Weapons off the streets

Undertoad · 05-14-2019, 09:00 AM

Making the rounds.

henry quirk · 05-14-2019, 09:48 AM

Be cool, man...don't rat me out.

Gravdigr · 05-14-2019, 11:56 AM

Now, this loaf...

Is it one of them there sliced high capacity loaves?

I mean, who needs that many sammiches?

xoxoxoBruce · 05-14-2019, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Making the rounds.

I sincerely hope that was a tongue in cheek post of ~~tools~~ weapons swept up off the street.

Gravdigr · 05-14-2019, 12:15 PM

Worse, it's England.

Where you have to be 21 to purchase a butter knife.

henry quirk · 05-14-2019, 12:19 PM

I likes a good sammich.

Ham, american cheese, yellow mustard, all wedged between two slices of white bread (the bad-for-you kind.)

Fried bologna works too.

Carruthers · 05-14-2019, 12:30 PM

Knife crime is rife in certain parts of London despite it being illegal to carry a knife.

Those who do not wish to prosecuted for carrying choose something ostensibly legal and reasonable as a substitute. However, intent is all.

Incidentally, I'm surprised that the tweet came from police in the Regent's Park area.

It isn't a part of the capital I would associate with criminal mayhem.

lumberjim · 05-14-2019, 12:51 PM

Teeth are kind of dangerous. Are the Brits planning to make people give them up too? Oh, right, mostly they already have.

Flint · 05-14-2019, 12:53 PM

I saw one where they confiscated a bat'leth from a kid's house.

eta: here-- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-47119509

Carruthers · 05-15-2019, 01:42 PM

A rather late addendum.

'Operation Sceptre' is referenced in the tweet at the top.

Quote:

We launched Operation Sceptre in July 2015 with the aim of reducing knife crime and the number families affected by knife crime across the whole of London.
The launch was designed to coincide with new legislation that means that those convicted of carrying a knife for the second time will face a mandatory custodial sentence.
Operation Sceptre seeks to target not only those who carry and use knives, but also the supply, access and importation of weapons.

During phase six of Operation Sceptre in October 2016 we conducted the highest number of anti knife-crime activities on London boroughs since the initiative was launched and as a result took 399 weapons off the streets, the highest number since Sceptre began.

In total we have conducted 5791 Weapon Sweeps and 700 Test Purchase operations in shops that sell knives.
A total of 4565 stop and searches were conducted during those six weeks resulting in 793 arrests [from stop and search alone].

The operation has resulted in a total of 2294 arrests, 473 of which were for possession of a knife or weapon and the recovery and removal of 1435 weapons from the streets of London.

Link

xoxoxoBruce · 05-16-2019, 11:14 AM

Get back to bludgeoning each other as the good lord intended.

Gravdigr · 05-16-2019, 11:25 AM

Quote:

...will face a mandatory custodial sentence.

They're gonna make the knife packers do janitorial work?

05-14-2019, 09:00 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Weapons off the streets Making the rounds.

05-14-2019, 09:48 AM	#2
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	I've got a dangerous loaf of bread in the cabinet. Be cool, man...don't rat me out.

05-14-2019, 11:56 AM	#3
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Now, this loaf... Is it one of them there sliced high capacity loaves? I mean, who needs that many sammiches? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-14-2019, 12:15 PM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Worse, it's England. Where you have to be 21 to purchase a butter knife. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-14-2019, 12:19 PM	#6
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	"I mean, who needs that many sammiches?" I likes a good sammich. Ham, american cheese, yellow mustard, all wedged between two slices of white bread (the bad-for-you kind.) Fried bologna works too.

05-14-2019, 12:30 PM	#7
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Knife crime is rife in certain parts of London despite it being illegal to carry a knife. Those who do not wish to prosecuted for carrying choose something ostensibly legal and reasonable as a substitute. However, intent is all. Incidentally, I'm surprised that the tweet came from police in the Regent's Park area. It isn't a part of the capital I would associate with criminal mayhem. __________________

05-14-2019, 12:51 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Teeth are kind of dangerous. Are the Brits planning to make people give them up too? Oh, right, mostly they already have. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I saw one where they confiscated a bat'leth from a kid's house. eta: here-- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-47119509 Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-16-2019, 11:14 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Get back to bludgeoning each other as the good lord intended. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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