THE News Shopper's circulation area has had to bear more than its fair share of killings, particularly in the past five years.

Anyone can recognise carrying a knife or gun is wrong - that's the easy part.

What's more difficult is doing something about it.

After the recent killings of Jimmy Mizen and Rob Knox our website was overwhelmed with comments from readers, so now, we're asking you for more.

We want your ideas on how to stem the free flow of blood on our streets.

For our part, we will take the material you supply us with to the very top.

We will gather every comment, every suggestion, every idea you come up with and put it straight in the hands of home secretary Jacqui Smith.

We're also running an online poll to establish which one single measure readers feel would make the biggest difference to this issue.

This is a unique opportunity for you to tell the people running the country what you would like to see happen. Use it.