Glad to know they don't have a gun problem...

[friendly_iconoclast]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8578631.stm


Police in Nottingham city centre knife purge


Hundreds of police officers were on the streets of Nottingham throughout Saturday night in an effort to tackle knife crime in the city.

The major operation involved 200 officers as part of a Home Office project targeting 13 to 24-year-olds.

Officers and a specially-trained dog met young people coming off a number of bus routes.

Metal detectors were used in an effort to find concealed weapons while drug testing was also carried out....

[nradisic]

1. England has become what George Orwell wrote about

....targeting people with metal detectors and drug testing them? Magna Carta? Hello?

[shadowrider]

2. Isn't it amazing

Bad guys find ways to kill without a gun. You'd think if you do away with guns, everyone would hold hands around the campfire and sing kumbaya, at least according to the anti-gunners.

[obxhead]

3. yes

take a gun, use a knife. Take the knife and they will use a sharp stick. Take the stick and they will use a rock.

Some humans simply kill and harm other humans. They will do so no matter what.

[friendly_iconoclast]

4. Another media account:

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/200-officers-city-crackdown-knives-youth-violence/article-1930388-detail/article.html

...Another team of officers and a drugs dog were also checking people as they got off buses in Beastmarket Hill, while covert officers on the buses identified suspicious activity.

Licensing officers visited pubs and clubs to check door supervisors were legally registered.

And roads police officers used Automated Number Plate Recognition technology to spot vehicles wanted in connection with a crime.

Anyone suspected of an offence was taken to a special search centre at Central Police Station – the first of its kind to be used in the city – where officers had an array of technology to search for weapons and drugs...

[paulsby]

5. UK citizens have far less protection against govt. intrusion than we do

even a cursory study of comparative law makes that clear.

less privacy, and less freedom of speech

and if they are arrested, they have no right to remain silent. (silence can be used AGAINST you in a criminal proceeding).

they also have no automatic exclusionary rule

they have become a surveillance society, as well.

[dashrif]

6. Or

a bow problem it would suck to be robbed by a bunch of hoods in tights with it being Nottingham and all

[proteus_lives]

7. In a few years they'll have phone purge.

"Her Majesty's government has decided people shouldn't be mucking about on their mobiles while in public. They will use government pay booths. Your calls will be monitored to ensure safety and polite language."

Then there will be an internet access purge.

Then a passport purge.

Then a book purge.


Pip, pip cheerio.