Posted on 01/22/2025 6:31:57 PM PST by fluorescence
Ministers are planning a major overhaul to how knives are bought online after Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana purchased weapons off Amazon before carrying out a sickening rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party.
Rudakubana, who on Monday pleaded guilty to the murder of of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, bought the kitchen knife used in the attack from Amazon when he was 17 despite having a conviction for violence.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told the House of Commons yesterday that it was a 'disgrace' that Rudakubana was able to buy knives on Amazon - including two purchased a fortnight before the attack - so easily despite being under 18.
Rudakubana, who has since turned 18, has admitted carrying a knife more than 10 times.
Under plans being considered by the Home Office, buyers would need to submit an ID document to online retailers and record a live video or selfie to prove their age.
Currently, customers ordering knives on Amazon must enter their date of birth and are told that 'proof of age and signature will be required on delivery'.
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As well as clamping down on knife sales, social media firms were also ordered to take down 'dangerous' online material blamed for fuelling Rudakubana's obsession with violence.
Ms Cooper told the tech giants the Government would not tolerate them 'profiting from hosting content that puts children's lives at risk'.
The Home Secretary said an 'online ecosystem' was 'radicalising our children while safety measures are whittled away'.
Sir Keir Starmer said the Southport murders were 'not a one-off' and that Britain faced a new threat of 'extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms'.
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Stop the madness !
The old knife show loophole madness.
They better require it for hammers and screwdrivers too. /s And don’t even get me started about any sort of motor vehicle with more mass than a scooter. Not sure how this will prevent any attacks, but at least this will provide the authorities with video on file of the perpetrators.
but criminals don’t need to obey no steenking laws though right UK?
A lightweight road bike in the hands of a bike maniac dressed in terrorist biking gear is a deadly weapon. Need to be licensed. Use a bike go to jail ...
hey it could be worse, much much worse- the perps could be elderly women of faith who pray outside an abortion clinic!
or use any assult bike add on assault devices like assault playign cards in the spokes, or assault bells on the handlbars, or assault reflectors on the bike and go straight to jail
What about the sharp stick loophole? What will the authorities do to prevent people from picking up sharp sticks or even....gasp!...sharpening a stick?
Soon forging and blacksmithing will be outlaw activities.
You mean the ones on the FBI terrorist watch list? That and anybody at the PTA or school board meetings that raise uncomfortable questions.
Someone could pick up one of those scooters and beat another over the head with it. Very dangerous!
Is this a joke?!?!
There are plenty of knives in your silverware drawer.
Gee. How about if I buy a steak knife?
Knives are easy to make. I guess they ban sticks next.
Will they ban bananas?
Yep- Sadly the liberal gov of what is usppsoed to be the freest nation on earth practically, actually declared war on it’s own hard working nation loving conservative Americans!
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