the police also 'forget' it is not illegal to possess knives, it's illegal only to use them as offfensive weapons. there are a few categories of knives, push daggers, butterfly, gravity & flick knives (switchblades), 'stealth' knives (plastic shivs) that are illegal to sell or buy (if you already own one you can keep it in the house, but it's illegal outside).
the show 'watchdog' committed a felony by purchasing and importing the illegal knives, one of which was actually an 'assisted opening' knife - not illegal - tho they referred to it as a flick knife, which is illegal. they did this just before xmas apparently, when everyone was most busy and stuff could slip thru customs - thus also showing felonious intent.
they purchased them from ebay USA and had them mailed in. they thus illegally imported the ones that were illegal (and legally imported the one that was not). this was a felony. they then carried them (in a locked case) in public. another felony (there being no amnesty in effect at the time). they did bring them to a police station where they were confiscated for destruction. no one was charged. bet i would have been had it been me.
anyway the UK ban appears to only affect UK sellers of legal items, which both watchdog and ebay say has met the law up till now by removing any illegal types prior to sale.
ebay only provides the venue for sale, the sellers are required to ensure that the sale is legal, not ebay. the buyer is required to ensure he's buying a legal item also.
anyhow, it's a bit early to see how draconian they make the ban and whether they'll be able to also ban us from buying overseas items which are legal. i have a number of household chefs knives of various types, lengths and ages tho...
i just know there's a nice sword still listed i cannot bid on, even tho it's legal for me to do it.
nanny must protect the sheeple tho, it's the modern liberal way -
change - yes we can.
