"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.
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
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ReplyDelete"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.
ReplyDeleteThe 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).
ReplyDeleteThe main difference is the sentencing guidelines.
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Better is a bow and arrow you've made yourself.
ReplyDelete"an offensive weapon" - is there anything which would be considered an inoffensive weapon?
ReplyDelete""A DEADLY blade" , as opposed to what? Non-lethal knives?"
ReplyDeletePenseivat 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?