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Gordon Brown has promised "intensive" action to tackle gang violence involving guns and knives.The prime minister said there would be "tougher enforcement" of the law in areas with a gang violence problem.He also promised to get more police on the streets and to "crack down" on illegal sales of alcohol to under-18s.His comments came after the arrest of two teenagers on suspicion of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Liverpool, on Wednesday.Mr Brown called the killing a "heinous crime" which had "shocked the country", adding that the "first responsibility is to track down those who are responsible".He said most young people were "law-abiding" but added: "Where there's a need for early intervention, we will work very intensively with those families so that young people are deterred from going into gangs and guns and knife crime."Mr Brown said: "Where there is a need for new laws we will pass them. Where there is a need for tougher enforcement we will make sure that happens." The prime minister held a Downing Street meeting with Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to discuss how to tackle gang violence.Ms Smith said number of acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) would be increased to up to four times the 25,000 currently in place.This would help "nip in the bud" the disorder "which blights people's lives in communities", she added.The government has issued guidance to police and local authorities on how to use ABCs - written pledges to improve behaviour - effectively.To read more go to:
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