I Love London

But.., 52 murders this year (thats another 2 today) on our streets involving gang/knives. Its too much to take. What is going on??

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Mikemcneil · 61-69, M

Wannabe gangstas and police cutbacks. What do you expect to happen?

Ironicman · 56-60, M

@Mikemcneil lack of male role models? lack of stop and search? No aspiration other than to be a gangster? I don't know anymore.

Mikemcneil · 61-69, M

Not sure about the absent fathers bit. Peer group pressure provides role models but sadly they're all negative ones. The culture of knife crime has been there for at least thirty years now.

Ironicman · 56-60, M

@Mikemcneil I don't recall our youth going out with a blade as a matter of routine. If we wanted a scrap we fought with our fists.

Mikemcneil · 61-69, M

@Ironicman there were knives carried in my neck of the woods at school but few and far between. It's not a white male problem.