'You pick up your knife like you pick up your keys' / Guardian, 5 July 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/05/knifecrime.ukcrime3?gusrc=rss&feed=society
Jo Adetunji and Eric Allison
"Ciaran Lamon, 17, a friend of one of the people who was with Shakilus Townsend after he was stabbed in Thornton Heath, south London, said that he and his friends were constantly aware of the possibility of an attack. "It's only when people are killed that people take notice," said Lamon, a student. "It's a real possibility that if you walk home something's going to happen. I'm not in a gang and I've been confronted loads of times. If they stop a couple of people carrying knives then that's a good thing but it won't solve the problem."