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The US isn't perfect, but police have long had the power to seize kitchen knives when arresting someone, and it's not at the forefront of the causes of societal
by tedunangst 4y ago
The US isn't perfect, but police have long had the power to seize kitchen knives when arresting someone, and it's not at the forefront of the causes of societal collapse.
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- mytailorisrich 4y agoIn the UK it is a criminal offence to carry a kitchen knife around and it'll get you jailed. However, it is of course perfectly fine to keep kitchen knives in your kitchen, which is what this proposal seems to target... even if you can go to the supermarket and buy new ones at any time.
- tedunangst 4y agoI think it's pretty reasonable that if you stab somebody in the park with a kitchen knife, then run back home, the police will be able to confiscate the knife. According to the article I just read, the UK police can't do that, although I don't know if that's actually true.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoDo you believe that a murder weapon is off limits if you get home before the police catches you? (It's a rethorical question) The way I read this article, and it's tricky because the Daily Mail is expert at spinning things their way, is that they are proposing that any knives the police does not like might be seized and destroyed if your home is searched. Found the actual proposal: "Proposal 2: Power to seize and retain/destroy certain bladed articles held in private if the police are in private property lawfully and they have a reasonable belief that they will be used in serious crime." [1] [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-proposed-legislation/consultation-on-new-knife-legislation-proposals-to-tackle-the-use-of-machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-in-crime-accessible https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/machetes-and-oth...