110 Owner again ,and a question

From a BBC news article:

Home Secretary David Blunkett announced last month that he was examining whether carrying a knife should carry equivalent penalties to firearms offences.

Under current law possessing a firearm carries a mandatory five-year prison sentence, but offenders could be jailed for up to 10 years.

Anyone caught carrying a knife without good reason faces a maximum sentence of four years.

If the blade is less than three inches long the punishment could be as little as a £50 fine or a caution.
 
Is this the same nation that fought the Nazi's? Or has the British lion been turned into a sheep?
 
I guess theyeven have to be carefull when they carry something with a blade less than three inches. Not all folding knives are created equal I guess.

"3 For a knife to be a folding pocket-knife within the meaning of this section, it must be readily and immediately foldable at all times, simply by the folding process. A lock-knife, which required a further process, namely activating a trigger mechanism to fold the blade back into the handle, was held not to be a folding pocket-knife (Harris v DPP [1993] 1 All ER 562); followed in R v Deegan [1998] Crim LR 562,[1998] 2 Cr App Rep 121. The section applies to articles which have a blade or are sharply pointed, falling into the same broad category as a knife or sharply pointed instrument;"
 
very few guns loose in GB
thugs took to shanks and thin knives to
get through the bullet proof vest of officers

that is what i heard the main drive for the knife law was
LEO's there now many ware a type of chain mail
 
Joe Houser said:
That is correct, the resin is either pressure impregnated or vacuum impregnated... :rolleyes:
Very durable material.
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Thanks for bringing this back on topic Joe :thumbup: It wasn't going the way I wanted it to go :rolleyes: I really am quite aware of the UK laws .

I'm enjoyng the 110 very much and I won't be parting with this one .


Dunc
 
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