| phisheep said: No. That's not it. We've had controls and various levels of bans on private gun ownership for more than a century. It is too much of a logical stretch to correlate that with a rise in knife crime in the last 10 years. On topic - Richard Taylor is a good man with an impossible job. His own young son was murdered by stabbing some years ago, and he has devoted himself to working directly with children and against crime. He has done a lot of good. He was appointed a government advisor only last month and has, I suspect, a lot to learn, and he's no policy expert. But he's no Jack Thompson, that's for sure.
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I was half joking, as I would never encourage gun violence or any violence at all.
All I know, is that in a lot of studies, places in the US that have passed concealed guns laws violent crime dropped, as you didn't know if you were going to attack someone who could defend themselves. I may not have the exact scenario down, but I read an article a while back about knife crimes rising, and gun crimes dropping and how they were going to ban fake samurai swords because of the sudden rise in sword deaths. I'm not an expert on the matter but that doesn't change the facts that people will kill with whatever they can get their hands on. As a stupid bumper sticker I've seen before says, "guns don't kill people, I do"
You can't outlaw violence. I mean, you can, but it won't stop people. By banning one thing, you just shift the weapon to another. If I can't get my hands on a gun, I'll pick up a knife, if I can't get a knife, I'll pick up a bat, if I can't get a bat, I'll get a lead pipe, maybe a candle stick, or a rope (maybe they should tax clue). The best way to reduce violent crime is to teach people to defend themselves, be safe, and be responsible.
