Every Day Carry - What is Legal in the UK?

UK Folding pocket knife exemption explained per s139 Criminal Justice Act 1988

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[donaldcarr]

It is important to remember that any item you claim to have for defensive reasons can then be interpreted as an offensive weapon in UK law.

[davidwebb]

How are knife crime, machete knife crime, still happening? Don’t the criminals know these are illegal?

[ironboy]

Government:
✋😤 “No locking blades”

Kid drawing his final breath after getting slashed 15 times with a machete:
👁️👄👁️

[DawleyDude]

I've worked in the security industry for many years. In those years, I've dealt with two knife incidents, the first was a stanley knife, the guy was threatening me and my colleague with it as he was trying to steal and we caught him, thankfully we managed to take it from him and hold him until police came, fast forward to court and despite the charges against him, he did no jail time and was released, his fine was peanuts.. the 2nd was 2 guys who were removed from premises because they were harrasing women who were on a birthday night out, they left without incident but came back "tooled up" again we handled the situation quite well, once we detained the one and got his kitchen knife the other chap ran away, police caught him later, fadt forward again and the case is dropped by police, all they got was drunk and disorderly to which they paid a small fine and were free to go. So if you wonder why knife crime is so high please not its because the law is lying to us, same as flytipping they say 10k fine, but in reality, it never is! The Uk justice system is nothing to fear. For whatever reason the justice system is easily beaten every time by solicitors who seem to be able to get around things.

[Evro_X]

UK law is just stupid. I can see why carrying a knife in public is illegal, but things like pepper spray for self defence?
Especially nowadays when you can see masked individuals roaming the city during the night. Just look at the amounts of robberies and stabbings, it's ridiculous, we are suppose to be like defenseless sheeps.

I'm working during night hours few minutes walk from home, but still I have to walk for 10-15 mins through the city before I arrive at home, the amount of times when I've seen actual thieves and thugs fully masked riding on their motorbikes or simply looking for "trouble" is crazy. It's literally like living in 3rd world country. I've seen idiots walking around with machetes and kitchen knifes, drug dealers driving up to you asking if you want to buy something... What happened to this country. Worst thing about that is police just don't care about it, they will drive by and act like it's normal night.

[AmeobaKing]

Buying a £150 knife to open parcels...I'm in the wrong job.

[terminsane]

Self defense is illegal. You might hurt your attacker.

[Martin-oxox]

A screwdriver is more dangerous than a 3 inch lock knife.

[johnj]

Every schoolboy in the 1950s had a penknife in his pocket along with a bit of string, a broken pencil and various "stuff". The stuff varied with the season and could include marbles and conkers. Penknives with additional functions such as a point to get stones out of horses hooves were prized possessions despite the extra functions never being required.

[THISISLolesh]

UK self defence laws need updating asap.

[DeborahDonnellan]

I know this is about Knives, but I do recall when hand guns were banned as a result of the terrible tragedy in Dunblane Scotland Many former legal hand gun owners said” when hand guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have hand guns”

[jingle]

Can confirm, I've been injured by non locking knives more than locking knives

[khaaaaaaaaaannn]

Living in Poland is a lot more relaxed. I carry around a 4 inch locking blade with gravity assisted opening, without a care in the world. The length, lock, and opening mechanism would all be illegal back in the UK 😂

[Bertiesghost]

They are going to ban crossbows now due to the triple murder in Enfield. Nanny State BS.

[andyxox]

WTF am I supposed to sharpen my quill with?

[shaunrogers]

If I'm in my work clothes I'll more than likely have a knife in a pocket.
Never crossed my mind to use it on another person.

[arthurmorgan]

In the UK you can’t defend yourself instead you are to call the authorities, wait an hour, receive a crime reference number then spend months trying to press chargers all while dodging an attacker 😂

[AngelaH]

Maybe I'm suspicious minded...but if someone breaks into the BBB's home he's going to claim he was "opening parcels" at the time

[michaelney]

I was giving expert evidence in the RCJ so offered my swiss army knife, with locking blade because I have the scar on one finger when a folding blade shut on me in a dark roof-space. Security took my knife - as I expected but told them, they'd better keep it accessible in case the Judge asked for it, to which the duty policeman scoffed. Well, the Judge did want it so a very disgruntled policeman had to come into the Court to produce it. At the end of the hearing, they refused to let me have my knife back so I wrote to the Superintendant at Saville Row demanding its return as a tool of my trade (a building surveyor). They sent it back by post.

[Morio]

I have had a police officer hum and arr about arresting me for having a fish filleting knife in my tackle box when sea fishing a couple of years ago. I used it for cutting up my bait and also cleaning and prepping fresh caught fish to put in the cooler to take home. I can tell you my back end tightened when having that conversation.