‘Enough is enough’ for gun and knife violence

Broken-hearted by the death of Elianne Andam, Marcia Dixon gives a passionate call to us to engage with the issue of gun and knife violence

One of the greatest challenges facing Britain’s black Christian community as well as wider society is gun and knife violence. It’s an issue that has been having a devastating impact increasingly following the shooting of four young women outside a hairdressing salon in Birmingham on New Year’s Day in 2003.

Two women died, two survived, and this tragedy alerted wider society to gangs, violence and crime in urban areas. Every year since then, youth killings – whether by gun or stabbing – have been featured in the news, sparking outrage and concern.