if they outlaw guns and knives people will only find something else to use as a weapon its the never ending story ...trying to ban knives will be difficult because they (well some) are classed as household iems.. its ok saying put an 18 age limit on them but cigarettes and alcohol have age restrictions on them and are they ever upheld ? kids as young as ten are smoking and drinking ..you just cant stop it ....and the justice system in htis country stinks so that doesnt deter them they have a cushier life inside jail ..sky tv, 3 meals a day, warmth....i say make the prisons like those in thailand wher they sleep on concrete floors in their own p**s..that would stop em from commiting crimes ...(damn im babbling on ... :yelrotflm )