Remember when kids could walk to school safely, unsupervised, and parents never gave it a second thought? It wasn't all that long ago that many kids did just that: Strolled innocently to school, safe in the knowledge that they lived in a country that had the rule of law, and barring a few publicized instances, there wasn't any real trouble with it.
Now, though, in the United Kingdom, things on the streets, namely "knife crime", have gotten so bad that British schoolkids have to be escorted to and from school by chaperones.
Adult chaperones are to take children to and from school to protect them from violence in knife-crime hotspots.
Up to 250 schools in the areas worst affected by knife crime will be identified by the Home Office using new mapping technology, which can pinpoint the most dangerous streets and when pupils are most at risk.
Adult volunteers from charities and teachers will be recruited to act as chaperones, replicating a scheme in Chicago, which cut crime on targeted routes by 14 per cent and helped students cross gang boundaries.
So, in the event of an attack, what are these "adult volunteers from charities and teachers" to do? Scream? Blow a whistle? Sure, attacking any adult is a little more of a problem for a knife-wielding goblin than attacking a child, but the Brits, we might note, have effectively removed any practical means of self-defense from the subjects.
The goblins, on the other hand, carry any weapons they can get their hands on.
Now, it's tempting to look at dropping homicide rates in Britain and claim, "Oh, look, it's working."
Knife crime has returned to pre-Covid levels with more than 50,000 offences reported to police, just short of the record high. But homicides have fallen by 8 per cent for all age groups, decreasing more sharply among teenagers.
Killings of teenagers more than halved from 54 in 2023-24 to 22 in 2024-25. The total number of teenage homicide victims is now at its lowest since 2012-13, when 31 were recorded.
But the problem, while it may be hiding, has not gone away.
However, research shows widespread knife carrying is still evident among teenagers. A study by The Ben Kinsella Trust found that one in 20 children aged 12 or older has carried a knife outside their home amid fears that they could be victims of violence.
The research into nearly 10,000 young people found 4.83 per cent of the children had carried a knife, equivalent to more than 250,000 if scaled up nationwide. Nearly 10 times as many (41 per cent) said they knew someone who had carried a weapon.
Here's what's missing from these numbers: The percentage of these "teenagers" who have recently come to Britain from some Third World doodoo-hole or another, where customs and standards are much lower; low-trust societies, as opposed to Britain, which at least was a high-trust society.
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There's a solution to this, but I'm guessing it's not going to find favor with the Home Office: Arrest any teenager who is carrying a knife illegally and let them serve a stint behind bars. If they are not citizens, then deport them. If they are minors, deport their entire family. If they are recently naturalized, revoke that, and send them back.
Britain has to once more get their society under control if they are to survive as a nation, as a people. So far they aren't showing much inclination to do so.
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