They are now flirting with banning knives in the U.K.

Meanwhile, in the U.K., despite a ban on civillian ownership of handguns there is a rise in firearms crime.

They've had very strict gun laws for well over a century before that. They are on an island, so these guns didn't just wander in.

Disarming victims does NOT decrease violence. It just gives the violent a safer work environment.