Name:
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Description:
Banning guns has reduced gun crime, but in its place knife crime is rising. A recent anonymous survey of teenagers suggests that a frighteningly high proportion of them carry a blade routinely.
Validity:
No guns, crime exists.
Options:
[option]"My son was stabbed three times," weeps @@randomname@@, parent of a hospitalised teenager, "all because he looked at someone the wrong way. Well, yes, and spat in the girl's face. Sure, and he kicked her in the stomach once or twice... look that's not the point! We have to ban concealed weapons of any sort!"
[effect]community doctors are arrested for carrying needles in their bags
[option]"A knife is a vital tool!" exclaims outdoorsman @@randomname@@, using @@HIS@@ Bowie knife to peel a banana. "Responsible adults like me shouldn't be punished! Just ban blade ownership till the age of majority, and free the rest of us to carry anything short of a gun."
[effect]halberds and katanas are common 18th birthday presents,
[option]"I can't believe one is reduced to this, I'm frankly dying of embarrassment here, old chap," mumbles @@random_name@@, a teenager waving a silver butter-knife at you as @@HE@@ tries to mug you. "How is any self-respecting criminal meant to be taken seriously these days? For the sake of our national dignity, my dear bureaucrat, you must allow us to have our firearms back! Also, give me your wallet."
[effect]in a weird "reverse amnesty" the government is handing out formerly confiscated firearms back to the public