British mums are pushing for tougher knife laws.

The mothers of two murdered Lincolnshire teenagers are demanding tougher punishments for people caught carrying knives.

The mother of schoolboy Luke Walmsley says the offenders should face the same sentences as those found with guns.

Why don't they just pass a law against murder?

The mothers' campaign is being backed by a national organisation - the Victims of Crime Trust.

Trust director Norman Brennan said: "Each year more people are murdered by knives than guns."

He said tougher sentencing for knife offenders should be a priority for the government when it returns after parliament's summer break.

What? More people are being murdered by guns? But guns are already banned.

Under current law possessing a firearm carries a mandatory five-year prison sentence, but offenders could be jailed for up to 10 years.

Anyone caught carrying a knife without good reason faces a maximum sentence of four years.

If the blade is less than three inches long the punishment could be as little as a �50 fine or a caution.

That's right, if these nuts were running the asylum the pen knife I keep in my pocket (and use every day at work) would get me an $90 fine.