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.
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.
Keep steering wheels and golf clubs away from Kennedys..
Just make a few more laws and it will be easier to make a criminal out of everyone. So if a man or woman has a pocketknife in their pants or in their purse they're somehow carrying a "weapon" and can be sent to prison...according to the article? A sane person who would support this legislation doesn't realize how it could return to bite him/her in the butt very easily.
How about this scenario...a guy goes down the street to borrow a large screwdriver from his friend to work on his car. While returning home, thugs attempt to mug him for his wallet and he brandishes the tool at them. Does he get whisked off to prison once the police arrive? This "zero tolerance" lunacy has to stop.
~ Blue Jays ~
Tell this ain't for real.
This time, authorities are hoping to avoid the wave of unfortunate choking deaths of thousands due to inadequately chopped food that followed the earlier experiment. Authorities have lmiited supermarkets to pureed foods and jello-type products.
lol. Schizophrenics and girls. Those are the really tough ones, right. Also, a voluntary hand over your knife day will really be sure to reach all the schizophrenics, you can be sure of that...
ROCKS!!
Deadly ASSAULT ROCKS!
Quick! Turn in all your rocks !
Only professionals will be allowed to have a rock posession permit!
Cain smote Abel with a ...ROCK!
FORRRRR THE CHILDRENNNNN! /sarc, of course
This legisltaion is on the heels of the failed knife registry. No, I'm not kidding......
But, but, we got rid of the evil guns, so there can't be any more murders. Guns kill people, people don't kill people.
What about glass? A person could get a nasty cut while trying to break into a house. Better to give the criminals what they want rather than risk having them harmed.
Abolish windows!
I predict that this program will be a big flop, due in large part to it's poor timing. Just as civilized people all over Europe are realizing the degree of danger posed by the millions of militant Muslims in their midst, who are ready to kill people over cartoons they don't like, the UK government asks everyone to turn in their knives. A lot of people who might have done it 2 weeks ago, won't do it now.