London mayor to institute 'knife control' policies after spate of attacks

American Thinker ^ | 04/09/2018 | Rick Moran

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London's murder rate has surpassed that of New York City in 2018 so far, and Mayor Sadiq Khan is determined to stop it.

The mayor, who branded stop-and-search tactics of suspicious individuals as "racist," now says police will dramatically increase the practice as well as banning home deliveries of knives and acid, which is another popular weapon used by criminals in the city.

Daily Wire:

Khan announced Friday that the city has created a "violent crime taskforce of 120 officers" tasked with rooting out knife-wielding individuals in public spaces, and is pumping nearly $50 million dollars [sic] into the Metropolitan Police department so that they can better arm themselves against knife attacks.  He's also empowering the Met Police to introduce "targeted patrols with extra stop and search powers for areas worst-affected," according to a statement.

No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife. Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law. https://t.co/XILUvIFLOW— Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) April 8, 2018

Well, I can actually think of a few reasons to carry a knife in a country where personal firearms are mostly banned, but that's beside the point.

Strangely enough, Khan is responsible for decreasing the number of stop-and-searches, having previously declared the tactic racist and potentially Islamophobic.  It's also not clear what local Londoners will now use to cut their food.

Parliament is also set to take up heavy "knife control" legislation when it resumes this week. The U.K. government is expected to introduce a ban on online knife sales and home knife deliveries, declare it "illegal to possess zombie knives and knuckledusters in private" –

[dfwgator]

Are they going after the butcher shops??

Or restaurants....

[rjsimmon]

No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife. Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law.

What we got ourselves here, is a simple case of tyranny. Them British types all done forgot about Winny Churchill and Maggy Thatcher. Even good ol' Monty got left out in the cold.

Bye bye, England. Been nice knowin' ya.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Not sure about multi-tools."

About three years ago, a Seattle Seahawks security guy confiscated my tiny multi-tool which I carry because the mini-scissors and file are sometimes useful for things like hangnails and removing price tags from purchases. The main blade was about an inch long, and would be a pretty poor choice for a weapon. Meanwhile, the stands were full of drunks with beer bottles.

[o-n-money]

Don’t forget bananas.
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....and pineapples and roo roo......

[Pollard]

I’ve run across them on youtube, cooking middle eastern dishes. Even though they’re now living in civilization(uk prob) with tp, they still won’t touch food with their left hand. Even mixing dough ingredients together. They use they’re right hand. Not using a mixer is one thing byt have they not started using tp yet?

[Slyfox]

All the muslins have to do is get enough people moving in where they take over the elections and then they have our countries.

Here in the US, Minneapolis and Detroit are heading in that direction.

What is Immigration control? That would be a great question on "Final Jeopardy."

[Albion Wilde]

I remember when switchblades were not allowed in our high school. But everyone who wanted to could carry a pocket knife. It takes time to unsheath the blade.

[mikrofon]

So, they’re going to start to enact a special vat VAT tax now ;?