are able to hand in their knives without the fear of prosecution, the
amnesty is in place until the end of June. The hope is that it will
reduce the amount of crimes involving knives including of course
murders. The last amnesty was very successful according to the latest
reports and one can only hope that this latest attempt also proves to be
a success. Something needs to be done as I am hearing about more and
more deaths at the hands of this knife culture and the problem seems to
be getting out of control.
Britain has currently got a knife amnesty in place. This where people
are able to hand in their knives without the fear of prosecution, the
amnesty is in place until the end of June. The hope is that it will
reduce the amount of crimes involving knives including of course
murders. The last amnesty was very successful according to the latest
reports and one can only hope that this latest attempt also proves to be
a success. Something needs to be done as I am hearing about more and
more deaths at the hands of this knife culture and the problem seems to
be getting out of control.
I have had personal experience about Britains knife culture. When I was
about eighteen years of age I went out for a few drinks with a number of
my close friends. We all ending up getting quite drunk and I ended up
walking home with three of these friends. On the way home we passed a
group of four men all in their twenties. They pushed passed us in an
aggressive way making a number of nasty comments at the same time.
Despite being rather worse for wear, myself and my friends did not
react. We were however very shocked as only a few moments later these
four youths started to run towards us in quite a frightening way. We all
started to run but one of my friends stumbled and fell over. I looked
behind me and saw that these four men had surrounded him and were
starting to punch him. I was not really sure what to do and was quite
surprised to find myself going to his aid, rather brave or stupid I now
think.
Luckily for me the youths ran off with my friend lying on the floor in
agony. As I reached him I noticed that there was blood on the pavement
at the place where he was lay. I asked him if he was OK and he said that
he was. He had been stabbed in the stomach or chest area but had not
realised. He thought that he had only been punched.
We managed to get him to the hospital where we later found out that he
had been very lucky, even though he did have a punctured lung.
Even to this day which is years later, I find it hard to understand why
the person decided to stab my friend. Why was a few punches not enough
for him? It was not as if he was in any danger himself as there was four
men against one. If he had killed my friend he could have been looking
at a long stretch in prison and would have to live with the knowledge
that he has killed a man for the rest of his life.
My advice to people is to leave your knives at home. By carrying a knife
you could end a persons life, ruin the lives of that persons family and
friends and even ruin your own life.
Over the last weekend, I have read about three murders on the streets of
Britain via knife stabbings. I can not truly believe that the people
carrying these knives left their houses with the intention to kill. The
act was possibly influenced by alcohol or by some troubles in their own
life. The people involved are likely to seriously regret their actions
only a short time later. This however is too late for their victims.
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