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minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoWhat is the aim of the regulation? Does it cover dense urban areas only?
minus-squareChurbleyimyam@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoMost youths who are involved in crime carry a knife for protection. This means that if the police want to arrest one of them, for whatever reason, they can because they will likely find a knife on them.
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 months agoI see. Is this pure fear behind it or is there some evidence that the law is beneficial? But yeah, another good pretext for harassing the young and/or poors. Reminds of war on drugs until police started doing to the all “children” in the US and that attitude changed pretty quick.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoWe (Denmark) have 0.9 homicides per 100,000 capita, UK has 1.1 USA has 6.3. Of course there are other factors, but overall regulation definitely and very evidently helps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
What is the aim of the regulation?
Does it cover dense urban areas only?
Most youths who are involved in crime carry a knife for protection. This means that if the police want to arrest one of them, for whatever reason, they can because they will likely find a knife on them.
I see. Is this pure fear behind it or is there some evidence that the law is beneficial?
But yeah, another good pretext for harassing the young and/or poors.
Reminds of war on drugs until police started doing to the all “children” in the US and that attitude changed pretty quick.
We (Denmark) have 0.9 homicides per 100,000 capita, UK has 1.1 USA has 6.3.
Of course there are other factors, but overall regulation definitely and very evidently helps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate