Knife-Crime Spree Sweeps Britain, Leaving Victims and Fear in Its Wake

You must be joking right? What a "Brave New World" Britain has become,and we in the US seem to be becoming! Disarm the victim , what sub moronic individual came up with this idea? After the enactment of concealed carry laws in the US violent crime dropped dramaticaly in those juristictions! Meanwhile in Fascist states like Kalifornia its business as usual with VERY high violent crime rates. The truth is hard for pacifistic non hackers to take but as a meat eater I will say that I will NEVER surrender any weapon no matter what law is passed! Defense isn't a privellege granted by governments its a right DEMANDED by human beings! So to you who call yourselves anti gun here in the US , I will say that you are in fact PRO CIVIL WAR! And for nonsensical laws that you claim will make us safer? You will in fact cause bloodshed on a massive scale! And you say your against violence? Well your a fool violence is human nature and you can't legislate it away any more than you can legislate morality. But sadly fools keep trying,and innocent victims pay the price for it! I refuse to be a victim. Just remember when seconds count, the police can be there in minutes! No thanks I accept the responsibillity for my own defense. But then personal responsibillity really the heart of the issue isn't it? PS gun or knife control isn't about guns or knives, no its about CONTROL!

Thomas Jeffersons Ghost of NM 10:10PM March 30, 2010

this is disgusting cnt belave this is happining .

emily 11:09AM February 05, 2009

how many people have been killed

of 8:02AM December 08, 2008

Following on from what Jon wrote to Nicole: I am not all sure of how serious the London problem is, and where it is heading, but I do know that this is a textbook case of a sociologist's "moral panic", except that it is fuelled by the media not by society. I found the idea that someone would not leave LA for London something on the borderline between sad and amusing. Let's have a little reality check here.

I think the article here was excellent, surprisingly good. except for the headline. I have a sense that the editor commissioned an article on what everyone else was saying, but fortunately the journalist wrote a very balanced account.

I have not seen other US media reports on this (as far as I know the New York Times, all I do read, has not covered it). I would be grateful if others pointed it out these out to me.

Jean 4:44PM July 25, 2008