Knife laws to be reconsidered - justice minister

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:36p.m.

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The Government has released a report into the laws around knife crime.

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12 Mar 2010 03:53p.m.

Shane wrote:

How about this for an idea, allow anyone without criminal record to carry anything they like to defend themselves against these thugs, and have ultra harsh penalties for anyone with criminal records who do carry offensive weapons.

Besides, regardless of the law these thugs will continue to carry weapons and use them on innocent victims so rather than blanket restriction how about evening up the game a little ?? a law abding person defending themselves is always going to use a weapon as a last resort, where as a criminal will use as a first resort.