I don't think that 'gun-free paradise' thing

is working out too well.
The scourge of knife crime gripping Britain has reached new depths with six murders across the country in less than 24 hours.

Four of the killings were in London in an appalling day of bloodshed.

Meanwhile, another teenager is in hospital in serious condition tonight after being stabbed outside a branch of Blockbuster Video in Bolton.

The outburst of violence has prompted Gordon Brown to pledge he would introduce new measures to tackle the epidemic.

Problem: this is no more 'knife crime' than DC has 'gun crime': they've got crime out of control, period, and need to stop worrying about the objects.
Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, voiced his 'deep regret' at the deaths and said the 'long-term complex root causes of violence' needed to be tackled.
Ok, here's some possibilities:
Stop being nice and sensitive to crooks: put their ass in jail and keep them there.
Stop making people criminals for defending themselves and others.
Stop blaming objects for what people do.
There's three points they could start with, but I have little hope.

Witnesses described two gangs of men armed with golf clubs, baseball bats and knives flying at each other in a vicious street brawl on Thursday evening. Scotland Yard are investigating whether the incident was drugs related.
Wonder why they left out the 'G' word: gang related?

Martin's parents Lorraine and James, who have called on Gordon Brown to tackle Britain's rampant knife culture,.
I feel sorry as hell for these folks; there son was murdered by a two-legged jackal for no damn reason. But going after the 'rampant knife culture' isn't going to work, because the problem is the attitudes and thought patterns of the dirtbags committing the crimes.
Voicing his horror at the stabbings, Mr Brown said that 'carrying a knife is unacceptable in our society'.
People used to commonly carry knives of all kinds, and it was quite common for a gentleman- or lady- to put a revolver in their pocket or bag when going out, and Britain was one of the safest places in the world to live. But laws and attitudes were changed, and this mess is part of the result.
Last week, Scotland Yard announced that tackling knife crime was its number one priority and revealed a 75-strong task force. Thousands of people have been stopped and searched in recent weeks as part of a police drive to deter young people from carrying knives.
No sir, no 4th Amendment problems there! Damn, what a mess.