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The Official Mothers Against Knives web site. Click here.
The ban came into force April 2008, replica Samurai
swords were added to the banned list.
The government has also expressed they will review other weapons that serve no purpose
in our society in due course.
I met the Home Secretary last year to discuss the ban and knife crime, and also the work
we do.
I also thanked her and minister's for bringing the ban into force.
I would like to thank everyone who has signed the petition
your signitures went to Downing street when I handed the petition to ministers.
Please keep signing the petition in support,
THANK YOU.
Mothers against knives is a continuation of what Barbara started
in 2003, Mothers against knives was founded in July 2005 by two Middlesbrough Mothers, Barbara Lesley Dunne & Councillor
Joan McTigue.
This campaign has the full backing of many Chief Constables and MP`s from all over
the U.K.
The Rt. Hon. Hazel Blears M.P. has proposed a blanket ban on samuria swords from
being sold in the High Street, car boot sales and the Internet.
However ,the campaign is to have some form of legislation to either ban or restrict
severly the sale of bladed weapons e.g. machettes, combat knives ect.
Figures out recently show that the crime rate involving knives is at an all
time high, far higher than gun crime !
I urge anyone reading this page, whether they are a parent or not, to join me in
trying to make this country of ours a safer place for all.
Page reveiw:
As stated on the mothers against knives page 2 with the news clipping( if you click
Barbara's story the page is on that site).
I have been asked by a minister of state at the home office that any comments
or suggestions are welcome from me on what weapons to ban.
This what I have done I have compiled 12 catagory's with 10 weapons to
each catagory that should not be for sale, for their perusal.
Looking at the banned list which I have none of those that I have sent
are on it and should be.
I advised them as a anti-crime strategy to class adding to the list as urgent.
I am now waiting for feed back.
I will give them time, then I will write to the minister responsible for
the policy to ask what has been proposed.
Please sign my petition, would you state full name and area for your signiture
to count.
Thankyou.
Link to sign is below.
This site is for Robert Dunne who was murdered in a horrific way,
published by his mother for him.
The signitures on this site are from people who have followed the story and progress
of our campaign for 6 years.
This site and Inspires dedication site, we pay for them, thats why I say owned
in the disclaimer. If you would like to leave a kind word it would be welcomed
and appreciated, thankyou.
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The campaign was started in 2003 after the tragic death of Robert Dunne,
Barbara,s son who was stabbed in the back with a samuria sword and bled to death in the street, Barbara tirelessly campaigned
and then joined forces with councilor Joan McTigue, and the mothers against knives campaign was founded.
The full story of Barbara can be read on the link below, please be sure to read the
page a mothers fight against knives.
click to read barbara,s story
The campaigning mum of a Teesside stabbing victim has been offered the chance to make history.
Whinney Banks gran Barbara Dunne, was stunned when Home Office chiefs sent her a letter asking
for her to help them put together a new banned weapons list.
The list will be incorporated into the Criminal Justice Act.
Mrs Dunne came to the attention of the Home Office through her high-profile Mothers Against
Knives campaign, launched in July last year after her son Robert, 31, was stabbed to death with a Samurai sword.
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She, along with Middlesbrough councillor Joan McTigue, has been fighting to ban bladed weapons
from sale.
Mrs Dunne,said: "I had to read the letter a few times before I realised what the Home Office
was asking.
"They want me to suggest other weapons to go on the list. It makes it feel like the campaign
has been worthwhile. I accept that you can't ban all knives but it will lessen the chances of weapons falling into the wrong
hands.
"Many weapons currently on sale have no legitimate purpose in society and if I can help get
them banned it will be a victory.
"I'm very proud of what I have achieved so far."
Among weapons Barbara wants to see banned from sale are machetes, hunting knives, combat knives
and replica and ornamental Samurai swords.
Cllr McTigue has helped Mrs Dunne take her campaign to Downing Street where they handed in a
petition with thousands of signatures supporting their battle.
She said: "I'm delighted for Barbara. We have both worked hard on this campaign but it has been
more difficult for Barbara because every time she talks about knives it brings home to her what happened to Robert."
Robert, whose son Liam now lives with Mrs Dunne, was stabbed in the back with a Samurai sword
in West Lane, Middlesbrough, in January 2003.
Since 2000, the number of knife attacks on the streets of Teesside alone has almost tripled
from 158 to 453 last year.
The news comes amid a five-week national knife amnesty.
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| Melons after being sliced with swords |
Put down your weaponsAs the police ask for people to hand
in knives and swords, the BBC Radio Cleveland breakfast team look at what damage these weapons can do...
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Police stations across the country are opening their doors
to anyone who wants to hand in a knife or sword... no questions asked.
This campaign follows pressure from among others, the Teesside
based campaign group, Mothers Against Knives. Launched by Barbara Dunne whose son was killed in a samurai sword attack, the
group campaign for such knife and sword amnesties.
She says, “I wouldn't ask them, I would beg them to hand
them in. The dangers are irreparable.
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| And these aren't classed as weapons... |
“We want them off the streets so our children and grandchildren
can have lives that are free from weapons.”
The BBC Radio Cleveland Breakfast team took two swords - a samurai
sword they bought without any ID in a shop in Guisborough, and one that was used in an act of criminal damage in County
Durham – and used them on some melons.
Neither is classed as a deadly weapon, because they're not sharpened
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