Posted on 11/30/2018 1:01:45 PM PST by budj
Knife crime has killed 35 children and teenagers in England and Wales so far this year, meaning that 2017 is likely to be the worst year for such deaths in nearly a decade.
Official figures exclusively obtained by the Guardian show that this year will be the worst since 2008 when 42 young people aged 19 and under lost their lives as a result of an attack with a knife.
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Thank G_d the Brits have gun crime under control!
Yep! Ban guns, and the bad citizens go to knives.
Ban Knives, and they will go to baseball/cricket bats.
good think bump handles are outlawed.
How many of the victims were innocent and how many were not? In the US “babies and children getting shot” stats, many are gang members fighting over drug territory.
Ban knives!
I hate myself for typing this, but at least...
“Knives do NOT miss the target and kill the lady walking across the street. They are basically an extremely short range, but deadly weapon. Very seldom collateral damage.
Seriously, I think I’m right, but hate saying it.
Ban ball-point pens.
England is now just a sick medical experiment to see when the patient succumbs to sepsis.
Reminds me of the crude jokes told in 1960 High School.
What’s red and white and sits in a corner?
Ans: A white baby playing with razor blades.
Hard to believe kids were so crud way back then.
...sniff.
“Ban ball-point pens.”
Ban pencils!
*John Wick reference*
They are counting “children” aged 19 and younger. I imagine they pushed the cutoff above 18 in order to get the number up.
"When knives are outlawed, only Muslims will have knives"
And WTF is up with the scimitars on the Essex Police logo? Have they converted?
It's part of the County of Essex's Coat of Arms.
Read this if you're interested: https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/gruesome-story-behind-essexs-famous-1129783
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