According to the anti-gun left, abolishing the Second Amendment and removing firearms from their law-abiding owners in the United States would end violence and universal peace would prevail.
Meanwhile in the UK, there is no right for a citizen to own a firearm [1]. But that doesn’t stop the bad guys from committing murder and mayhem.
Keep in mind the because of massive immigration, London is no longer majority white [2]. So the many tribes of newbies act within an atmosphere of extreme diversity [3] which we are told daily is a strength. Yet violent crime is on an upswing.
Here are a few headlines from the last week denoting crime among the diverse residents of London — apparently the determined criminals somehow make do with knives:
● London gang crime: no one is safe from knives in my bleak and furious city [4], Times of London, February 25, 2018
● Police abandoned us, say Somalis in wake of London knife killings [5], The Guardian, February 24
● ‘I’m wounded’: Last words of student murdered in Samurai sword ‘revenge attack’ less than a mile from where a teenager was stabbed to death – as mother says Somalis walk the streets with ‘knives used for killing cattle’ [6], Daily Mail, February 21
● UK knife crime takes toll on black teenagers [7], Al Jazeera, February 24
Below, a London resident does his shopping with a substantial blade in hand.
Here’s an Al Jazeera report titled “London sees a rise in knife crimes”: