Thread: Knife fans read this.

http://www.manhattanda.org/whatsnew/press/2010-06-17.shtml

do you mean this? New York County District Attorney's Office

What a bunch of losers!

yea that's the one. The link didn't go through.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

do you mean this? New York County District Attorney's Office

It reads like a tax or extortion program ....

I should note that cities have problems that
are difficult to address.

I guess it makes sense that funds from illegal items are siezed - the same is done with drug dealers and such, right? At least it's going to education programs, which will hopefully be useful in reducing knife violence.

It does make me wonder, though - would the figures on the violence be significantly lower if these illegal knives were off the market? I would think that those who are going to commit violent crimes, especially premeditated, will find a way to do so with whatever weapons they can get their hands on. The rest of us, the responsible ones, must suffer the restrictions that are in place to stop those who wish to do others harm. Give and take, eh?

There have been lots of schemes in the UK over the past few years where knives and other weapons could be surrendered. As with all these schemes, except in rare cases, it's just the law abiding that surrender their knives etc.
Usually granny will turn up at the police station with her deceased husband's boy-scout knife and so on.

Why would anyone surrender a carving knife or cook's vegetable knife ? Do the people that turn these in not prepare food? That's mostly the type of knife that seem to be in the press release photos to declare the scheme a success.

Flick knives have been illegal in the UK for decades. In the 50's and 60's nearly every schoolboy that went on a day trip to France bought one back with him. The teachers never seemed to work out what we were queueing to buy at the railway platform kiosk. Maybe they thought it was just cigarettes.

Most of these schemes are just an exercise to try to convince the media and the less cynical members of public that they are doing something, even if it's pointless.

I agree with Welshwizard. Most criminals dont really mind if the knife they are using to rob someone is legal or not..! It was the same with the handgun ban here; The sporting shooters gave up their weapons, and the criminals carried on as if nothing had changed.

Yep, and I remember the flick-knives on the school French trips, and the French bangers, which were cheap and easy to pick up in France when I was at school in my late teens about 10 years ago.

That was basically what the exchange was all about; a cool pocket knife, a bag full of fire crackers and the duty free cigarettes and beer. Learning to speak French was kind of a secondary consideration..!

I thought it was always illegal to carry a concealed blade over 4" fixed or folder, what's new? Am I missing something.

Looking at this from the perspective of the person that might just want to have some protection - irrespective of what that protection is, this reminds me of the line Bill Paxton uses in "Aliens" when they take away everyones firing pins "What are we supposed to use? Harsh language?"

I just hate the feeling that I am a lamb tied to a stake waiting for the wolf to come and eat me.