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The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The act addresses crimes related to acid attacks (including the sale and possession in public places of corrosive substances); knife crime prevention orders; the sale of, delivery and possession of knives and other offensive weapons; and introduced further restrictions on firearms. [2]
As such the law related to the purchasing and possession of weapons (such as knives) varies depending on which part of the UK a person is resident in. In general, knife crime is one of the leading causes of violent crime in the UK, with 50,510 knife-related offences recorded in England and Wales, in the year ending March 2024.
Long title: An Act to make provision about the police and other emergency workers; to make provision about collaboration between authorities to prevent and reduce serious violence; to make provision about offensive weapons homicide reviews; to make provision for new offences and for the modification of existing offences; to make provision about the powers of the police and other authorities ...
Doubling Down on Authoritarian Laws. So, the U.K.'s creeping knife restrictions fit into the context of a government that would rather crack down on an entire society than address individuals who ...
It remains to be seen whether the new law will have much effect, though, as machetes accounted for only 14 of of the 244 stabbing deaths in the 12 months that ended in March 2023 and zombie-style ...
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(s) the weapon sometimes known as a "zombie knife", "zombie killer knife" or "zombie slayer knife", being a blade with (i) a cutting edge; (ii) a serrated edge; and (iii) images or words (whether on the blade or handle) that suggest that it is to be used for the purpose of violence." [17] [10]
In February 2015, The Times reported that most forces in England and Wales dispatch armed officers to domestic incidents and other routine police call-outs based on information released under Freedom of Information laws; of the 43 police forces sent a request by the Times, half gave only partial information or rejected requests outright.