All that twaddle has been tried before. And failed
Remember Heseltine and his vow to cure the "sink estates". Failed. A ban on selling knifes, failed, since most (I imagine) just get out out of the kitchen drawer.
Stop and search, coupled with a deterrent, and meaningful sentencing.
Quote Think you'll find that stringing them up will 100% stop them from reoffending.Yep, even the ones who didn't do it....
Think you'll find that stringing them up will 100% stop them from reoffending.
Quote from: darrsi on 06 March 2019, 08:00:44 pmThink you'll find that stringing them up will 100% stop them from reoffending.The Judge Dredd series in 2000AD came up with the ultimate end of this: Judge Death from a parallel world where it was decided that since all crime was committed by the living, the best way to prevent all crime was to kill everyone...
an automatic minimum 5yr prison term for carrying a knife, with no chance of a reduced sentence or appeal.
Quote from: ogri48 on 06 March 2019, 08:51:09 pman automatic minimum 5yr prison term for carrying a knife, with no chance of a reduced sentence or appeal. ...by the way VNA - cut the crap with spelling your responses how you speak. You wouldn't type a letter that way so cut the "I'm Scottish" shite out. TW@.....
If I'm off wild camping, I'll have my trusty bushcraft knife with me along with all my kit.
that lady from Scotland was on gmtv this morning, cant remember her name, but shes been tackling knife crime for 15 years or so, and successfully. She made some good points to say the least. And big up to her for not accepting the easy attack on austerity..as she pointed out when knife crime was at its worst (2005 I think), there was no austerity. These polices were put in place under the then Labour Liberal coalition. Its community spirit that she utilised to give a long term solution (ten to fifteen years)
Do you think there would have been half the outcry over Grenfell if it had been full of old white pensioners?
...by the way VNA - cut the crap with spelling your responses how you speak. You wouldn't type a letter that way so cut the "I'm Scottish" shite out. TW@.....
Exactly, as a Scot I find it quite pathetic.
Quote...by the way VNA - cut the crap with spelling your responses how you speak. You wouldn't type a letter that way so cut the "I'm Scottish" shite out. TW@..... It would rather depend on whom I was writing to. English is not the only language spoken in the UK Frosties. QuoteExactly, as a Scot I find it quite pathetic.
Its not even real scotish is it.
Yep I agree with all of that. It must carry a deterrent punishment, even for carrying a knife 'in defence'. As you say, the police aren't stupid.But there must be other actions. Good friend of mine has just won an award for her theatre group touring schools with an anti - gang production. Money needs to be spent as well.