute if there is evidence a knife has been used in an offence.
Boyd said yesterday the Crown Office were also carrying out a major review of their policy on knife crime.
He added: "They will give careful consideration to prosecuting persistent and violent offenders, in a court empowered to send them to prison for the maximum period allowed by law."
The Executive's plans to double the maximum sentence for carrying a blade to four years have been criticised as not doing enough.
Critics point out most offences are dealt with as summary crimes - which attract a much lower sentence.
Scottish Tories welcomed the amnesty.
Justice spokeswoman Margaret Mitchell said: "At a time when knife crime is reaching almost epidemic proportions, an amnesty to get these lethal weapons off the streets is clearly a step in the right direction."
SNP justice spokesman Kenny MacAskill said: "We welcome this amnesty as part of the efforts to tackle this problem.
"It must be made clear after the amnesty is over, there will be no excuses for carrying a knife or a sword in Scotland."
Hahaha. Oh wait, they're serious, let me laugh harder. Bwahahahahah!!
After that they will round up the 16-ton weights AND the pointed sticks.
How do they feel about baseball and cricket bats?
Not Scrappleface?
OMG!
LOL
Idiots.
So the UK sheeple can turn in their balls, as males are more prone to injure someone in defense of themselves
To be followed in a few months' time by estrogen injections, no doubt.
After the amnesty, they can crack down on the knife problem and arrest anyone who cuts their steak with anything sharper than a fork.
Go on! Brandish that banana!
Sriously, I say, "Fork anyone who tries to take my knife away."
You can't turn in what you let atrophy away a generation ago.
So9
Funny you should mention it. I was about to comment on the picture in original article which seemingly to depicts that very process going forward.
These pansies would $#!+ a brick if they saw what I have in my pockets, right now.
Sgt.: Huh! 'Flu, eh? They should eat more fresh fruit. Ha. Right. Now,
self-defence. Tonight I shall be carrying on from where we got to last
week when I was showing you how to defend yourselves against anyone who attacks you with armed with a piece of fresh fruit.
Bu..but Sergeant Major... What if they have a machinegun???" "Don't worry... Release the tiger!"
The whole country will be eating with plastic sporks.
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