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Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester
(www.theguardian.com)
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You cannot carry pepper spray to defend yourself. You don't need it because knives are illegal /s
The pocket knife thing is basically for Swiss army knives.
A hammer wouldn't be allowed either.
You can transfer kitchen knives and tools. That's allowed. And what the guy in this article did is legal. But what happened was the police made him admit to something he wasn't doing.
So what I'm hearing is if you want to commit a violent crime just wear a hard hat/hi-vis vest and say you're going to hammer things at work? Or put on a funny chef hat and walk around freely with your knives? Seems like the regulation only exists as fig leaf for minority profiling and harassing young people.
Or just grab a knife, put it in your bag and don't get caught. The police will only find out if they randomly stop and search you, which I think is probably a sub 1% chance, especially if you're a well dressed white briton.
Forgot the pepper spray thing! LOL fuck me that causes no tissue damage!
Yes, the law sounds very specifically written to allow a Victorinox full size. Was thinking on that writing my post. "Guess I could carry my Swiss?"
It's not full size, Victorinox used to make mostly 91 mm knives, they have a smaller size for UK legal ones. If you get the modern ones (111mm) they'll treat you like you have a nuke in your pocket (even though the army model would be a real shit weapon even if it locks open, it's not that pointy and the blade is mostly serrated).