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Posted on 08/25/2024 10:55:14 PM PDT by RandFan
An amnesty and compensation scheme for people in England and Wales who possess zombie-style knives and machetes is starting ahead of the weapons being banned next month.
New legislation will close a loophole and make it an imprisonable offence to own, make, transport or sell a wide range of what are called ‘statement’ knives favoured by criminal gangs.
People who currently legally possess such knives can hand them in to police stations without fear of prosecution and, in some cases, claim compensation.
The new law, which comes into force on 24 September, will cover the manufacture, supply, sale, possession and importation of these weapons.
There are exemptions for people who have good reason to own the items, for example, a specialist machete used in forestry or an antique Samurai sword.
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BBC is saying that the knife fatally stabbed her son?
All by itself???
https://www.akti.org/federal-switchblade-act/
The only United States law regarding auto-open (automatic) knives is referred to as the Federal Switchblade Act. The act regulates the manufacture and introduction of switchblades into interstate (crossing state lines) commerce. It has NO application to individual consumers, or most merchants who sell knives. It has NO application to laws WITHIN a state.
The legislation (Public Law 85-623) was passed on August 12, 1958, and incorporated into law in two sections. The first section prohibits the importation and interstate commerce of switchblades or gravity knives, and the second section prohibits automatics from being mailed through the U.S. Postal Service (with some exceptions – See U.S. Title 18 below).
knife crime?
I bet those knives are liberal, running around and stabbing people.
If one creates a weapon out of a spoon or fork or pliers or screwdriver will there be “spoon crime” etc?
jerks.
Will they outlaw sporks next? Geez, anything can be made into a shiv—Just ask a convict.
If you can’t graze it from the ground on your knees, it should not be eaten. No farting though.
For soft targets, you don’t even need decent steel.
Of course Muslims will be exempt
They’ve got a bunch of murder/rapist Hari Krishnas to harass them already.
A 1.5 X 24 x .250 of cold rolled will make a very good hacking instrument.
Lawnmower blades, automotive leaf springs....
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