Posted on 06/16/2006 10:42:05 AM PDT by dennisw
Knife amnesty nets 17,700 weapons Over 17,700 weapons were handed in during the first week of the national knives amnesty, the Home Office said. Machetes, meat cleavers and axes as well as knives were among the haul of 17,715 surrendered to the 43 police forces across England and Wales.
Home office minister Vernon Coaker said the results were "encouraging".
The five-week amnesty, running until 30 June, allows people to surrender knives at police stations without fear of punishment.
Mr Coaker urged those who had not yet handed in their weapons to do so.
"The initial figures for the first week of that campaign are very encouraging, " he said.
"That is 17,715 fewer weapons that can be used in a crime against ordinary, law-abiding citizens.
"If you carry a knife out of self-defence, you run the risk of having it turned on you. Carrying a knife is illegal and will not be tolerated. It could land you four years in prison"
'Significant step'
As well as knives, Devon and Cornwall police also received an 8lb anti-tank rocket launcher, known as a "tankbuster", which has a range of up to 350 metres.
A force spokesman said: "The amnesty is for all weapons and if someone wants to get rid of a rocket launcher, that's fine by us."
Devon and Cornwall's assistant chief constable, Tony Melville, who is also a member of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said the haul was "a significant step towards making our streets safer".
The initiative, running in England, Wales and Scotland comes amid growing concern at the level of knife crime in the wake of a series of fatal stabbings.
Police say that from 1 July tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives.
However, some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty, calling instead for tougher sentencing.
Last month 15-year-old Kiyan Prince died from a stab wound after being attacked outside his school in Edgware, north London.
And last week Alex Mulumba Kamondo, also 15, died after being knifed through the heart during a street fight in Lambeth, south London.
I first thought this was Scabbleface.
Knife registration must be next...
So this means now only the bad guys have knives? ;)
Whats next, Rock and Stick amnesty? Hands and feet?
ROFLMAO
Ban on canned hams. All your hams are belong to us!
Oh, yeah, same old useless arguments, same old BS. If you DON'T carry a knife or some other weapon then the criminals can beat you in the head with a brick or a rock, or simply use their knife or gun on you. What pukes socialists, progressives, communists are(all the same to me)!
Next will be carpenters having to turn in their sharp tools for safe keeping overnight at their local police precint .... or have a special permit to carry them to and from work ...
I guess this is what to expect from a country that caves in to Islamofacists who demanded they not fly their flag because some of the symbols on it offends their sensibilities ... several major companies hauled the English flag down .....
What are the Brits going to cut their steak with, silly string?
Fork.
I feel these kind of amnesty programs undermine law enforcement. A criminal can commit a crime using a weapon and then surrender the weapon no questions asked. If he was ever identified, he would be clean of the weapon that could be used to convict him.
Fingernails will at all times be properly manicured!!!!
Martial artists will have to register their hands and feet. The teaching of martial arts will be banned. They won't stop till the Brits are as helpless as babies.
What about bottles and beer mugs?
No, no, the law requires, or is going to require, that all kitchen knives have rounded points. That way they couldn't possibly be used in "stabbing" someone. Also, they are trying to limit the size of knives they can use in the home. No need for a large butcher knife in the house, you might actually cut yourself with it. What candy asses these Brits are to let their government shove this sh** down their throats!
I don't even know where to begin...
These people are utterly mad.
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