Possibly. btu the gun ban didnt really get rid of them, they just went underground. Its the 'cool' factor with the knives.
Some kid brings one in, and the rest of his mates do too after that. Get into a fight, which we all do, and the knife is pulled. But then, if you ban knives, then the f***ers will only move onto something like a screwdriver (believe me, thats not a pleasant experience!), or a piece of wood with a nail in it. the point is you cant get rid of violent crime by taking away all of the weapons. There is a root cause to all this, and the more we understand the better we will be.
To those here who think GB is 'doomed', I might say thats a little nihilistic, and if you dont really know much about the problem then you have no authority to comment on it do you????
A quick question - what are the laws in GB concerning pepper spray and stun guns? Any chance of putting those into the hands of the general population?