CONSULTATION: Prohibition of private ownership of stabbers

[Rogerborg]

The rubber stamp is swinging, so get your objections in while they still count (nobody laugh).

https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2018/june/have-your-say-on-the-offensive-weapons-bill/

Will ban:
Acid attacks. Totes not allowed now.
Delivery of any "bladed article" to residential addresses. Yes, really. Yes, hobby and craft knives too. Yes, even knives that are perfectly legal to own or even possess in public.
Ownership of .50 caliber shooters, because, you know, one day someone might use one for badcrime.
Private ownership of "certain offensive weapons", currently (but subject to additions in the future):

butterfly knives (also known as ‘balisongs’): these have a blade hidden inside a handle that splits in the middle
disguised knives: where a blade or sharp point is hidden inside what looks like everyday objects such as a buckle, phone, brush or lipstick
flick knives (also known as ‘switchblades’ or ‘automatic knives’): blades hidden inside a handle which shoots out when a button is pressed
gravity knives
stealth knives, which are knives or spikes not made from metal (except when used at home, for food or a toy)
zombie knives: a knife with a cutting edge, a serrated edge and images or words suggesting it is used for violence
swords, including samurai swords: a curved blade over 50 centimetres (with some exceptions, such as antiques and swords made to traditional methods before 1954)
sword-sticks: a hollow walking stick or cane containing a blade
push daggers
blowpipes (sometimes known as ‘blow guns’)
telescopic truncheons: these extend automatically by pressing button or spring in the handle
batons: straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheons
hollow kubotans: a cylinder-shaped keychain holding spikes
shurikens (also known as ‘shaken’, ‘death stars’ or ‘throwing stars’)
kusari-gama: a sickle attached to a rope, cord or wire
kyoketsu-shoge: a hook-knife attached to a rope, cord or wire
kusari (or ‘manrikigusari’): a weight attached to a rope, cord, wire
hand or foot-claws
knuckledusters

That means that if you have one of those in your own home, regardless of how you got it, or how long you've had it, you are a terrorist.

Blowpipes are hollow tubes, right? :And a "straight baton" is... a stick.

Get in, or don't baww when they come for your straws.
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Best start panic buying ready to make a mint for the Prohibition era.
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[c_dug]

Typical knee-jerk poorly thought out proposal which unfortunately doesn't go far enough.

To properly protect us from ourselves they must ban all knives of any sort, anything solid and longer than six inches long and thin enough to be held in one hand, and anything that uses acid of any sort.

I'll write them and let them know they need to ban cutlery, trees that have branches, and car batteries too
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[BTTD]

Thanks for posting this Rog.
It'll only take 15 minutes to write a worthwhile email.

[Rogerborg]

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Wouldn't it be easier just to get a grip on immigration?
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[c_dug]

For those who are going to respond to this - they want it in a Word (doc, docx, rtf, txt ooxml or odt format, not PDF) format.

I'd guess that sending it simply as an email will be used as grounds to ignore what you've written.
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[Rogerborg]

[Big Jock]

I don't see the problem with anything on that list.
All manufactured as weapons and as such no need for owning them.
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[chickenstrip]

Hang on a sec...
It's all very well banning items that people can use for violence, but what about all those movies that show and encourage their use in the first place? If it's more violent than "The Good Life", I think those should all be banned too...and I'm not certain about Richard Briers either.

Oh, and not forgetting the spate of incidents of various nutters attacking crowds with vans and lorries. Need to come up with a new, safe transportation system, cos those'll all have to be banned.

Just goes to show we don't need the EU to impose ridiculous rulings on us, we're quite capable of coming up with our own.
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[Rogerborg]

[chickenstrip]

[chris-red]

It is such a cretinous reaction. I can't comprehend how politicians/lawmakers can be so thick.

It's like giving driving bans to people driving uninsured/unlicensed. They already hold the existing rules in contempt, whats the point in adding more that literally will only affect the law abiding.

I'm sure anyone who is out looking to stab someone will really pay attention to this new rule.
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[Diggs]

It is all very silly - get caught with one of these in public now and it is an offensive weapon, so why waste time 'banning' something that is already controlled? Scumbags will still carry knives etc irrespective of legislation...
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[Fizzoid]

It's so the Govt can post slogans such as "Getting tough on knife crime" without actually doing much

[Im-a-Ridah]

This law is already in place, and this law will be just like the last one with exemptions for buying kitchen knives, carrying for work etc. It's all for show, just like Theresa's Brexit plan to remain in.

As for submitting evidence, they don't care what plebs think. What are you going to do about it? Nothing. They will shoot you.

Remain or die
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[mentalboy]

Presumably there's a suffoction danger when this item on the list clamps its thighs down on your head?
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[chickenstrip]

[Big Jock]

[Ste]

Knives for juggling will still be legal?

[Jmoan]

A quick look through the bill raised the question of compensation for items and the difference in it being given for the English but giving the option of the Scottish to be denied it.
This was the case when airguns were licensed in Scotland and many people were deprived of the value of their property.

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