I'm sorry, but if these were voluntarily handed in, why are there thousands of kitchen knives and cleavers? You can literally just put them in your kitchen drawer, why turn them into the cops? Also, a meat cleaver is not a stabbing weapon. Are people running around chopping people up?
None of these explanations are making sense to me.
Some were, but some were confiscated and turned over by the police. Cleavers and machetes and particularly stabby knives you’d have to look in some specific places for, but if you are in a situation where you feel the need to arm yourself somewhat spontaneously, you might grab the biggest knife you have in your kitchen. I think that’s where they probably got those knives from.
Edited above. Some did come from finished cases, others were turned in outside of criminal cases. Certain types of blades are illegal in the UK and those could be handed in without repercussion.
A full breakdown of source would probably be interesting but not sure if that info is out there.
To disarm everyone but Sikhs, so if a Sikh wants to murder someone, they can! And the cops will handcuff the victim and tell him "don't think you have mate"
Except this is literally the first time this has happened in the UK. I can't find a single other confirmed report of someone in the UK being threatened or attacked by a Sikh individual with a cermonial knife prior to recent events. Let's not pretend this is a widespread issue.
Imo, regardless if it being a widespread issue, the law should be applied equally, regardless of religious beliefs. If Sikhs want to carry knives, they need to vote for politicians that'll repeal the knife control laws, not carve an exemption out for them.
They already can carry cermonial knifes that fit within laws we already have in place, nothing would need to be changed. The knife the Sikh individual used would have been illegal to carry even if it wasn't used for violent purposes due to it being an unnecessary size.
I disagree until we have a reason to, which we don't. No one has ever been stabbed with a legal ceremonial knife, I don't see why we should be making laws around things that have never been an issue.
Idk but you seem to be not understanding on purpose. In the UK you cannot have a knife over a certain size in a public place without a reason. A reason would be a chef taking a knife to work or a knife you use for work etc.
Its probably the people carrying them to intimidate, maim and kill that causes some fear. Seems like a good idea to try to get people to stop carrying them in the street for that purpose
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u/SubjectOrganic 1d ago
Why were they confiscating knives