Post by: wmenorr67 on July 25, 2008, 05:32:38 AM
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A British judge trying a knife-crime case stunned the court by pulling out a blade.
Campaign groups blasted Judge Roger Connor after he brandished a knife in front of a teenage defendant charged with wounding someone with a blade.
The 16-year-olds lawyer asked Connor if he was committing an offense and was told it was acceptable because the blade was less than 3 inches long.
Connor got out the folding black-handled knife at Oxford Crown Court to show how it worked. The boy, who denies wounding with intent and assault, had admitted using a knife and claimed he needed only one hand to open it.
Connor asked: It happens I have a folding knife in my pocket. You need two hands to open it, dont you?
Under English and Welsh law it is an offense to carry in public a blade longer than 3 inches without good reason.
Furious anti-knife crime campaigners called last night for the judge to be fired.
He should lose his job. One teenager a week is being murdered on the streets of Britain and here he is brandishing a knife, Lyn Costello, co-founder of the Mothers Against Murder and Aggression campaign group, said.
Enough is enough we need to get tough on knives in this country and our judges should be handing out tough sentences, not brandishing their own.
Campaign groups blasted Judge Roger Connor after he brandished a knife in front of a teenage defendant charged with wounding someone with a blade.
The 16-year-olds lawyer asked Connor if he was committing an offense and was told it was acceptable because the blade was less than 3 inches long.
Connor got out the folding black-handled knife at Oxford Crown Court to show how it worked. The boy, who denies wounding with intent and assault, had admitted using a knife and claimed he needed only one hand to open it.
Connor asked: It happens I have a folding knife in my pocket. You need two hands to open it, dont you?
Under English and Welsh law it is an offense to carry in public a blade longer than 3 inches without good reason.
Furious anti-knife crime campaigners called last night for the judge to be fired.
He should lose his job. One teenager a week is being murdered on the streets of Britain and here he is brandishing a knife, Lyn Costello, co-founder of the Mothers Against Murder and Aggression campaign group, said.
Enough is enough we need to get tough on knives in this country and our judges should be handing out tough sentences, not brandishing their own.
I can open my folder one handed, and it has no mechanical assist.
Post by: Manedwolf on July 25, 2008, 05:34:47 AM
I can open my folder one handed, and it has no mechanical assist.
So can I, my Italian-made SIG folding skeleton knife.
I wouldn't want one that I could not do that with.
Post by: Nick1911 on July 25, 2008, 06:22:26 AM
I can open my folder one handed, and it has no mechanical assist.
So can I, my Italian-made SIG folding skeleton knife.
I wouldn't want one that I could not do that with.
Honestly, I consider that a safety feature. If a situation arises where one hand/arm is hurt or trapped, I want to be able to open and use my knife. Maybe I'd even need to cut whatever has ensnared my other arm!
Post by: Scout26 on July 25, 2008, 08:49:01 AM
I wanted the judge to "Jesse Jackson" the little sod.
Post by: griz on July 25, 2008, 09:47:46 AM
Post by: seeker_two on July 25, 2008, 10:21:20 AM
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on July 25, 2008, 10:52:30 AM
Post by: Standing Wolf on July 25, 2008, 11:05:39 AM
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He should lose his job. One teenager a week is being murdered on the streets of Britain and here he is brandishing a knife, Lyn Costello, co-founder of the Mothers Against Murder and Aggression campaign group, said.
Did he murder anyone?
Why did we sacrifice hundreds of thousands of American lives not only once, but twice in the last century to saved the English from the Germans?
Post by: freakazoid on July 25, 2008, 03:05:40 PM
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Anybody have an idea why the court would care one way or the other how many hands this guy alledgedly used to open the knife? Maybe he's claiming it accidentaly opened?
Maybe he thinks if it took two hands it must be to big of a knife?
Post by: The Annoyed Man on July 25, 2008, 03:42:53 PM
"That's a knife."
Post by: French G. on July 25, 2008, 03:54:50 PM
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Mothers Against Murder and Aggression
Rolling on the floor crying. Or is it laughing? And I thought the states had stupid activist groups.
Radio ad targeting youth. "Don't fight back, call your MAMA!"
Post by: Scout26 on July 25, 2008, 05:47:29 PM
Why did we sacrifice hundreds of thousands of American lives not only once, but twice in the last century to saved the English from the Germans?
Well, Churchill was right. That was their finest hour......it's been all downhill since.......