U.K, Weapons Control

From BBCNews.com:

The Police Federation research reveals 7,000 officers have been threatened with a gun and 40,000 a knife, in the last two years.

It's a good thing the British gun and knife bans made it impossible for criminals to get weapons and created such a safe and crime free haven . . . [sarcasm]

Yet another example of how weapons bans never actually manage to disarm the bad guys. The sad thing is, they still apparently haven't learned their lesson:

A five-week national knife amnesty, which will allow people to hand in the weapons without fear of prosecution, will run from 24 May to 30 June.

Home Office Minister Liam Byrne said: "[It will] send out the strong message that carrying knives on our streets will not be tolerated and there are tough penalties in place for those that do."