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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
England has banned the carry of any pocket or pen knife unless your job directly depends on it. Scotland, IIRC, is considering the total ban of kitchen knives.
How's the crime rate over there doing?
How's the crime rate in Washington D.C.?
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I was recently in England and I believe that I heard on the news that the sentence for carrying a knife (without any other crime) in England was 4 years incarceration.
You are right Bill, doesn't seem to have any effect on the criminals.
TR
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