Before I go on my "damned liberals, nanny state blah blah" soap box let me bring up why I get on the soap box in regards to our gun rights.
Once you head down the slope, YOU NEVER STOP. People say they support certain bans on this or that, but invariably it leads to other bans and so on and so forth. Truly, once you start the slide its virutally impossible to stop.
This is why I'm so adamant we retain our right to keep and bear arms as much as we can. Today, in our country, the movement is to ban firearms of various types or sizes. This has already been done in Europe. They still have problems with crime, and since guns can no longer be blamed they've moved on to other weapons. Now its knives. In Europe guns have been demonized to the point the collective buys into the idea that guns are bad. The European Powers That Be have moved on to doing the same for other weapons.
Europe is pushing knives in the same light America is trying to push guns.
Dont think it could happen here? Better think again.....
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Crackdown takes 179 knives off west Scotland streets
JOHN INNES
ALMOST 180 knives have been taken off the streets of the Strathclyde Police area after a campaign against violence.
About 20,000 people were stopped and searched by police in the region between 6 November and 3 December. Across Scotland, 500 knives and other weapons - including coshes, machetes, swords and meat cleavers - were seized.
Officers used more than 1,000 metal detectors distributed under the Safer Scotland initiative, recovering 299 knives and 244 other weapons.
Strathclyde led the way in knife seizures with 179, followed by Lothian and Borders Police with 38, and Grampian with 25. Other forces' seizures were: British Transport Police, three; Central, 19; Dumfries and Galloway, one; Fife, six; Northern Constabulary, ten; and Tayside, 18.
Cathy Jamieson, the justice minister said: "Too many young men think it's acceptable to take to the streets with a knife in their pocket. I have a very clear message to them - carry a knife and you are now more likely than ever to be caught."
Chief Inspector Alex McGuire from the Safer Scotland co-ordination unit said: "These figures clearly demonstrate that there are still individuals out there who continue to think it's acceptable to carry a weapon on the streets of Scotland.
Once you head down the slope, YOU NEVER STOP. People say they support certain bans on this or that, but invariably it leads to other bans and so on and so forth. Truly, once you start the slide its virutally impossible to stop.
This is why I'm so adamant we retain our right to keep and bear arms as much as we can. Today, in our country, the movement is to ban firearms of various types or sizes. This has already been done in Europe. They still have problems with crime, and since guns can no longer be blamed they've moved on to other weapons. Now its knives. In Europe guns have been demonized to the point the collective buys into the idea that guns are bad. The European Powers That Be have moved on to doing the same for other weapons.
Europe is pushing knives in the same light America is trying to push guns.
Dont think it could happen here? Better think again.....
Article
Crackdown takes 179 knives off west Scotland streets
JOHN INNES
ALMOST 180 knives have been taken off the streets of the Strathclyde Police area after a campaign against violence.
About 20,000 people were stopped and searched by police in the region between 6 November and 3 December. Across Scotland, 500 knives and other weapons - including coshes, machetes, swords and meat cleavers - were seized.
Officers used more than 1,000 metal detectors distributed under the Safer Scotland initiative, recovering 299 knives and 244 other weapons.
Strathclyde led the way in knife seizures with 179, followed by Lothian and Borders Police with 38, and Grampian with 25. Other forces' seizures were: British Transport Police, three; Central, 19; Dumfries and Galloway, one; Fife, six; Northern Constabulary, ten; and Tayside, 18.
Cathy Jamieson, the justice minister said: "Too many young men think it's acceptable to take to the streets with a knife in their pocket. I have a very clear message to them - carry a knife and you are now more likely than ever to be caught."
Chief Inspector Alex McGuire from the Safer Scotland co-ordination unit said: "These figures clearly demonstrate that there are still individuals out there who continue to think it's acceptable to carry a weapon on the streets of Scotland.