Home Affairs pull out of move for a knife crime law

Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand.

KNIFE crime proposals have been cut from Home Affairs’ plans for this year.
In the same week that a 33-year-old was jailed for four years for stabbing his girlfriend’s brother and in which an appeal was made for doormen to be issued with stab vests, the department said that it was dropping plans for a new law.
Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand said that the proposed law conferring search powers and punishments for carrying bladed and pointed items was not a high priority for his department and was being cut from their plans for 2010.
The law-drafting time already secured will be allocated to other projects – possibly including proposals for a new police authority. (from JEP)

How crazy is this, needs someone to get killed to make them see sense... wise up Home Affairs before its to late..

Would a law make any difference? There are such laws in the UK, but knife AND gun attacks are on the increase. The bad guys pay no attention to laws.