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http://www.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-knives_p13400,00.html
I forget the thread we had running, dealing with UK knife crackdowns but - anyways - found this news vid from Sky talking about an amnesty!
Yep - hand em in guys - and all will be well doncha know! Interestingly, a guy whose 14 year old son died from a stabbing, has the good sense to realize that it is little more than a ''stunt'' and in essence realizes too that those who want a knife - will get a knife - not exactly difficult.
The corollary is of course that of guns and hand-ins etc - like bad guys will by default hand in their weapons!!
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Let me add too this link -
http://www.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-knives_p12961,00.html
Now here is a very tragic case - husband was killed by a knife. The lady is understandably looking for answers and solutions but - as always, I feel is missing the major points - and like so many thinks that more laws and handing in of knives etc will improve things. Sadly - she seems to forget that laws are rarely obeyed by bad guys - and they will not be affected much at all, other than for the few that may be caught and so receive harsher sentences.
As ever - attacking problems from quite the wrong direction but hey - it probably wins sheep votes!
I forget the thread we had running, dealing with UK knife crackdowns but - anyways - found this news vid from Sky talking about an amnesty!
Yep - hand em in guys - and all will be well doncha know! Interestingly, a guy whose 14 year old son died from a stabbing, has the good sense to realize that it is little more than a ''stunt'' and in essence realizes too that those who want a knife - will get a knife - not exactly difficult.
The corollary is of course that of guns and hand-ins etc - like bad guys will by default hand in their weapons!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Let me add too this link -
http://www.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-knives_p12961,00.html
Now here is a very tragic case - husband was killed by a knife. The lady is understandably looking for answers and solutions but - as always, I feel is missing the major points - and like so many thinks that more laws and handing in of knives etc will improve things. Sadly - she seems to forget that laws are rarely obeyed by bad guys - and they will not be affected much at all, other than for the few that may be caught and so receive harsher sentences.
As ever - attacking problems from quite the wrong direction but hey - it probably wins sheep votes!