That's thinking too narrow. Any given forest fire will burn itself out. To make a bigger fire you need more lightning to strike.
Another knifing incident will go bigger.
Another after that will go bigger still. Etc.
The only way for the government to prevent that from happening is total press and social media control so that knifing attacks don't reach national attention.
Without that, the system is entering an amplification feedback loop where each successive attack will provoke larger and larger retaliation.
Not to mention that if it becomes clear that the government is doing something that could easily be taken as a sign that they are trying to give themselves more power (IE cracking down on social media "misinformation") or even starts using guns themselves, that could inflame things as well. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if criminal elements start finding something lucrative in the chance to give somebody an edge.
That's thinking too narrow. Any given forest fire will burn itself out. To make a bigger fire you need more lightning to strike.
Another knifing incident will go bigger.
Another after that will go bigger still. Etc.
The only way for the government to prevent that from happening is total press and social media control so that knifing attacks don't reach national attention.
Without that, the system is entering an amplification feedback loop where each successive attack will provoke larger and larger retaliation.
Not to mention that if it becomes clear that the government is doing something that could easily be taken as a sign that they are trying to give themselves more power (IE cracking down on social media "misinformation") or even starts using guns themselves, that could inflame things as well. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if criminal elements start finding something lucrative in the chance to give somebody an edge.