General Chat

Kirpans for symbolic, everyday, wear are small. The blade is usually something like 3” long.

If a man tried to use his religion as a reason for carrying a fixed blade, he’d be asked to show his other symbols of faith eg long hair, steel bangle & wooden comb. The 5th is cotton underwear.

Mind you, claiming it was a symbol of faith wouldn’t work if he was accused of threatening or harming someone with it!

Sikhs can carry special knives (Kirpan) in the UK for religious reasons.

(BBC Radio 4). :-S

I think in many ways all of media is to blame in some ways. Yes "games" are very graphic for sure but even news reports/social media shows much more graphic content these days leading to desensitizing?

Kay, I really do think that the violent TV games have a lot to do with the violence, they are so conditioned by seeing it in front of them on a screen that it has ceased to horrify. Ye a morgue or talk to somebody who has survived maybe.

Take kids to a morgue to see a PM or show them after event pictures then perhaps they may choose not to carry knives.

But perhaps like the the PC games they play,belive a stabbed victim gets up and walks away.

Being in the wrong place when losers are about full of drugs & hate for their fellow.human being don't care who they murder .and destroy family's forever.

What does it take to be stabbed to death nowadays?

The trouble is these gangs where knives are prevalent are completely lawless and way past the time that parents can do anything. Even bringing them up correctly, once they get to teens they are often too scared to go against their peers. It would be interesting to know where they get their knives. My guess is on line and no proper check on who is buying them. Can't say they have to be over 18 or even 21 when a lot of knife crime is perpetuated by adults. drugs seem to be behind a lot of it and the police are doing a lot to try and stamp out these 'County lines'. I think stop and search is working in some areas as a lot of knives have been found. But then you read of somebody being stabbed with a kitchen knife. And, horrendously a butchers shop being targeted by youths who stole two butchers' knives. guns have to be held under lock and key in this country. Should knives be if they are being taken from the kitchen? Then how do you police that? :-(

Not justifying knife crime at all, but "at least" it's slightly more targetted than guns where they just spray the whole area. Obviously not a good situation for the target in either case.
How much should the police have to mold children/young adults morals and behaviour and how much should be the family responsibility? I think families need to step up more than many do, but it just takes one bad apple in a group of friends to lead the others astray.

Very sorry state of affairs now.with all the knife crime. So many young.people losing their lives. What's the solution .there are not enough police on the streets .so easy to get knives is it parent responsibility or government getting more Police out & about & seen by residents what would you see as a solution Barbara