According to this article in the Times Online, knife crime is a problem in Scotland and the opinionated thinks it is a good idea to ban knives and other sharp instruments because 'you don't need them'.
I don't understand the Brits. I work with them almost every day and generally they don't seem like stupid people. But why would they fall for this nonsense. Guns are all but banned in Britain and yet gun crime has risen greatly in the last 10 years.
Now they want to ban knives. That has been a joke in the States for years any time there is a crime committed with a knife; "Lets ban them." Yet that is something that some in the UK apparently want to do. As wiser men than I have said over and over and over, if someone is willing to commit a mala in se crime like rape, robbery, or murder, weapons prohibitions will be no hindrance to them. If you've been down your conscience enough to rob or rape someone, it isn't too much of a stretch to break a law banning the ownership or carrying of weapons.
Not only that, from what I read, Brits have a hard time legally defending themselves, even with fists or walking canes, due to the way British law is written. Crime is a straightforward problem to address. Punish those who commit it and increase the punishment for crimes committed with deadly weapons and allow people to defend themselves.
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