Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard when I heard about them wanting to ban knives with pointed tips. But now that I know there was actual talk of it, it doesn't seem so funny anymore.
On Feb 2, 10:53 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > Craig, > > Gun crime is up (although "exponentially" is wrong), which is in line with a > general trend in a lot of western Europe, so I think it's a stretch to point > this toward the handgun ban. However, gun crime is down in a number of areas > since the ban -- mostly notably in armed robberies. A lot of gun crime we > see in urban areas is gang- and race-related; these tensions have escalated > in the last decade and my feeling is that they'd be hurting and killing each > other no matter what the law and no matter what weapons they could lay their > hands on. If all they could get were bricks, that's what they'd be using. > > Knife crime is up, although the hysteria of rags like the Daily Mail would > have you think Britain is a bloodbath. There was talk about them stopping > the sale of pointed knives, it hasn't happenend though. I'd have issue with > that -- how the heck am I supposed to pair meat or make pretty flowers out > of tomatoes?! > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
