Pencil cases, water bottles and knives: the back-to-school kit for UK pupils
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By Chante-Marie
We sigh at the senseless gun violence in the US. Many of us marvel at the nation that prioritises protecting their Second Amendment right over the safety of their children. The same children whose trivial fears of being picked last in PE have now been replaced by the prospect of school shootings, and a lifetime of PTSD.
This same frustration, however, does not seem to extend to the countless teenagers who are murdered by their peers in the UK.
Eyes wide shut
Knife crime was initially dismissed as isolated inner-city crime or ethnic hooliganism when this problem became topical in 2018. Now harrowing stories of 12-year-olds fresh from primary school slaughtering each other dominate the news. So will we finally address an epidemic that has reached an all-time boiling point?
In the twelve months between March 2021 and March 2022, 47,167 offences involving a sharp weapon were recorded in England. This marks a 10 per cent increase on the previous year and a 46 per cent inc...
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