Honestly - will knife weilding idiots actually reform?

Question

I am fed up with the bleeding-hearts brigade trying to impose a conscience on people who will make a mockery of this new government proposition to 'meet the victim'.

Not only will this waste even more taxpayers money, but it will allow thugs another window of opportunity to hurt others.

Seriously, where do these politicians spawn? They're a liability to the safety of the British public - nevermind the criminals!

Answer 1

"Look, Look what you did you naughty, naughty boy"

Yea that'll work!

Something drastic needs to be done like really harsh sentences for anyone found is possesion of a knife, not "let them off with a caution"

Answer 2

If I was lying in a hospital bed as a victim of a knife wound and some idiotic teen came in wielding a knife flanked by Jacqui Smith, I would be off that bed quicker than you can say revenge. Jacqui Smith wouldnt know what had hit her and they'd be one less teen carrying a knife. He'd be so shocked he'd be the one in the hospital bed..

On a serious note, this is way too traumatic for the already terrified victims, and if they cant even catch the kid for the original crime, how do they expect to be able to find a teen with a knife and persuade him to visit a stranger in a hospital bed?? Who will be given the task of rounding them up and risk getting killed themselves....? it sure wont be anyone from downing street.....

Answer 3

It looks like the UK is finished. A few liberals, some muslims, and some wankers have succeeded where the French fleet and the Spanish armada utterly failed.

Very sad to see this in our mother land.

Answer 4

I'm starting to think that perhaps the best thing that could happen to this country is if a politician or close family member of one is actually attacked.  They'd start to take it seriously then.  Of course I don't want it to happen, I'm just saying that it may be the only thing to make the government do something decent about it.

Answer 5

this government are more fookin stoopid than even i thought capable, this stoopid initiative will do nothing to stop or slow down knife crime, until all ppl caught selling knives to under age kids are put out of business straight away and until life means life in prison with bread and water and not playstations and talent competions it will continue at an alarming rate, this government really hasn't got a bloody clue ! x

Answer 6

Round up anyone found with a knife and let them fight for their lives amongst each other....amphitheater style...solve knife crime overnight.

Answer 7

YES - look at O J simpson , he stopped using a knife now he uses a gun

Answer 8

The problem did not start last week.The seeds of this were sown a long time ago, when the country lost a sense of morality and parents went out to have fun rather than be with their children who were theirs to teach and cherish.

Moral relativism and strong liberal values get strange results.

Answer 9

Just another example of how pathetic our government is. The people who commit these knife crimes don't give a dam about their victims. The only way to go is zero tolerence - 10 years for possession and life (meaning life) for murder. These politicians were born with silver spoons in their mouths and havn't got a clue about real life!

Answer 10

If I had been stabbed, there is no way I would want a visit from a kid with a knife! Worst possibl idea from the victim's point of view. As for the kids, they're not stupid, there's enough accessible violence for them to understand the consequences.

It should be more difficult to buy knives, it's partly the fault of the shops that don't ID kids buying knives. Then It'll just be a few people carrying (you can't ever stop everyone), instead of people who just want to protect themselves and things go wrong.