London Mayor Sadiq Khan targets knives as murder rate spikes: 'There is never a reason to carry a knife'

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36 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Yes odd indeed maybe you missed this part, or since it was not calling Trump some absurd juvenile  name with orange in it, you could not follow it 

An analysis of the most recent data available shows 285 youngsters below 17 were treated for “assaults with a sharp object” in 2016-17, compared with 175 in 2012-13.

The biggest increase was among 15-year-olds, with the number of children this age seen by consultants for knife wounds up by 85 per cent since 2012, from 52 to 96.

 

I didn't miss them, I was referring to the part boiler quoted.

[Boiler 46,016]

I just cut and pasted?

[Boiler 46,016]

Two more people are knifed in London outside Tube station just hours after death of 20-year-old took this year’s fatal stabbing toll in the capital to 40 as top surgeon predicts ‘summer of carnage’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5641801/Young-man-20-knifed-death-Londons-39th-fatal-stabbing-year.html#ixzz5DLZ3SVzH 
 

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I don't get why people are so "Oh no they're taking away our knives!" and seem surprised that this would happen. In Sweden you're not allowed to carry a knife if you don't have a reason to, for example you're a carpenter and you are working. What's the big deal? No reason for people to walk around carrying knives. Only time I've carried a knife was when I was in the army. 

[Boiler 46,016]

I have 3 EDC's, usually one is in my pocket.

 

Find them handy.

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22 minutes ago, Unidentified said:

I don't get why people are so "Oh no they're taking away our knives!" and seem surprised that this would happen. In Sweden you're not allowed to carry a knife if you don't have a reason to, for example you're a carpenter and you are working. What's the big deal? No reason for people to walk around carrying knives. Only time I've carried a knife was when I was in the army. 

i carry around a pocketknife frequently.  blade is about 2" long. 
again, like a condom - better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

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7 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I have 3 EDC's, usually one is in my pocket.

 

Find them handy.

Some folks may not be current on Every Day Carry as an acronym.  Do you EDC in London? 

[Boiler 46,016]

I am in Colorado.

 

I really do not remember if I used to in my early days, if I had a pocket knife on me it simply would not have been an issue. 

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22 hours ago, Unidentified said:

I don't get why people are so "Oh no they're taking away our knives!" and seem surprised that this would happen. In Sweden you're not allowed to carry a knife if you don't have a reason to, for example you're a carpenter and you are working. What's the big deal? No reason for people to walk around carrying knives. Only time I've carried a knife was when I was in the army. 

From the time I was 6 until around the age of 25, I carried a knife every day.  Never saw an issue with it, and was always prepared if I needed to cut something.  Which I did with great frequency.  

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I know a lot of people that carry around a Leatherman regularly.  In general, they do not do it for protection, but one never knows when they may need a quick tool.  I myself carry around a firefighter knife/tool regularly.  Not quite as functional as a Leatherman, but still good if you ever come up on an accident and need to take out a window.