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> UK is crazy, even pocketknife or pepper spray is forbidden. And this country has one of highest violent crime rates in Europe. Umm, that entire sentence is t
by retube 13y ago
> UK is crazy, even pocketknife or pepper spray is forbidden. And this country has one of highest violent crime rates in Europe.
Umm, that entire sentence is total bullshit. UK has no way near the highest violent crime rates in Europe. Look it up. Plus pepper sprays and pocket knives are common place. You can buy them anywhere.
- zizzer 13y ago>Plus pepper sprays and pocket knives are common place Pepper spray is illegal in the UK. Pocket knives with folding, non-locking blades under 3 inches are legal to carry around. Larger blades are legal to carry around if you've got a good reason to have them and aren't doing anything the Police consider dodgy (UK knife law is quite complex).
- cmdkeen 13y agoPepper sprays aren't - they're illegal under Section 5 of the Firearms Act (no - they aren't treated as being firearms). Pocket knife legislation is a bit off after a court decision regarding the length of blades. Under 3 inches and folding and you're fine - so Swiss Army knives are OK. Other knives require lawful authority or reasonable excuse - so workmen are fine, someone carrying a knife "for protection" is not, and rightly so. The UK does have a serious problem with knife crime, and a serious problem with young people carrying them for protection.
- qwerta 13y agohttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-... search "pepper spray self defense": amazon.co.uk: 151 results, mostly books, none of them actually usefull amazon.com: 1,812 results
- retube 13y agoThe Daily Mail.... ha ha whatever.