and balisongs are banned, but that’s much like Canada with its ban of autos and balis. What makes a knife UK-legal, however, has to do with that knives-you-can-carry-without-a-valid-reason clause we were talking about above.
There were more than 14,000 crimes involving machetes, swords or zombie knives in England and Wales in 2023, according to police data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. But advocates fear the ban will not reduce crime rates. ...
Needless to say, the takes have been brutal. Thomas Xavier over at theMore Than Just Survivingoffered the best analysis of what it means. Xavier is from the UK and had lived in Canada for years. This is a grotesque legislative overreach, and should it actually be enforced to the full ext...