What will happen to the existing ones, will they be confiscated by a house to house search? Or surrendered to police? Or just don't take them out of the house? Do you think that there will be a run on the available knives as the run on guns in the US?
It'll probably be like previous bans... guns being a good example... anything banned, or more closely worded as illegal to have possession of has to be properly disposed of... presumably handed in to the police.
Considering the thousands of collectors in this country who have paid hundreds of thousands collectively for their fantasy sword replicas and the like, I doubt there will be many rushing to the police station. Might be wise for said collectors to get the names and addresses of our prominent Lords who are known to be collectors, have them either amend whatever is put before parliament to reflect genuine collectors and those with legitimate uses (ie Zombie patrols... how the devil are they going to do their jobs now?).... or said prominent Lords should be subject to the same confiscation of collectibles.
It'll probably be like previous bans... guns being a good example... anything banned, or more closely worded as illegal to have possession of has to be properly disposed of... presumably handed in to the police.......
Doesn't say nothing about fantasy stuff. They are not advertised in the same way so will probably be safe. The zombie knives were always going to be banned, it was inevitable given the law on advertising things as weapons.
I think the difference being that knives (at least the vast majority of knives) don't have serial numbers and thus aren't registered. When you baznned handguns the police knew where to look for them; not so likely with knives.
The government should be going after the irresponsible sellers and marketers of these ludicrous blades.
Why?
If they knowingly break the law selling to under 18s, then the law should be enforced... but the example in the article of a seller being targeted because he advertised it with a sheath for zombie-killing on the go... they're selling something with an imaginary foe... it's like the DIY shop I saw selling wooden stakes to tackle vampires... they were not seriously suggesting I use the wooden stakes to stab someone... it was jocularity in dominium.
Blame nation and lack of a sense of humour seems to rule these days.
So we should go after who. The blanket unenforceable ban will come in, and the only people who will be affected, will be the people who can, be trusted with a blade.
Last I looked, my sense of humour was quite keen.
The government should be going after the irresponsible sellers and marketers of these ludicrous blades.
I completely agree mate. I have first hand experience of just such a scenario... I think a lot of people on this forum, don't fully understand just how risky it is that high street shops are selling these ridiculous products.
A blanket ban would be catastrophic for the bushcraft industry.
i do not believe that greedy shop keepers realy give a toss about the law. They only want to make a profit.
ive worked for people who sold airsoft guns and replica weapons before the ban and the introduction of the airsoft license deal. I don't know if we would be that lucky as the airsofters were to get a get out clause from a ban on our hobby/knives.
Don't be silly... in the 1980s I watched Rambo... being a silly kid I thought it'd be a great idea to own a Rambo knife... hollow handle, compass, the whole thing. So I went to my local town, found a shop that stocked them and legally bought myself a 'Rambo' knife.
Following day I took my 'Rambo' knife to the farm that I worked on to show off... the farmer laughed and the farmer's son laughed harder... to prove the quality of the blade I'd bought, I threw it at the chicken shed door... proving my knife throwing skills and the inherent strength of the blade I'd just bought with my hard-earned cash. It broke in two on the floor and I had to try to hide my red face as I picked up the pieces.
Did the shop keeper force me to destroy my newly bought quality blade? If he'd sold me a SAK and I'd stabbed a passerby, was he liable? If I'd bought a biro from John Menzies (and yes, I know thats going back a bit) and stabbed a bus conductor in the eye with it, killing him instantly... do we outlaw stationary and go after the evil WH Smiths?
Behave... its not the seller of item, its the person who buys it. Quite rightly the age to buy a knife is 18. For the most part, I agree with it... I understand there are responsible teens and all the rest of it... but to buy a blade, you have to be 18. What more do you want from the retailer? If they check the age and they're over 18... the buyer is legally responsible to vote, to have sex and more importantly they're old enough to die on a foreign battlefield. If they choose to abuse the blade they've bought... you blame the shopkeeper?
Under 18, sell them a knife... shopkeeper wholly responsible. It isn't hard to do an age check nowadays... my 17 year old son needs ID to get on the bus, let alone anything else.... and if I found a shop that would sell him a knife, I'd be the first to report it.
But blaming the seller for over 18s?
Fair enough.... every alcohol seller in the UK needs to be prosecuted when any death occurs from anything to do with alcohol. How does that sound? Prosecute the lot of 'em... they're only in it for the profit!!!!
......But blaming the seller for over 18s?
Fair enough.... every alcohol seller in the UK needs to be prosecuted when any death occurs from anything to do with alcohol. How does that sound? Prosecute the lot of 'em... they're only in it for the profit!!!!
Good point - I've always said that the zombies in Walking Dead are a metaphor for the unprepared, or simply for the Others. As always - Us against Them.zombies, while not real, is just another name for humans.
Good luck with that! I recon that will come down to - as George Carlin put it - "My junk is stuff - your stuff is junk." All they have to do is insert a clause exempting rare collectables or antiquities.or said prominent Lords should be subject to the same confiscation of collectibles.