Here comes the knife ban!

[AXracing]

Well using the same insane logic the UK has for justifying its gun laws after things like this in the UK http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/24/jersey-court-knife-massacre and this in China http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/02/knife-massacre-in-chinese-railway-station-leaves-34-dead-4371846/ Looks like we going to have a knife ban next :wacko:

[stevo67]

Seems insane when people carry a knife because of the job they do(the ban that is)

[Quick]

Knifes are already controlled - with penalties for carrying them!

[Jizanthapus]

Looks like we going to have a knife ban next :wacko:

Oh no people won't be allowed to carry around very sharp and deadly weapons how unsafe :panic::panic::panic:

To be honest I think it is currently illegal to carry a knife

[hazlo]

You cant ban them completely. Me and all the warehouse boys are issued with a knife for work, dad and every other farmer I know carries a knife most of the time for work.

[karlo]

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Knives: the laws on buying and carrying

The laws about buying and carrying a knife depend on the type of knife, your age and your circumstances.
Basic laws on knives

It is illegal to:

sell a knife of any kind (including cutlery and kitchen knives) to anyone under 18
carry a knife in public without good reason - unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less, eg a Swiss Army knife
carry, buy or sell any type of banned knife (the list of banned knives is below)
use any knife in a threatening way (even a legal knife, such as a Swiss Army knife)

Lock knives (knives with blades that can be locked when unfolded) are not folding knives, and are illegal to carry in public.

The maximum penalty for an adult carrying a knife is 4 years in prison and a fine of £5,000.
Good reasons for carrying a knife

Examples of good reasons to carry a knife in public can include:

taking knives you use at work to and from work
you’re taking knives to a gallery or museum to be exhibited
the knife is going to be used for theatre, film, television, historical reenactment or religious purposes (eg the kirpan some Sikhs carry)

A court will decide if you’ve got a good reason to carry a knife if you’re charged with carrying it illegally.
Knives that are illegal

There is a complete ban on the sale of some knives:

flick knives (also called ‘switchblades’ or ‘automatic knives’) - where the blade is hidden inside the handle and shoots out when a button is pressed
butterfly knives - where the blade is hidden inside a handle that splits in two around it, like wings; the handles swing around the blade to open or close it
disguised knives – eg where the blade is hidden inside a belt buckle or fake mobile phone
gravity knives
sword-sticks
samurai swords (with some exceptions, including antiques and swords made to traditional methods before 1954)
hand or foot-claws
push daggers
hollow kubotan (cylinder-shaped keychain) holding spikes
shuriken (also known as ‘death stars’ or ‘throwing stars’)
kusari-gama (sickle attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kyoketsu-shoge (hook-knife attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kusari (weight attached to a rope, cord or wire)

This is not a complete list of banned knives. Contact your local police to check if a knife is illegal or not.

https://www.gov.uk/find-out-if-i-can-buy-or-carry-a-knife

[DAMSK11]

To be honest I think it is currently illegal to carry a knife

Knives are currently legal to be carried if they're 3 inches or under

[Jizanthapus]

Knives are currently legal to be carried if they're 3 inches or under

I know, I mean like machetes or a butchers knife

[smiith]

You have to have a good reason for having it if it's under 3" too.. If you get stopped by the police and have a stanley knife in your door card, but you work in IT, and have no reason for it to be there, you can get in trouble too..

[MuZiZZle]

You have to have a good reason for having it if it's under 3" too.. If you get stopped by the police and have a stanley knife in your door card, but you work in IT, and have no reason for it to be there, you can get in trouble too..

We open a lot of boxes, and slash users faces :y:

[Manu]

In other news, bear shits in the woods. More at 11

[Gabbastard]

If you want to do someone damage just get into them with a screwdriver. You can be stopped for carrying a blade but no cop will bust you for having a screwdriver.

[L33h]

Knife bans don't stop people getting stabbed. I got stabbed 5 times. wasn't nice really haha.

I agree you can do alot of damage with a screwdriver lol

[JamesR]

Knives are currently legal to be carried if they're 3 inches or under

And they're are of the folding, non-locking variety. Can still get done for carrying an offensive weapon however. Same as if someone was running around with a walking stick and the police received reports you were using it in an "intimidating fashion" they could construe it as an offensive weapon.

Hell, your hands and feet could be, a newspaper, cup of tea, it's all about what you're doing with it, who you are, why you have it etc

If you want to do someone damage just get into them with a screwdriver. You can be stopped for carrying a blade but no cop will bust you for having a screwdriver.

If you're tracksuit clad outside the local off license with your "Boyz" they definitely would lol

[smiith]

A mate of mine went and bought a snooker cue off someone in town, no case with it.. was walking home with it in its 2 halves, just walking, no one around him.. Ended up in court for carrying an offensive weapon.. Police just drove past him as he was walking home and decided it was..

[L33h]

A mate of mine went and bought a snooker cue off someone in town, no case with it.. was walking home with it in its 2 halves, just walking, no one around him.. Ended up in court for carrying an offensive weapon.. Police just drove past him as he was walking home and decided it was..

Eh, thats a bit shit init. I believe a police radio could be used as a offensive weapon

[smiith]

Eh, thats a bit shit init. I believe a police radio could be used as a offensive weapon

Whitby police have literally fuck all to do 99% of the time, so if they can dish a ticket out or get someone for something, they will... I've been given a dispersal order from town before, for being drunk and disorderly.. I'd just driven into town, and gone to meet a friend, and walked past a fight, and said "fucking hell, what's this all about"...

Walked back to my car and drove off.. I was stone cold sober!

Been given a £30 fine for a brake light out once too.. I was about 500 yards from a garage i could have got a new bulb out, but he said i should have done my pre driving checks.. I replied saying a brake light can go any time you press the brake pedal, he argued he was older and knew more about the science of bulbs than me..