Bristolfashion
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Although remarkably few of either on the IOW, where we currently lurk!
Knife ban
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Bristolfashion
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You must be of a slightly different build and proclivities than I had imagined!
madabouttheboat
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I don't think plod are bothered about the current rules, let alone any new ones. See this plod saying "sod this' and walking away in Southend on Sea recently.
RunAgroundHard
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I think the “plod” are security, not police force officers. Big knifes!
Mark-1
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Apparently, cows are a big killer in the UK. Now making it into the front page of popular press, so perhaps it's time to "Cull Killer Cows".
I'm imagining teenagers walking through town centres with cows concealed in their hoodies.
Bristolfashion
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Cows are quite easy to "hide", but the sound of the bells around their necks always gives 'em away.
lustyd
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Wasn’t what you said though or what the “news” were implying. That figure includes everything involving a knife.
Ammonite
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Hypothetically how much would someone have to grind off the point of a 9" diving knife to make it comply?
rogerthebodger
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Why grind anything off just extent the Hande over the blade to make the blade shorter by wrapping in gaffer tape
Ammonite
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I'm just guessing, but I'm assuming it wouldn't fit/clip into the sheath
Sandy
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Try walking up to an angry man with a sword and report back.
ProDave
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We had a similar discussion on a tradesmans forum a while back when a less strict version of this law was enacted.
If you have a legitimate use for a knife you are okay. so the knife hanging on a hook by your companionway in case of emergency should be okay, but you would have to have a very good reason if you then put that in your pocket and went to the pub with it.
In the context of tradesmen, the knif in your tool bab being carried from your van to the house where you are working is okay. Take the same knife with you on a walk down the street with no good reason and you could be in trouble.
If you have a legitimate use for a knife you are okay. so the knife hanging on a hook by your companionway in case of emergency should be okay, but you would have to have a very good reason if you then put that in your pocket and went to the pub with it.
In the context of tradesmen, the knif in your tool bab being carried from your van to the house where you are working is okay. Take the same knife with you on a walk down the street with no good reason and you could be in trouble.
lustyd
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The point being though that it now depends on the knife. Some knives you can now go to prison for possessing or owning regardless where they are.
madabouttheboat
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Not my job guv. Point is, we already have laws and they are clearly being flouted. I am sure the police involved in the clip I posted had tasers. That should cool their aggression I would have though. As the shot pans out you can see there are quite a few plod in attendance. What's the point if they are going to stand by and watch serious laws being broken.
ProDave
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I used to routinely carry one in it's pouch on my belt. I seldom used the knife but it was damned handy having a pair of pliers or a screwdriver anywhere you wanted one. That previous ban stopped me carrying a useful tool everywhere with me for fear of being criminalised.
Bristolfashion
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Yep - I always seem to be snagging or splitting finger nails, so the scissors are very useful.
Whilst I understand why it's been criminalised, it's a bit annoying feeling that you're assumed to be guilty - and to have to change the habits of a lifetime.
Bouba
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This is the point made earlier.....a futile attempt to stop a violent segment of the population has criminalized us all
dunedin
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No it hasn’t - many / most of us have never felt any need to carry a knife for whatever reason.
PS. A neighbour’s son was recently murdered in a public park in daytime by a random killer carrying a knife. Old guys on here moaning about losing the ability to carry a knife are losing a heck of a lot less than him and his family.
Bouba
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I disagree....this law won’t stop the loss of life by random thugs nor gang members....but people like us can no longer carry a folding tool...which I have always found a use for in everyday life.
Comparing us to a criminal act...especially such a heinous one...is just repeating what the law is doing
dunedin
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It doesn’t impact French people like you anyway. But even if it did, i is hardly a material loss of liberty not carrying a knife compared to the loss of of life of the murdered son.