"National knife amnesty
08/02/2006
A national knife amnesty is to be held across the country in the spring, as part of on-going efforts to tackle knife crime and violence in Scotland.
The amnesty will begin on May 24 and will run for one month. It will also kick-start a 12 month Safer Scotland Anti-Violence Campaign by the Executive, Violence Reduction Unit and Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland to tackle the culture of violence in Scotland.
The amnesty has been sanctioned by the Lord Advocate - head of Scotland's prosecution system - who today also confirmed that the Crown Office and Prosecution Service is reviewing prosecution policy on knife crime to ensure the criminal justice system treats this problem with the seriousness it deserves."
OK, good idea. But this is February, not May. If I am a knife-carrying thug, what am I supposed to do between now and May? Put the knife in a drawer?
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