Its sound bites though, what even he probably means is "there is never any excuse for being a scumbag and carrying a blade to go out hurting and threatening people". But there are too many syllables in that
We had similar lines from the Chief of police over here a year or two ago and he knows (at least he better do) that's not what the UK law states.
Politics, I can't be doing with it. Its all style over substance
