Posted on 04/27/2024 7:45:02 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
His comments came after being presented with new LBC analysis back in January, which revealed that five children per day were arrested for carrying a knife in 2023, including children aged 10 - the minimum age of criminal responsibility.
According to LBC's findings, published for the first time today, around 1,500 children aged 16 and under were arrested for the possession of a knife or other sharp implements such as screwdrivers, carving forks or shards of glass over the first ten months of 2023.
The data is based on responses to Freedom of Information requests from 38 of the 43 police forces in England and Wales.
Mr Elba launched his ‘Don’t Stop Your Future’ campaign earlier this year, which aims to reduce the number of young people losing their lives to knife crime.
His efforts have helped to expedite the ban on so-called “Zombie knives”, which are due to be outlawed in England and Wales from September.
The Luther star said: “We know our government can be agile when it comes to issues they really care about, like border control or XL bullies [where] you see some real focused thinking.”
But Mr Elba contended that when it comes to knife crime, that same level of focus has not always been displayed “because it’s for some reason [characterised] as a London problem, or an ethnic problem… Come on, let’s just knock [the excuses] off now. Too many young people are dying from this - it is young people - [and] one of those young people could change the fabric of the country in the future - we’ve got to protect them.”
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Bet he used a push stick after that.
How many of you guys carried a pocket knife every day, every where? In our case, they were essential tools, not weapons. I had a Schrade Walden, Case, Old Hickory, and Victorinox at one point or another during my childhood. Old habits die hard. Today it’s a spring assisted Kershaw that clips nicely to my pocket. Highly illegal in NYC, but quite normal in rural America.
The difference that Idris is overlooking is that knives as a rule only cause serious injury when wielded with criminal intent. You can’t take all the knives away, and crims are gonna crim, so knife attacks (in a sense) are inevitable. Stabbing someone with a knife already is illegal so what’s the point of making it illegal-er?
Pit bull dogs, OTOH, maim and kill people simply because it’s owner/keeper was careless or overindulgent or underestimated the danger the dog posed.
Eliminate all the pit bulls in (formerly great) Britain and few would notice. Eliminate all the steak knives and everybody would notice.
If I remember correctly, he wasn’t allowed to use a table saw in school after that.
A fat shamer?
A 6" tall 3rd grader?
Thanks.
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Seems harsh; after all, he still had nine digits left.
Meaning he could still demonstrate how not to use a table saw to nine more classes...
What is a zombie knife?
“My 7 yoa grandson loves knifes.”
I built a forge and started forging knives when I was 14 (1964). Finally made my last one this year but I’m still fascinated by them. I remember my first pocketknife, a Davy Crockett.
Either that or branch out into other types of power tools.
I like to say that the easiest way to distinguish humans from baboons is that a human always carries a knife and a way to make fire.
I collected them and had about 50.
Only have 4 or 5, now, but they're my favorites.
XL bullies? The overweight?
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