This country is a joke; cut the red tape, get rid of the politically correct and born again plonkers, have an underline for human rights laws where murder is not acceptable and stop trying to please middle Britain justifying gangsters as a need to belong!
Words words words, Pathetic!

Richard, London, UK

i dislike the thought of more police carrying lethal weapons but as every other teenager seems to be carrying i think its time the police had armed foot patrols in these neighbourhoods. we really need a physical police presence on the streets,not in cars, not toothless 'CSO's

Aesir, london, UK

ZERO TOLERANCE IS NEEDED!! BUT THE Gov.t dont have enough about them to do it..they are an incompetent bunch of fools who are not affected by the violence on the streets and therefore have no need to do anything about it..Many more murders are needed before UK PLC will think ahhhh we have a problem

C Kroustis, London, UK

I agree with Niko, the only way to tackle these problem's is through harsh consequences of actions.

Sam Roberts, Woking, England

I pressume the goverment will say this happened all the time 100 years ago. Oh,and whisper this bit,if you DARE show it(freedom of speach? yer,right) black on black shooting...again. They have their own special police force. Unbelievable.

john, Liverpool, U.K.

I agree with Niko, the only way to tackle crime like this is to deal harsh consequences to the offender.

Sam Roberts, Woking, England

Zero tellerance. Bring troops onto the streets during the interim while the streets are being "cleaned". Remove all benefits for all but the physically or mentally disabled. Send all able bodied people on benefit to Iraq and Afganistan. Let's see how tough they are then!!

Shiraz, London,

New Labour Failed!

Guess 'Banning Handguns' stopped at the law abiding Firearms Certificate holders. Those who voted Labour should be kicking themselves, nothing's changed, in fact it's alot worse than it was 12 years ago before the legislation.

Statistics Lie, before you pull out that card.

Howard, York, UK

Full Life Terms. Quite simply the government needs to make it clear that this is a society that values human life over the narrow political anxieties of the Liberal Establishment. Most of these teen killers will be out before they are 40. Show some guts Brown and Smith - Full Life Terms.

Gus Swan, London, UK

if this idiot goverment are not going to allow sharp points on knives why not go the whole hog and bend all the barrels on guns. there problem solved easy

lin, notts, uk

Do you have any suggestions about how they might go about james that or are you just pointlessly saying "murder should be stopped"?

Oli, london,

I blame both the government and the police. The government for their stupid policies on law and order and the police for their sheer idleness which has led to a complete loss of control of our streets.
No amount of benting crime figures can disguise the total failure of Labour and the police.

D Case, Newquay,

It's time for a New York-style crack down. Bring in work camps and far harder punishment for these offenders. 'Softly softly' will never work. They need need hard rule, discipline, and punishment that hurts. It's time to bring some peace and order to the streets!

niko, london,

Bring back the death penalty it's the only way to end this madness.

Stephen Holmes, Withington, UK

I thought that Labour had banned guns - or was this only for shooting club members.

Phil, Preston,

If citizens cannot be protected by those tasked with that function, when will the time come whereby citizens will, legally, be able to protect themselves?

Peter, Medina Sidonia, Spain

Zero tolerance, cut benefits (only for those that really need them) and compulsory national service.

Lara, south London, UK

this is getting ridiculous, how many more before the government pull their fingers out .

ZERO TOLERANCE

james , Ealing, UK