Laws have to be made, and enforced, make it so you have to register with the police before you can buy a knife, and if you have one and use it illegally. The Stocks
But Lonnie - would that mean that you'd need to register every time you bought a butter knife in Tesco? Think it through - if you outlaw one type of knife, they'll only use another.
What about lowering the age for prosecuting offenders? If they think they are big enough to carry and use a knife then arrest them. If you can't do the time then don't do the crime.
Hi Whickerman, yes, I thought of that as I was writing, there would have to be exceptions, for household use etc, but I think my idea, which on first sight, does seem impractible, has the basis of rectifying whats happening at present.
What is legal and illegal, use and/or possession, would have to be determined.
perhaps bowie knives, swords, machetes, etc etc could be more controlled, but you can stab someone with a kitchen knife so all the extra effort and palaver in enforcing this ruling, would outweigh the actual effectiveness.
if i wanted to stab someone a ban would not affect me because i have a kicthen full of legal weapons.
i believe most knife wound are inflicted by kitchen knives.
the more elaborate ones tend to just be for show.
there was a knife amnesty not so long ago and that got thousands of elaborate, bizarre and scary looking knives.