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Knife legislation is defined as the body of statutory law or case law promulgated or enacted by a government or other governing jurisdiction that prohibits, criminalizes, or restricts the otherwise legal manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, possession, transport, or use of knives.
Shotguns (Section 2 firearms under the 1968 Act as amended) are defined in UK law as smoothbore firearms with barrels not shorter than 24 inches (61 cm) and a bore not larger than 2 inches (5.1 cm) in diameter, no revolving cylinder, and either no magazine or a non-detachable magazine that is not capable of holding more than two cartridges, [5 ...
The ban followed growing concern over the use of these weapons in violent crime. Just two days before the new law took effect, 15-year-old Daejaun Campbell was fatally stabbed in the thigh with a ...
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 ...
A machete (/ m ə ˈ ʃ ɛ t i /; Spanish pronunciation:) is a broad blade used either as an agricultural implement similar to an axe, or in combat like a long-bladed knife. The blade is typically 30 to 66 centimetres (12 to 26 in) long and usually under 3 millimetres ( 1 ⁄ 8 in) thick.
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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.
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