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The United Kingdom is a political union of four different countries, with three distinct (different) legal jurisdictions (England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). As such the law related to the purchasing and possession of weapons (such as knives) varies depending on which part of the UK a person is resident in.
The number of crimes involving machetes, swords or zombie knives has nearly doubled in five years, police figures suggest. Data obtained by the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act showed that ...
In the United Kingdom, gun ownership is considered a privilege, not a right, [1] and access by the general public to firearms is subject to strict control measures. [2] Members of the public may own certain firearms for the purposes of sport shooting, recreation, hunting or occupational purposes. Possession is subject to licensing.
A ban on owning zombie knives and machetes came into force on September 24, following a four-week amnesty. However, a BBC investigation has revealed that some websites are still selling the ...
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In the United Kingdom, the term hunting generally refers to hunting with hounds, e.g. normally fox hunting, stag (deer) hunting, beagling, or minkhunting, whereas shooting is the shooting of game birds. What is called deer hunting elsewhere is deer stalking.
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Many edged agricultural tools such as machetes, hatchets, axes, sickles, sling blades, and scythes, have been used as improvised weapons by peasantry, militia, or irregular forces – particularly as an expedient for defence.