wonder at the timing:
ebay illegal knife sales reviewed
the tone of the article is of course slanted a bit...
reading some of the other sidebar articles, they seem surprised that after outlawing law-abiding people from owning guns, that knife crime went up. (knife crime also includes the illegal use of a knife to defend yourself or just carrying one that the police don't like). when they outlaw knives, they'll be surprised that baseball bat crime goes up, when they outlaw bats, they'll....ad infinitum. another article exposes some of the creative use of statistics.
not unexpectedly, on the same news pages,
man shot outside school
shows how effective banning a tool is, criminals can always buy them on the black market.