Start a registry!
Criminals may generally be less intelligent than the rest of us (barring some serial killers, who have frighteningly high IQs), but even they have figured out that when you ban guns, there is always something else that can be used to kill.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has vowed to step up police efforts in combating knife crime in the wake of the death of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella.
Speaking at City Hall, Sir Ian Blair said the community needed to reach out to teenagers and their parents.
Sir Ian expressed his “deep sadness” at the death of the teenager and said the death would see police “rededicate efforts to stop others dying”.
He re-emphasised his support for the London Mayor Boris Johnson’s overall approach, but said some factors went beyond policing.
Sir Ian said: “We need as the whole community of London to reach out to young people and their parents to get rid of the knives on our streets and provide them with alternatives to crime and gang membership.”
The folks at Henckels could not be reached for comment.
So, previous pantywaist governments in the UK have banned guns. There are still shootings. And now, the bulk of young criminals weild knives, which the current pantywaist government will try to ban.
Personal story: When I was living in Glasgow, I walked out to the shops one drizzly afternoon, only to be witness to one drunken thug being chased by another knife-wielding drunken thug (he actually stooped to put down his bottle of Buckfast) along Argyle Street. A little old lady standing near me clutched her throat and said something about should we call the police. I shook my head, and reminded her that this was a problem that was clearly taking care of itself. If one thug wants to kill another thug, then excellent! We will be less one thug! But when they start stabbing random classmates and mugging people on the street, it becomes everyone’s problem (and it shouldn’t just be because the dead kid is some soap opera star’s kid brother, either). And I just don’t think registering your steak knives will be the answer.
Operation Blunt 2 was introduced by Sir Ian Blair in response to the recent number of killings, particularly among teenagers, in London.
I have no idea what Operation Blunt 1 was, but I have this image of cops running around London with stones to dull the blades of criminals’ knives!
