its the monkey with a stick scenario...

• monkeys play fight & stronger (bob) one wins
  
• weaker monkey (jim) tries again and looses
  
• jim picks up a stick and hits bob off guard so that jim "wins"
  
• bob finds a sharper/stronger stick and beats jim
  
• jim finds bigger stick and hits bob
  
• bob starts to carry a stick round to protect himself/look cool to the lady monkies
  
• jim finds stones to throw at bob form long distance... the cycle continues

now replace sticks with knives and stones with guns... sound familiar???

its all a game of who has the biggest weapon... world leaders do it regulary (i.e. india & pakistan with the atomic bomb scenario not too long ago)

unfortunately Chip is the most accurate. sad but true...

if a possesion=jail ruling were to be brought in, then you would be getting more tradesmen in jail then anything... i have, many times, gone into town right after work only to reach into my pocket and find my stanley knife that i forgot to put into my box...

personally i blame these american rappers & the uk ones that seem to glamourise(sp) prison and gangster activities... i.e. "50 cent" - famous and sings about how he used to deal crack, and got shot umpteen times... but now he is rich and famous... nice role model!!!