Google Current | January 21, 2008 | 2 comments

Metal detectors in UK schools?

source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL209064020080120

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The government may introduce metal detectors in schools to cut knife crime, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said on Sunday.

The airport-style security could be introduced at some of England's toughest schools following a spate of knife attacks against young people, including a 13-year-old girl stabbed outside a south London school last week.
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2 comments // Metal detectors in UK schools?

  • mattbrawn
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    • Here's yet another example of how widespread and serious the issue of gun crime really is.

      To anyone playing down' the 'knife crime' epidemic, herein lies the stark realisation that things need to be addressed urgently. The description of the incident in Newcastle may well be 'overly explicit,' but maybe this is what's needed for people to comprehend the situation that Britain is slipping into.

      "He had suffered a sustained attack, which severed his spinal cord, pierced his shoulder blade and jaw, and chipped the bone of his skull.:

    • 4 years ago
  • abbym0308
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    • Knife crime is a big deal, and it seems to be an accelerating problem lately. I think metal detectors is a good idea... they can't hurt. Take a look at this powerful VC2 film about knife crime in London.

    • 4 years ago
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