The proposals are politically motivated rather than well thought out legislation. The part of the proposal that really worries me is that police entering your property for any reason would be able to confiscate sharps that they think might be used in crime, you would then have to go to court to get them back before they were handed to an artist to be welded to some street installation in Hackney, part of the consultation was debating whether to even allow us the legal right to appeal the seizure of bladed items.
Considering that we already have sufficient legislation it would be better to properly enforce what we have rather than introduce more.
Considering that we already have sufficient legislation it would be better to properly enforce what we have rather than introduce more.