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| Knife Amnesty in UK |
| 2008-05-02 |
| Hartlepool Police launched a knives amnesty last Friday and within days they were given the sword which has sharpened edges. Police say they are delighted to see such a dangerous weapon handed in and warned people who buy swords like this to decorate their homes that they can have deadly consequences in the wrong hands. Inspector Peter Knights, of Hartlepool Police, said: "I am delighted to see a weapon of this nature has been surrendered. All too often we see items such as this used and abused by people which leads invariably to serious injury or death. The message remains: Surrender the weapons to The Mail is backing the campaign that is aimed at getting deadly weapons off the streets and preventing youngsters from getting involved in knife culture. They're all vegans so they don't need knives to eat. As well as the sword, a number of knives have been handed in and police are urging people to hand in any more knives at Hartlepool Police Station. Insp Knights added: "Some kitchen knives have been handed in and another ornamental knife that looks like it is missing a handle, but it could still cause some damage. We are hoping that people will still come in and dump their weapons in the bin |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #12 Just wait until they get their next vicious serial killer. For maximum effect it will be a home invader who ties up people and strangles them or something. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-05-02 19:36 |
| #11 Next up: Screwdrivers. Use a coin instead! |
| Posted by: Dar 2008-05-02 17:41 |
| #10 The men who defended Rorke's Drift and the Residency at Lucknow wouldn't even spit on today's Britons. Today's lot are gutless wankers indeed. |
| Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-05-02 17:28 |
| #9 Typically, these “Buy-Back” programs are launched in conjunction with some proposed legislation. Of course, it’s impossible to quantify any positive results from such ridiculous programs but if there is any down-tick in knife related crimes they will claim responsibility. Look for some MP to be introducing the “Don’t run with Scissors” law real soon. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2008-05-02 15:33 |
| #8 You can exchange your knife for a rolled-up copy of the Guardian. En garde! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-05-02 14:45 |
| #7 Yup, complete lunacy. I cant sleep in my bed some nights, even if I do bother to lock the door. Congratulations on beating Palestine on the National Homicide Stats again this year, by the way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_murder_rate Problem with those type of stats is that they dont show how may of the people killed were bad people... My Sister was burgled and had a Samurai sword stolen from her house. She wont be buying another one, having thought about what could have happened had she disturbed them. In the event she lost a few pounds worth of "stuff", a tv and a few other bits. I was mugged just once when I was a teenager, by a gang of heroin addicts. It cost me £5 paper round money. As I've got older, I've got bolder & probably wouldnt give in so easily now. I've had a windscreen smashed & a motorbike nicked over the years. Obviously not happy about any of these things (wasnt around when they were happening) but I can live with that level of crime (both things were insured) knowing that there are very few real no go areas in the whole of the land. I've not lived a particularly sheltered life, either. |
| Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar 2008-05-02 13:18 |
| #6 I've come to believe that Monty Python is the patron saint of PC England. |
| Posted by: RWV 2008-05-02 12:18 |
| #5 Truly pathetic. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-05-02 12:15 |
| #4 It would indeed be a wonderful world if everyone surrendered all of their weapons as well as anything that could be used as a weapon. Mainly it would be a wonderful world, because I would secretly keep a butter knife, and as the only armed person on the planet, I would be able to rule the world. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-05-02 12:10 |
| #3 "the sword which has sharpened edges" As in there's just one of them? And it's been removed from the hands of the citizenry, where surely it would have put someone's eye out? What's next, confiscating all pointed sticks? Rasberries? How to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana? |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-05-02 11:51 |
| #2 Is the lunacy over there really as bad as it sounds? I've moved to: Is there any reason not to believe it's as bad over there as it sounds? I am thinking of starting a pool on when the US will first grant political asylum to a national from another Nato member. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-05-02 11:35 |
| #1 Knife culture? What's next? Fork culture? Pizza cutter culture? Is the lunacy over there really as bad as it sounds? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-05-02 11:28 |