Posted on 04/07/2018 6:31:56 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Hundreds of additional police officers have been deployed on the streets of London this weekend in areas of the capital worst affected by the spike in violent crime.
It comes as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan promised more arrests and backed increasing the use of intelligence-led stop and search by police, insisting keeping Londoners safe is his “top priority”.
Mr Khan has also invited Home Secretary Amber Rudd and London MPs to a summit at City Hall next week to discuss new measures for tackling the violence.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has insisted the force has “not lost control” of the capital’s streets, but acknowledged the escalation of violence was “very worrying”.
The rising wave of knife crime saw six stabbings in 90 minutes in the capital on Thursday, with a 13-year-old left fighting for his life after an attack in Newham, east London. Three teenage boys, a 13-year-old and two 16-year-olds, have been charged over the incident.
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London Marathon in 2 weeks———many of my family going.
The place will be a zoo.
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“Knife crime.”
That’s one way to put it. A very dishonest way. But we are talking about presstitutes.
Time to ban knives!
More police deployed armed with billy clubs, more than likely.
You think you are joking, but they just passed a law that if you buy a knife over the internet, it must be delivered to a Knife Shop so they can verify that you are over 21.
I’ll be there in three weeks, and will still feel safe in London (though I’m always cautious).
Plastic sporks for them all!
“More police deployed armed with billy clubs, more than likely”
My thoughts exactly.
It is exactly what they want....government getting more and more control over people!
BRITISH KNIFE LAWS
Selling, buying and carrying knives
- The maximum penalty for an adult carrying a knife is 4 years in prison and fine of £5,000.
- You’ll get a prison sentence if you’re convicted of carrying a knife more than once.
Basic laws on knives
It is illegal to:
- sell a knife to anyone under 18 (16 to 18 year olds in Scotland can buy cutlery and kitchen knives) unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62cm) or less
- carry a knife in public without good reason - unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62cm) or less
- carry, buy or sell any type of banned knife
- use any knife in a threatening way (even a legal knife)
Lock Knives
Lock knives are not classed as folding knives and are illegal to carry in public without good reason.
- Lock knives have blades that can be locked and refolded only by pressing a button
- Lock knives can include multi-tool knives - tools that also contain other devices such as a screwdriver or can opener
Banned knives and weapons
It is illegal to bring into the UK, sell, hire, lend or give anyone the following:
Contact your local police to check if a knife or weapon is illegal.
- butterfly knives (also known as ‘balisongs’) - a blade hidden inside a handle that splits in the middle
- disguised knives - a blade or sharp point hidden inside what looks like everyday objects such as a buckle, phone, brush or lipstick
- flick knives (also known as ‘switchblades’ or ‘automatic knives’) - a blade hidden inside a handle which shoots out when a button is pressed
- gravity knives
- stealth knives - a knife or spike not made from metal (except when used at home, for food or a toy)
- zombie knives - a knife with a cutting edge, a serrated edge and images or words suggesting it is used for violence
- swords, including samurai swords - a curved blade over 50cm (with some exceptions, such as antiques and swords made to traditional methods before 1954)
- sword-sticks - a hollow walking stick or cane containing a blade
- push daggers
- blowpipes (‘blow gun’)
- telescopic truncheons - extend automatically by pressing button or spring in the handle
- batons - straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheons
- hollow kubotans - a cylinder-shaped keychain holding spikes
- shurikens (also known as ‘shaken’, ‘death stars’ or ‘throwing stars’)
- kusari-gama - a sickle attached to a rope, cord or wire
- kyoketsu-shoge - a hook-knife attached to a rope, cord or wire
- kusari (or ‘manrikigusari’) - a weight attached to a rope, cord, wire
- hand or foot-claws knuckledusters
Good reasons for carrying a knife or weapon
Examples of good reasons to carry a knife or weapon in public can include:A court will decide if you’ve got a good reason to carry a knife or a weapon if you’re charged with carrying it illegally.
- taking knives you use at work to and from work
- taking it to a gallery or museum to be exhibited
- if it’ll be used for theatre, film, television, historical reenactment or religious purposes, for example the kirpan some Sikhs carry
- if it’ll be used in a demonstration or to teach someone how to use it
http://www.thetruthaboutknives.com/2013/03/british-knife-laws-hoplophobia-defined-2/
Londonistan is a no go zone.
The Brits are in a heap of trouble.
Putting a Muslim in charge of keeping the peace is like soaking something in gasoline to make it fire retardant.
The Israelis just profile people for weapons.
The Brits lost their last wise man on Nov. 22, 1963.
“knife” crime
Isn’t it really “Migrant” crime?
JFK?
And moslems everywhere are saying
Yahoo! 300 more targets.
I’m guessing C.S. Lewis. His death was completely overshadowed by Kennedy’s.
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