As if this is even news any more, the London murder rate for this year has surpassed NYC as a wave of stabbings has taken the city for a wild ride. To be clear: that doesn't necessarily mean that the total number of murders in London is higher, as the Big Apple is larger in population (albeit only marginally). Dividing the number of murders by the total population produces the rate of murders (number of murders relative to the number of inhabitants), and those figures from London have outstripped NYC.
Once relegated to meme-dom, "common sense knife control" is no longer a joke, and is the direction of the London politicians and law enforcement. In a tweet, everyone's favorite racially ambiguous Mr. Bean lookalike, Sadiq Khan, proclaimed:
No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife. Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law
Really? No reason? If a Londoner, being stripped of their natural right to carry a gun, wants to carry a knife as defense from the rising rate of knife murders, that seems plenty reasonable. On the topic of arming, there is something interesting to be said. As handguns and other concealable firearms have become harder to attain for criminals, the rate of stabbings has gone up. It couldn't possibly be that the true danger is violent people, and going after the means is a red herring that solves nothing. That simply can't be the case.
...Or can it?
@roofcore