{"id":14573,"date":"2018-05-04T09:08:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T16:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=14573"},"modified":"2018-05-04T09:10:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T16:10:02","slug":"how-to-solve-britains-bladed-weapon-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/05\/04\/how-to-solve-britains-bladed-weapon-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Solve Britain’s Bladed Weapon Epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

     Shot<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“Shocking figures reveal there\u2019s a machete attack every 90 minutes in Britain.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s emerged that in the last 2 months of 2017, police dealt with 928 crimes involving a machete \u2013 that\u2019s an average of 15 a day, or 1 every 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

“London was the worst affected \u2013 425 of the attacks happened in the capital, 99 in Greater Manchester, 77 in the West Midlands and 29 in both Merseyside and West Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

“It marks a steep increase from just 3 years ago when there were 100 machete attacks a month.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     Chaser<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“Police said a woman shot a man who allegedly threatened her with a hatchet outside of a store on Tucson’s south side Friday night.<\/p>\n

“The Tucson Police Department said officers responded to the area of south 6th Avenue and east Pennsylvania Drive around 8:40 p.m. for a report of a shooting. Police arrived at the scene and located a man on the ground with an obvious gunshot wound, TPD said.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     Because a firearm isn’t currently legally available, such as for law-abiding subjects of the U.K.\u2026<\/p>\n

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Nothing stops crime and violence like banning guns. pic.twitter.com\/5YAIEjnLL6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sara Miller (@Millerita) April 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n