AIBU to think this is an absolute epidemic now and something needs to be done?
Police need greater random stop and search powers and there should be dedicated juvenile facilities for those carrying a knife.
Found with a knife? Automatic 12 month sentence in a juvie facility.
I know people will say 'where will the money come from?' but so many people are dying.
We need to change the culture around it.
Maybe even try and change the narrative in a way that young men will take heed off, like you're a coward to carry a knife sort of thing?
We managed to ban and get rid of guns successfully. Obviously knives are already illegal to carry but I feel like in some places it's quite normal for kids to have knives on them for 'protection '
Obviously I'm just someone looking in from the outside, but I have teens and it's just scary how often a simple altercation can turn to murder.