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London Mayor Sadiq Khan is cracking down on the carrying of knives in response to a spate of stabbings that pushed the city's murder rate past New York's for the "first time in modern history."
Khan deployed an additional 300 Metropolitan Police officers over the weekend to work exclusively against knife crime, urging them to be more "confident" in their authority to stop anyone suspected of carrying a weapon.
"What you will see over the course of the next few weeks and months — is what we have seen over the last few weeks and months — which is stop-and-search based on suspicion of carrying an offensive weapon going up, more arrests as a consequence of this intelligence-led stop-and-search going up and hopefully our city becoming safer," the mayor said Saturday, according to The Telegraph.
Khan also issued a warning to would-be knife carriers, saying they should think twice before bringing one out in public — whatever the reason.
"No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife," Khan said on Twitter. "Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law."
Source: http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/08/london-murder-rate-knives/
(Score: 3, Interesting) by TheRaven on Monday April 09 2018, @09:16AM (3 children)
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Monday April 09 2018, @02:16PM
How is a can of insecticide not a weapon? It falls squarely onto the chemical weapon definition. Ask any insect.
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(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday April 09 2018, @03:17PM (1 child)
https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives [www.gov.uk]
Pretty much as you said it. I don't know about insecticide but if it is a blade or a truncheon a good and legitimate reason will provide defense if you're charged (and may inform the police as to whether you you should be charged).
No locks, no blades which are felt to be offensive in nature ("zombie blades" is what they're called).
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(Score: 2) by sjames on Monday April 09 2018, @09:11PM
It's a good thing they have healthcare in the UK, since without being able to lock the blade open, they probably get a lit of finger injuries.