Scottish Man in Custody for Carrying Potato Peeler in Public Place

Breitbart ^ | May 3, 2018 | Oliver JJ Lane

[C19fan]

A man was arrested in Dunfermline, Scotland, on Saturday for carrying a potato peeler in a public place “without reasonable excuse” and faces up to four years in prison. The Dunfermline Sheriff Court confirmed to Breitbart London that Scott Walker, 39, of the James Bank Hostel, James Street had appeared Monday, charged under the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, for carrying “an article which had a blade or which was sharply pointed, namely a potato peeler”.

[Fred Hayek]

Eventually it will reach the point of banning assault bananas and other dangerous fruit weapons!

The UK has turned into Monty Python in real life.

[dainbramaged]

IIRC a mentally ill Asian woman was shot dead in her own kitchen by San Jose cops about 15 years ago - she refused to drop the vegetable peeler she was brandishing - no tazer, no pepper spray, just hot lead from point blank range. Her family ended up with a couple million dollars.
The guy in Scotland got off light.

[pingman]

(I see what you did there!)

[Mrs. Don-o]

Come, come. It’s always preferable t enforce the law against non-criminals.

If you tried to enforce it against criminals, something bad could happen.

[mikrofon]

Hoot Mon … It cannae be Spuds MacKenzie?!

[beaversmom]

Lol.

[Sam Gamgee]

Glad to see Scotland has there priorities straight. I thought this HAD to be an onion article.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I was in a tiny prayer vigil outside a Scottish abortion clinic once. You know, advocating for the survival of Scots babies?

A crowd of the local citizenry --- irritated, and none too clean they were --- surrounded us shouting, "Gae hame, ye scoom!"

[Sam Gamgee]

I understand that to be true also. Except the excuse for what they have for conservatives in England doesn’t mean much. They have a conservative party now, and they still defend these knife laws, blacklist conservatives from coming in, let the NHS kill two babies, and interfered in a US election.

[BenLurkin]

Peelers Poach Peeler Packing Perp

[Political Junkie Too]

They probably banned high capacity potato sacks, so he could only carry one potato at a time.

-PJ

[rightwingintelligentsia]

They’re concerned about the recent uptick of mass peelings.

[G Larry]

See....

If had been carrying a concealed .45 he wouldn’t have this problem....

Because is was CONCEALED!!!

[Liaison]

Pringles will be bannned as a high capacity chip magazine

[Liaison]

Of course the barrister will not be allowed to advance an appeal

[EdnaMode]

LOL. :D

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yes, quite true.

[reg45]

Watch out for that pointy stick.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sick and sad. The ultra-left has done to the Scots what they’ve done to American Blacks. I’m glad my Scottish immigrant grandfather didn’t live long enough to see the horror that’s been done to them.

[NorthMountain]

The crime is just having the device. The crime is not threatening someone or using it as a weapon. It’s mere possession in public.

Yep. Same as any place in America that prohibits carrying weapons concealed or openly. New York, for example, and California, and Maryland, and ...