What about out of town or international customers? Well it might not apply for international customers since the knives are shipped out of the country anyway. Out of curiosity, if it is illegal for minors to purchase tobacco and alcohol in the UK, do workers at supermarkets check the age? Locally they should but don't. Only time they don't sell alcohol is when there are too many people around that might complain and the minor is very obvious.
I know the UK Government has to be seen to be taking action against knife crime but considering that knife related offences in the UK are made using ordinary kitchen knives the proposed action will only affect the ordinary law abiding community.
Quote from: daverobson on October 07, 2017, 11:32:12 AMI know the UK Government has to be seen to be taking action against knife crime but considering that knife related offences in the UK are made using ordinary kitchen knives the proposed action will only affect the ordinary law abiding community.Since most knife-related offences involve kitchen knives, do they mostly occur in the home?
Quote from: Syncop8r on October 07, 2017, 08:10:22 PMQuote from: daverobson on October 07, 2017, 11:32:12 AMI know the UK Government has to be seen to be taking action against knife crime but considering that knife related offences in the UK are made using ordinary kitchen knives the proposed action will only affect the ordinary law abiding community.Since most knife-related offences involve kitchen knives, do they mostly occur in the home?No, bust kitchen knives are the main culpritshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/07/teenager-arrested-after-17-year-old-kyle-yule-stabbed-death-gillingham-kenthttps://www.964eagle.co.uk/news/uk-news/2397429/boy-15-arrested-after-fatal-stabbing-in-neasden/
Quote from: Smashie on October 07, 2017, 09:45:05 PMQuote from: Syncop8r on October 07, 2017, 08:10:22 PMQuote from: daverobson on October 07, 2017, 11:32:12 AMI know the UK Government has to be seen to be taking action against knife crime but considering that knife related offences in the UK are made using ordinary kitchen knives the proposed action will only affect the ordinary law abiding community.Since most knife-related offences involve kitchen knives, do they mostly occur in the home?No, bust kitchen knives are the main culpritshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/07/teenager-arrested-after-17-year-old-kyle-yule-stabbed-death-gillingham-kenthttps://www.964eagle.co.uk/news/uk-news/2397429/boy-15-arrested-after-fatal-stabbing-in-neasden/I didn't see any mention on what type of knife was used in those articles.
I can't imagine they would be easy to carry on your person.Some of stabbings in the street that I have read about here involved SAKs, not sure what sort of knives the others have been.
Quote from: Syncop8r on October 07, 2017, 10:17:01 PMI can't imagine they would be easy to carry on your person.Some of stabbings in the street that I have read about here involved SAKs, not sure what sort of knives the others have been.Ok you obviously know more about what's happening here than we do so I'll bow out
Occasionally, you'll see an interview when someone in the media is interviewing one of the hoodie wearing inbred knuckle dragging smurfwits that wanders round estates up to no good, and they'll invariably pull a kitchen knife out. Ugly looking smurfers they are, all their faces are blurred - should make them easy for the coppers to spot One I saw in an interview was carrying a cleaver down his trousers He said he carried it cos it was scarier. I just hope it was sharp enough to remove him from the gene pool if he started running with it there:whistle:
I had a bit of a look too but couldn't find anything on knife type. My assumption was that because these crimes involve mostly kitchen knives (apparently) then it was because they occurred in the home (due to a domestic). However others have pointed out these are carried by young people in the streets (which sounds uncomfortable to me!).The link I found above is about how many physical stores are selling to minors which dispels the notion that it is only internet stores that are the problem.
Quote from: 50ft-trad on October 07, 2017, 11:05:39 PMOccasionally, you'll see an interview when someone in the media is interviewing one of the hoodie wearing inbred knuckle dragging smurfwits that wanders round estates up to no good, and they'll invariably pull a kitchen knife out. Ugly looking smurfers they are, all their faces are blurred - should make them easy for the coppers to spot One I saw in an interview was carrying a cleaver down his trousers He said he carried it cos it was scarier. I just hope it was sharp enough to remove him from the gene pool if he started running with it there:whistle:I do not know if you meant it in this particular way or that phrase means something else across the pond but calling someone a “knuckle dragger” is wildly racist towards blacks. Just figured I should mention that in case you do not know. If I said that here I better be prepared to fight on the spot.
As far as the original topic, this will just create a market for over 18 year old's to supply knives to youngsters on the estates. If indeed they are buying from knife shops rather than kitchenware stores as seems to be believed. That and every kid has a fake ID to buy alcohol and fags (Brit slang for cigs) or get into a 18 rated movie at the cinema. Heck I used to supply airsoft pistols to my class mates bought with a fake ID when I was 16 (back in the olden days) cause I was a big lad. We were middle class grammer school boys looking to plink at paper targets rather than the lower strata of society specifically looking to do violent crime. I firmly refuse to confirm buying cheap cider for parties using the same fake ID. We were kids being naughty but measures like this already don't work for naughty kids never mind criminals. All it will achieve is, yet again, for the government to pretend like it is doing something for the papers while, yet again, leaving the real problems for another parliament to deal with long after said government is happily retired with their peerages, knighthoods and golden parachute fat cat positions managing charities.
I figured you did not mean it in that particular way. Just wanted to point it out to possibly save you some trouble one day. I know you would never say racial slurs.