knife crime problems?? lets give them out free with a coat!!

[garinda]

I bet Primark bring ouit a cheaper version.

[West Ender]

Originally Posted by Neil

There is none. I was just saying that knives themselves are not the problem, it is the owners of the knives.

My grandson carried a knife for 6 years. He was a Scout, from age 11 to 16, and he always had his scout knife with him when in uniform. I own at least 6 extremely sharp knives; they live in a wooden knife block in my kitchen. Neither Peter nor I are the bravado-displaying, life-threatening, dangerous-on-the-streets type. It's a bit different from selling a potentially lethal weapon, to God alone knows who, concealed in a coat.

[emamum]

maybe the next one will be the hoodies that cover the whole face and built in knives..stab and run jackets?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by West Ender

It's a bit different from selling a potentially lethal weapon, to God alone knows who, concealed in a coat.

I did not say what they did was right - it was not it was stupid.

I was just commenting on the whole knife crime thing.

This country likes to ban everyone from something because of a tiny minority. In this case it is that tiny minority that should be punished and not our boy scouts.

And your "potentially lethal weapon" comment is getting a bit tabloid paper ish. Everything is a potentially lethal weapon even the coat itself without the knife.

[West Ender]

Originally Posted by Neil

I did not say what they did was right - it was not it was stupid.

I was just commenting on the whole knife crime thing.

This country likes to ban everyone from something because of a tiny minority. In this case it is that tiny minority that should be punished and not our boy scouts.

And your "potentially lethal weapon" comment is getting a bit tabloid paper ish. Everything is a potentially lethal weapon even the coat itself without the knife.

Perhaps I put it a little clumsily but actually, Neil, I was agreeing with you. (Oh and I don't read "tabloids" ).

[Neil]

Originally Posted by West Ender

Oh and I don't read "tabloids"

You must have long arms then. I have to open broadsheets out on a table to read them.

I can't believe they have not all gone tabloid like the "compact Times" - then again it is still broadsheet on a Sunday.

I like how they call it the "compact Times" so they can try and avoid the tabloid stigma

[blazey]

I like pocket knifes, they can have a lot of uses at times you least expect it.

People aren't going to buy a coat for £30+ just for the knife, when they can get a bigger and sharper one from home.

I bought a sharp scalpel whilst I was under eighteen from an art shop. Nobody questions why I wanted it, but in reality that little and extremely sharp 1inch blade could easily scar someone for life or I could have decided I wanted to kill myself with it. Nobody checked at all and I suspect that if you look innocent enough you can get all sorts of sharp weapons without having to prove your age at all, especially those that already look older than their age.

There is no smoke without fire and whilst someone is always going to look terrible for providing these things to youths, whether it is purposefully or accidentally, I still think it should be tackled via the young people themselves.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Neil

Well what do you think someone should get for stabbing someone else without a damn good reason?

Throw the flaming key away Neil, and there can be no good reason for carrying a knife in my mind

[Neil]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Throw the flaming key away Neil, and there can be no good reason for carrying a knife in my mind

Have you never smoked a pipe?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Neil

Have you never smoked a pipe?

yes