UK knife laws part 1

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Uploaded by LouisWasTaken on Jun 11, 2010

This is a purely educational video to try and inform people about some of the knife and offensive weapon laws in the UK. I am not a lawyer or law student, and this information was pulled off of government websites. It took me about 45 minutes to gather all the information in this video, and I intend this only to be a general overview of some of our laws.

I did not include any of the sentences that people can receive for breaking these laws because I didn't think it necessary. Just don't break the laws and it won't matter to you what the sentences would be. If I missed anything out just use your common sense and think how your actions or anything you may be carrying would look to a police officer in the situation. As a general rule, you can carry a sub 3 inch knife as long as it has no locking mechanism when you fully deploy the blade. Also note that you much be 18 to purchase any bladed instrument, as well as solvents, alcohol, cigarettes etc.

Sources of information;

Restriction of offensive weapons act (1959)
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1959/cukpga_19590037_en_1

Criminal justice act (1988)
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/ukpga_19880033_en_1.htm

Offensive weapons act (1996)
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1996/Ukpga_19960026_en_1

Knives act (1997)
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1997/pdf/ukpga_19970021_en.pdf

Violent crime reduction act (2006)
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/en/ukpgaen_20060038_en_1

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Would u be aloud a butterfly knife in Scotland

megarory123 5 days ago
Plus it means if you buy a new kitchen knife....then how do you take it home. Bottom line be mature, don't use it as a weapon and don't give people a reason to question your pocket contents!

clodester 1 week ago
knife law in the uk is right, but like he said its down to the police officer too if they find one on you they gota use their common sence. but then again if u wana stop offensive weapons then really all knifes should be banned from everyday carry. along with pens, credit cards earphones from your ipod, shoe laces etc lol, all can be used as an offensive weapon

spencerprof2 1 week ago
Not unless they know u have it :)

SovietStarAirsoft 1 week ago
@niallpinson123456789 I'm not in the UK, but it seems many of our laws are directly based off of the UK laws. Here Having a Kitchen Knife in the Kitchen is perfectly legal, but if you carry it into your living room, it is considered to be in public, and is therefore illegal.

EsadMujezinovic 2 weeks ago
you said about what you can carry in the public so what are the restrictions in you home ?

niallpinson123456789 2 weeks ago
like he said it does not make sense at all, if you were intending to use a knife in an offensive manner, then regardless of whether it is a balisong, switchblade, pen-knife or a multi tool, it can still be lethal, criminals who intend to do this will not give a fuck about the law and will still carry blades, leaving law abiding citizens at the mercy of criminals until the cops arrive, it's rediculous, young girls walking home on their own can't even carry pepper spray

Dassault354 2 weeks ago
This doesn't make much sense. You'd think the police would arrest you anyway if you had a small 2" non locking knife on you anyway.

Typhoon10UK 3 weeks ago
LOL - you can go to tesco's and buy a 12" carving knife walk all over the place legally.

funkyprepper 1 month ago
hey man, good vid, i just got a Boker Plus XS, on a website it say's UK Legal

what do you thing about taking that into the Public?

jonshawn88 1 month ago

UK knife laws part 1

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