knife ban going to work?

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

Gun ban obviously didn't stop murders:

Table 1.02 Offences initially recorded as homicide by outcome England
and Wales 1991 to 2001/02
Numbers Recorded crime
Outcome 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00
2000/01 2001/02
Offences initially recorded as homicide 725 681 673 727 754 678 735
731 744 763 849 858
Offences no longer recorded as homicide 1 102 100 108 95 90 94 124 120
92 81 66 26
Offences currently recorded as homicide 1
Decided at court to be homicide:
Murder 182 191 210 218 252 227 216 207 225 241 233 133
Sec 2 Manslaughter 84 84 66 74 58 50 46 49 40 25 20 6
Other Manslaughter 205 182 180 188 195 172 182 188 212 186 267 131
Infanticide 5 6 5 2 3 4 3 4 7 1 5 -
Total 476 463 461 482 508 453 447 448 484 453 525 270
Court decision pending - - - 3 1 10 13 20 35 48 102 358
Proceedings not initiated or concluded
without conviction or acquittal:
Suspect found by the court to be insane 2 6 1 5 3 1 4 6 5 6 3 -
Suspect died 7 1 4 1 10 9 3 3 3 4 6 4
Suspect committed suicide 52 40 30 42 41 35 36 30 36 33 33 25
Proceedings discontinued or not initiated 12 7 9 14 15 21 25 24 18 45 11 7
Total 73 54 44 62 69 66 68 63 62 88 53 36
Currently no suspect:
All suspects acquitted 38 27 23 29 34 20 29 25 22 36 31 9
No suspects charged 36 37 37 56 52 35 54 55 49 57 72 159
Total 74 64 60 85 86 55 83 80 71 93 103 168
Total offences currently recorded as homicide 623 581 565 632 664 584
611 611 652 682 783 832

As seen in: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/hosb103.pdf

An OFFICIAL Home Office document. Oh, and if you read the first part
of the report it would seem that my prediction of a "hand in your
fists" amnesty isn't all that far fetched - except that you'll also
hand in your feet (kicking) and unclenched hands - since open hands do
the strangling!

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