Yo, laddie First Minister Jack McConnell, just lock the thugs ups throw away the keys. Then allow the good Scottish citizens to rearm themselves for self defense.
Then draw and quarter any liberal judge who dares to even think about trying a good Scot for self defense against a thugh.
Letter opener futures would seem a safe bet in the UK.
:o)
Crackdown targets knife culture?!
How dare they crackdown on others cultures. There I was thinking that they embraced diversity and the cultures of others. Do the Islamists and their culture not inflict death too? So why this discrimination against knives?
Who is next? When will this madness stop?
First they came for the Knives,
and I did not speak out
because I was not a knife.
Then they came for the big sticks of wood,
and I did not speak out
because I was not a big stick of wood.
Then they came for nail files
and I did not speak out
because I was not a nail file
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Any problem can be solved if you throw enough laws at it. (sarc)
5.56mm
"clamp down on knife crime"
"The maximum jail term for possessing an offensive weapon will be doubled"
Of course. Fight criminal ACTS by penalizing OWNERSHIP. Yep, makes perfect sense.
What will they do when people start hitting each other with bricks?
Next they'll come for the pointed sticks.
But they are going to have to pry my frying pan from my cold dead hands.
I want a ban on ass jawbones.
Be kinda hard for them to take my Knives with no hands !
Wonder when ball bats are next to be banned? OOPS! I guess in England it is a cricket stick.
I really believe Monty Pythons Flying Circus is actually mainstream Brit behavior. There is little logic in the story line.
HEY, ENGLAND, HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? IT'S DONE LIKE THIS...
--Boot Hill
Citizens can't keep and bear arms. People get 2-4 years for assault. The inverse of common sense.
Some years ago an acquaintance, a UK resident, was attacked by two robbers who used razor blades. He fought them off while sustaining numerous cuts requiring several hundred stitches. During the fray one of the thugs was injured so my acquaintance was charged with assault. He was acquitted but only after a trial and considerable expense. He was later told by "law enforcement" that he was lucky since many thugs taped two blades together to inflict wounds that are harder to sew up and leave serious scars. Lucky him!
When they outlaw knives, only outlaws will be able to spread butter.
Since "homocide" in the UK includes stopping someone from killing you I don't think much of their statistics. However, all of the real murders are committed by thugs who should forfeit their lives for their crimes. Too bad that those in the UK are willing to give up their lives so the thugs can live.
Thugs? Sounds familiar. Something I remember from "Gunga Din." Back when the Brits took offense at the behavior of Thugs.
It's all because of those < hysteria> ASSAULT KNIVES WITH EXTENDED MAGAZINES AND BAYONET LUGS AND EVIL LOOKS! < /hysteria >
When someone is a "Subject", you can do anything you want to them. You can make them wear a lampshade on their head. You can TAX them for colour television, or close the pub after lunch so they will shamble back to work.
Why, you can even make them wait six months for lithotripsy! And when you totally blow a dental extraction, you can tell them "The roots were all tangled together"*, and (Hahahhaa) they will nod sagely and BELIEVE you! It is limited only by The Owner's imagination!
* This is not fiction...I have heard from people, independently, in Cumbria and Hampshire who were fed the same story!