Knives don’t kill people, people kill people
posted: July 12, 2008 | category: community
tags: crime
From MSN/UK:
“The number of fatal stabbings in London this year has risen to over 50 with four more cases in a single day, but Scotland Yard said on Friday the city is not suffering an epidemic of knife crime. One of the latest victims to die in four separate incidents in London on Thursday was aged 19 — the 20th teenager to have died violently in the capital this year. Up to July 7, 49 people had died from stab wounds in London this year. Police were unable to provide comparative figures for last year, though between April 2007 and March 2008 there were 160 homicides, 72 of which were stabbings. The Metropolitan police say tackling knife crime has overtaken terrorism as the number one priority and have set up a 75-strong team to target those carrying weapons.”
For the gun control folks: England has strict gun control laws, and so people there just stab each other instead. Ridiculous. But it just goes to show, outlawing guns doesn’t stop killers from killing.
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