Do the Hokey Pokey.

This is the European report on preventing violence and knife crime.  In the U.S.  this title would read "U.S. report on preventing violence and gun crime."  So basically that's what Im saying.  It doesn't matter really what tool you take away,  there will be a transfer of attention onto another means as soon as you do.

Same shit, different weapon.  Same shit, different island.  Same shit, different shitty people.   Basically, people will find lots of ways to kill and injure each other.  We are a demented people.  Take guns away, we'll use knives.  Take knives away, we'll use forks.  Take forks away, we'll use our hands...hey, hands are used to wield all of these things.  Hands are the real enemy.  Outlaw hands!  Wait that's ridiculous, hands can't be to blame.  What controls the hands?  The messages that the brain sends it...Outlaw Brains!  Or better yet, how about we raise healthy and responsible brains, that will use their hands for good rather than harm.  Well that's impossible to do these days because we've already become such a shit race of violent humans.  Everyday we are surrounded by bad examples of humanity, and bad influences.  It takes quadruple the effort to reverse the years of damaging humanity.  It takes calling people out on their shit when you see it.  Holding folks accountable, when nobody probably ever held them accountable for anything in their entire life.  When nobody probably bothered to teach them to challenge and hold themselves to a higher standard in the face of adversity, and bad peer advisory.   Those of us who hold ethical high ground, are usually passive or quiet, going about our day peacefully, trying to be and worry about ourselves only, being model citizens.  But we need to be the voices that the bad peers need to hear.  It takes vigilance.  But like bad habits are born out of repetition, good habits must be as repetitive and demanding if we are ever going to change.  Telling some one to pick up their litter and throw it away.. Telling someone at the grocery to push their cart to the cart holder.  Not just leave it in the empty parking stall.  Calling people out on their shit!  These kind of folks never developed that heightened state of awareness and cognitive ability, so now they're shitty adults lacking the discipline and leadership abilities, that a little positive peering and encouragement and the correct amount of discipline in their formative youths could have instilled.