Re: Man tells it like it is about gun bans...
And, to cut down on knife crime ... "Having stripped the law-abiding of the most useful means of self-defense, activists and government officials now busy themselves with knife control. Anti-knife activists from the Save a Life – Surrender Your Knife campaign provide “knife banks” where owners can relinquish their blades anonymously. Having collected a reported 100,000 knives so far, which they used to create an anti-knife sculpture, knife control activists recently met with Home Office officials to coordinate a nationwide campaign to collect 1 million blades."
And, to really get to the heart of the matter and put a major dent, in crime:
"On a separate front, some in UK law enforcement have resorted to questionable tactics in their efforts against knife crime. In some jurisdictions officers appear to have been reduced to rummaging through refuse and shrubbery in public areas in search of weapons. To the delight of many Americans, the results of these so-called “weapon sweeps” are sometimes posted on social media.
For instance, a March 16 sweep by officers near London’s Regents Park uncovered a pair of plyers, two screwdrivers, scissors, and a file, which the department assured the public were “safely disposed [of] and taken off the streets.” With the help of local students, last October police in London’s Telegraph Hill were able to protect residents from a pair of scissors, something the department referred to as a “potential weapon.” A month earlier, a “weapon sweep” in Barnsbury prevented a gardening tool from “end[ing] up in the wrong hands.”
You can't make up this stuff.