And Just Where is the National Knife Association When We Need Them?!?
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Campaigners call for tougher knife laws: "Staff and agencies
Monday December 13, 2004
Families of stabbing victims today delivered a petition to Downing Street calling on the government to make carrying a knife as serious an offence as carrying a gun.
The group, which includes Damilola Taylor's father, demanded that ministers introduce a five-year minimum jail term for carrying an object with a blade longer than three inches, which would equalise the penalties for knives and guns.
They also want to see a six-month minimum jail term for carrying a blade shorter than three inches, or three months for juveniles."
Monday December 13, 2004
Families of stabbing victims today delivered a petition to Downing Street calling on the government to make carrying a knife as serious an offence as carrying a gun.
The group, which includes Damilola Taylor's father, demanded that ministers introduce a five-year minimum jail term for carrying an object with a blade longer than three inches, which would equalise the penalties for knives and guns.
They also want to see a six-month minimum jail term for carrying a blade shorter than three inches, or three months for juveniles."
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