Brown issues knife crime pledge

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the Government would take "any legislative measures that are necessary" to tackle knife crime.

Mr Brown said it should be "completely unacceptable" for young people or teenagers to carry a knife on the streets.

"We will take any legislative measures that are necessary to deal with knife crime in our country," he said.

"We want to make it completely unacceptable for any teenager in particular to carry a knife. We want a presumption to prosecute anybody carrying a knife.

"We have of course had further legislation that would ban knife sales to people under 18.

"We are prepared to enforce the legislation but we will consider any new legislation that is necessary to get knives off our streets."

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