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So what constitutes an "Offensive Weapon" ? I only wanted to know what length of knife blade is legal to carry in the UK. I have looked at the "See Also" links, but they just lead to an impenetrably complex legal maze ! If anyone can provide a link to a site with (useful & easily understandable) details, I would be greatly appreciative ! Darkman101 ( talk) 03:07, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
The article currently includes this sentence regarding UK law: "Prohibited weapons include folding knives whose blades are 3" or longer, or any other pointed object." This is not correct and the cited source actually makes this clear. Knives and pointed objects are covered (or not, as the case may be) by a different law and are not classed as offensive weapons per se. Now it is true that a knife can be considered an offensive weapon in certain circumstances, but normally they are not. This sentence should therefore be removed, or alternatively there could be a sentence that fully explains the distinction between knives/pointed articles and offensive weapons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:C7C:4E00:25ED:A53D:2BD6:A060 ( talk) 12:10, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
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So what constitutes an "Offensive Weapon" ? I only wanted to know what length of knife blade is legal to carry in the UK. I have looked at the "See Also" links, but they just lead to an impenetrably complex legal maze ! If anyone can provide a link to a site with (useful & easily understandable) details, I would be greatly appreciative ! Darkman101 ( talk) 03:07, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
The article currently includes this sentence regarding UK law: "Prohibited weapons include folding knives whose blades are 3" or longer, or any other pointed object." This is not correct and the cited source actually makes this clear. Knives and pointed objects are covered (or not, as the case may be) by a different law and are not classed as offensive weapons per se. Now it is true that a knife can be considered an offensive weapon in certain circumstances, but normally they are not. This sentence should therefore be removed, or alternatively there could be a sentence that fully explains the distinction between knives/pointed articles and offensive weapons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:C7C:4E00:25ED:A53D:2BD6:A060 ( talk) 12:10, 16 November 2017 (UTC)