Sunday 5 March 2017

It's True, You Really Can Bring A Knife To A Gunfight!



...only in Southend.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not Recommended

The Blocked Dwarf said...

"A DEADLY blade" , as opposed to what? Non-lethal knives? I knew of a policeman who lost an eye and very nearly his life to a slip of a girl wielding a screwdriver. Prisoners have traditionally made DEADLY blades out of just about anything that will take a point. They probably mean 'illegal', classed as a deadly weapon, as the law in the UK forbids, maybe with some justification, the carrying of knives over a certain length and style.

Anonymous said...

The law distinguishes between "an offensive weapon", such as a gun or knife which has only one use, and "a weapon of offense", which could be an everyday item but used as a weapon, such as a baseball bat, an axe or, as mentioned above, anything which can be used or adapted for use as a weapon. A colleague nearly lost an eye after being stabbed with a pencil (the magistrates accepted that as the offender was a student, it was reasonable to assume he had it lawfully).
The main difference is the sentencing guidelines.
Penseivat

James Higham said...

Better is a bow and arrow you've made yourself.

Ted Treen said...

"an offensive weapon" - is there anything which would be considered an inoffensive weapon?

JuliaM said...

""A DEADLY blade" , as opposed to what? Non-lethal knives?"

Penseivat was there with the answer!

"..the magistrates accepted that as the offender was a student, it was reasonable to assume he had it lawfully..."

How old fashioned! These days, your colleague would be looking at a wallop over the head with a tablet.

"...is there anything which would be considered an inoffensive weapon?"

That can of low-strength pepper spray the police seem to rely on?