Why the British Should Be Allowed to Carry Knives. Or Guns. I recently saw a "knife amnesty" post on Facebook, by a useless bunch of so-called cops. The photos was mostly of kitchen knives - clearly showing that, rather than any criminals actually handing in knives, most of the knives were from confused, law-abiding citizens, who didn't want to get in any trouble for chopping some vegetables. But as for those criminals who were carrying them with the intent to harm innocent people, and who did hand in their knives, why should they get away with that - why are the police letting them off rather than actually doing their job of, you know, enforcing the bloody law? But some people want to carry knives for self-defence. Now there is a risk of the knife being taken and used against them, but people should be allowed to take that risk if it means they have a chance to defend their self. I've heard the arguments about not wanting everyone running around with