Now when hammers become #1, I don't what the Nanny State our British cousins have built will do.
Posted on 01/24/2009 11:43:33 AM PST by Robert357
Knives or other sharp objects are the enduring weapon of choice for murderers and robbers, according to yesterday’s crime figures.
Fatal stabbings reached a record high in England and Wales last year, despite a government drive to tackle knife-crime in ten “hotspot” areas of the country. More worryingly for the Government, robberies at knifepoint on the street jumped by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September. However, they make up less than one quarter of all robberies.
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said: “We remain concerned about serious violence, and in particular knife crime. That is why we are taking targeted action in ten areas.” She said that 700 mobile airport-style security “arches and wands” had been provided to police in the ten areas to reassure the public and get knives off the streets.
Chris Grayling, the Shadow Home Secretary, said: “It is particularly alarming that robberies involving knives have soared and that fatal stabbings are at an all-time high. The Government’s complacency is proving fatal.”
While fatal stabbings increased last year, gun-crime deaths fell from 59 to 52. Gun crime overall remains rare in England and Wales, and more than half of all recorded offences are concentrated in London, the West Midlands and Greater Manchester.
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The second-most common method of homicide involving males was for the victim to be hit or kicked; for women it was being strangled.....
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Hey, inquiring minds want to know!
Who knew? /s The next British slogan: Knives kill people! Eventually they’ll work their way down to the real problem: People kill people. Weapons are inanimate, the human heart is not.
Now when hammers become #1, I don't what the Nanny State our British cousins have built will do.
Perhaps guns will get liberals before liberals get guns.
When knives are outlawed, only outlaws will have knives.
Now, don't be such an extremist. No one wants to take away your Constitutional right to have a knife to peel carrots and such, as long as it is properly registered with the authorities. All they want is to ban certain dangerous assault knives.
Do you want your children to live in a world where dangerous knives are allowed to walk around, stabbing people at random?
Ban males!
So let’s get this straight.
UK bans guns to prevent the rare firearm murder in exchange for every increasing knife crime?
Next time you visit the UK, be prepared to eat your steak with a *spoon*.
Of course, these problems have nothing at all to do with an ever increasing fraction of UK youths (look mom, no apostrophy needed to form a plural! - Freepers, take note!) turning feral....and using whatever means at hand to inflict injury and death.
How many countries are there where “glassing” has actually become a verb in the local language?
What distresses me most about this is that while I can handle firearms safely and effectively, I’m notoriously inept and downright dangerous with sharp objects (I’m embarrassed to admit this but...). If one wanted to kill me with a knife, all he would need to do is hand it to me.
Yes. Banning guns was supposed to stop murder entirely, I guess. Silly liberals never will acknowledge reality.
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