The Law on carrying Swiss Army Knives - Do you need a “good reason”?
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Can you carry a Swiss Army Knife in your pocket without a “good reason”?
Relevant Law and Guidance in England and Wales
Criminal Justice Act 1988 s.139
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/...
CPS guidance
www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance...
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In my eyes, it should be perfectly legal to carry pocket knives, wether they lock or not, at the end of the day, someone who is looking to cause harm or commit any illegal activity don't care about the law and will carry one anyway. With the way this country is, we have no way to defend ourselves against armed criminals, who typically carry machetes and kitchen knives, so what is the actual difference? Wouldn't it be better for people to carry a pocket knife, lets say under 5 inches and lockable and be able to defend themselves, or for people to just have no defence and knife crime still continue to rise because criminals don't care about the law?
Ps, no dig at you or your video as it is a very clear and simple explanation to inform people.
Lotta good that law is doing for you folks
My Wegner pen knife with a non lockable 2 inch blade is illegal in the UK I know because the Police found mine in my bicycle tool kit during a stop and search and told me if they catch it on me again I could be liable for a 6 month prison sentence.
Thanks
Does the school ban include the teachers? I am not from UK and we don't have such a strickt laws, but I used to know a teacher, who had a folding knife in his pocket during the lessons and used it for sharpening chalk. Also for example for a physics teacher conducting some experiments, it could be handy to have a multi-tool on them. Or arts teacher, chemistry teacher, etc.
Another question is about the "immediately folding" - is a knife with a half-stop included or not? I have a pocket knife with a half stop and was wondering if it would be legal to have it on a possible trip to UK. It's a safety feature - you fold the knife by simply pressing the blade, but it stops at the angle of 90 degrees and you have to press once more. It's not a safety lock, yet I am not sure, if it counts as "immediately foldable."
That's a thing I don't like on the UK law - I understand the reasons for the law, but banning of all the locking knives seems a bit excessive to me. I like to whittle with my knife and I am good with a normal folding knife, but if one wanted a specialized woodcarving knives - those of good quality are mostly either fixed blade or folding with a safety lock. So carrying a specialized carving knife on a trip for occasional whittling would be probably prohibited in UK, yet I cannot imagine that someone would want to use such a knife to commit a crime.
Also, some knives - like Opinel - have a safety lock that locks even the folded blade, which can be useful around the children, I imagine. I remember that as a child I cut myself with dad's Swiss army knife which I grasped in one unguarded moment ant tried to open. A knife, that cannot be open without engaging a safety lock, would be safer, in such a situation, I think.
Ok, so the story with Knowles has more to it seemingly. According to the officer (Superintendent Jim Meakin) The knife they found wasn't a swiss army knife, but a Buck Whittaker knife... but it was termed as a swiss army knife. there's also a story that they were called as My Knowles apparently threatened someone at an Inn and that's how he was stopped and apparently the story transpired.
I carry a Swiss Army Knife in a sheath on my belt. Sometimes visible, sonetimes hidden, depending on my shirt ...
i think if your an adult well you just know there useful tools only not for violence
Thanks a lot for the video! I plan to visit London next year, and I have another question: Am I allowed to carry fists in public?
Depends on how hard u clench them
I see it’s not allowed at airports. If I fly into a UK airport but it’s in my checked in luggage and don’t take it out until I leave the airport is that allowed?
If you are carrying a Swiss Army knife which is prohibited at the airport due to rules of the Airport then it can be confiscated even if in the bag.
For an 'old world' country... Your laws are pretty stup¡d 😂😂😂... Here in my poor 3rd world country, you can carry a 22 inch machete, as long as is in a holster or scabbard while in public (of course you see people who work as farmers or in landscaping carry that everywhere) because the problem is not that you carry a weapon, a stick with a pointy end is a weapon... The law prohibits the intention or action of harming others... Of course our ancestors the mayans carried obsidian blades 😎
Thanks for sharing info and insights of the new world. The UK gov are attempting to use laws to ban weapons in homes and in public to crack down on knife crime without focussing on other measures which might help like education or the provision of youth centres.
I live in a central European country and we also don't have such a strict knife laws like UK or Germany. You could theoretically walk with a machete through the city (even though it would be a bit weird and some police officer might want to check on you). But it's pretty normal that you can meet someone with a sword in a scabard (either wooden or metal) and no-one bats an eye (they are usually some reneactors going for a rehersal).
But the Western Europe faces an increase of knife-crime in recent years (sometimes tied with the great influx of migrants). And the strict knife laws are their attempt to limit this. I am not quite sure it's a step in the right direction, as you can use a sharpened pencil as a deadly weapon, so who wants a weapon will always found one, on the other hand, if an ordinary citizens find themselves prosecuted for innocent mistakes too often, it can lead (or contribute) to a disilusion with goverment, which can be very dangerous if it affects a great percent of population.
For example I have a little key chain knife - the blade is about an inch long and it's good for opening letters or cuting strings, nothing more, because it's too tiny to be held in hand properly, yet it would be illegal to carry it on my keys in UK, because it has a locking mechanism. It's absurd and it can lead to British police dealing with many innocent, uninformed tourists or even citizens, while the real knife crime can still flourish.
Believe me … what’s coming …Swiss army knives are walkers crisps … just saying … Bradford guy 😉