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English Newspaper Starts Campaign to End Knife Crimes

thisislondon.co.uk — London is not helpless. It can, and must, show teenagers that carrying knives inevitably leads to tragedy ... 11 young lives have been lost already this year. Here is the Standard's five-point plan.

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  • CaptainAmerica1, on 06/02/2008, -0/+4Big surprise...people use "things" to commit crimes of violence other than their fists.

    Guns
    Knives
    Baseball bats
    Screwdrivers
    Golf clubs
    Hammers
    Pliers
    etc...

    England banned guns because they were being used in crimes

    Now, after a huge surge in crimes where people are using knives, England struggles with what to do to prevent "knife crime."

    If knives are banned, then it will be a baseball bat

    If baseball bats are banned, then it will be screwdrivers

    And on and on they will go.

    Until they get to the *real* problem...which is people...not "things."

    My suggestion -- get right to the root, don't bother with banning "things."
  • Stevanoski, on 06/02/2008, -1/+2Knives are just too pointy and sharp. Why can't they carry a piece of 1/2" angle iron or some expanded metal?
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