We used to have mass shootings over here about once every ten years. In spite of having several terrorist outrages recently none of them involve shootings. See if you can work out why that is.
Regards Tyrone.
Because in 1997 the crown decided to revoke firearm privileges from her majesty's subjects. All firearms having already been registered, they were easy enough to confiscate... Just my guess anyway.
Unfortunately it looks like quite a knife problem out there though. Evil people wanting to hurt others never ends.
SCHOOLS will be forced to install knife arches as a horrific epidemic of bloody crimes grips the capital. Met Police officers will also have the power to stop and search on the streets — without pr…
www.thesun.co.uk
Researchers call for preventative work targeting primary school children after analysing data on stabbed teenagers
www.independent.co.uk
Children are most likely to become victims of stabbings as they walk home from school, a London study has found. Experts warn of the "endemic" nature of knife crime among youths in the UK capital.
edition.cnn.com
Hiring a private security company to deploy highly trained officers in schools could significantly reduce both violent and petty crime.
www.churchillgroup.com
"In March 2019, knife crime in the UK reached a decade high; and tragically many victims where under 18. In 2019, 45,632 young people aged 10-17 were sentenced for carrying a knife or offensive weapon in England and Wales, with over 1000 of these weapons found on school property. Everything from machetes, hunting knives, samurai swords and even a modified highlighter pen were seized by police on school grounds, with the youngest offender just 4 years old."
Here is a list of attacks dating 1856 to present day. It has information from all over the world but is not exclusive and does not contain UK data... China has had some seriously violent knife attacks, learn something new every day I guess.
en.m.wikipedia.org
The world has no shortage of disturbed, evil individuals and it is not new. Evil attacks innocence, it always has and always will.
As the wiki list above shows; no amount of object prohibition will stem the tide of violence. If that list is not convincing, consider prison populations. The most secure detention facilities in the world and yet those within still find ways to craft weapons and harm or kill each other.
The first thought among potential victims of any assault is likely one of helplessness, followed by an instant desire for an object of force multiplication by which they may defend themselves.
Evil people attack those who they consider to be helpless, whether it be a child walking home from school, a woman in a parking lot or a classroom.
A society cannot change those who wish to do evil. "More focus on mental healthcare" is almost as silly a pie-in-the-sky solution as banning guns. Not to say mental health isn't important, I just don't see it as an effective solution for overcoming evil people.
Metal detectors, dogs, cops; if children spend their years in school surrounded by extreme measures intended to keep them safe - How will this experience manifest itself in their lives as adults when they are responsible for their own safety and that of their family?
I feel the answer lays - at least in part - in changing our society's acceptance of helplessness.
Children could benefit greatly from training courses on bare-hand fighting a knife wielding attacker, or disarming a gunman.
It may sound crazy but think of it this way... Our society is raising helpless people who are ineffective in the face of violence. Everyone wants to engineer perfect, safe solutions so that children never have to be confronted by violence - Sure, there is work that can be done to improve security but what happens when those solutions fail?
What happens when a person is staring down certain death knowing they have seconds to react but no idea how? Who's fault is that?
Training is everything. It builds confidence and discipline but most of all, it changes an image of helplessness into one of organized, confident strength - a true deterrent of those who prey on the weak.
