Post by Jack on Jul 13, 2008 20:04:45 GMT
I think this might be a good way to stop people carrying knives. I think that most people don't really understand what can happen if they carry knives and I think this is a good way forward to help them understand and stop.
Source & Full Article: BBC
Young people who carry knives will be made to visit hospitals where stabbing victims are treated, in a bid to shock them into changing their behaviour.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said seeing "gruesome" injuries would be a tougher deterrent than sending all knife carriers in England and Wales to jail.
A spate of stabbings was making people "nervous" about going out, she said.
The Tories said more knife carriers should go to prison and the Lib Dems called Ms Smith's plans "half-baked".
What do you think? Will this be a good way to get knives of the streets or will this not shatter people in the way that was expected?
Source & Full Article: BBC
Young people who carry knives will be made to visit hospitals where stabbing victims are treated, in a bid to shock them into changing their behaviour.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said seeing "gruesome" injuries would be a tougher deterrent than sending all knife carriers in England and Wales to jail.
A spate of stabbings was making people "nervous" about going out, she said.
The Tories said more knife carriers should go to prison and the Lib Dems called Ms Smith's plans "half-baked".
What do you think? Will this be a good way to get knives of the streets or will this not shatter people in the way that was expected?
