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Why Are The Kids Stabbing Each Other?
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One life gone another ruined. What's the answer? We all carried knives when I was their age, I don't remember anyone getting stabbed.
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Generally most knives with a blade over 2". Folding knives under 2" blades are OK providing they are not lock knives. I have a Lock knife I used for sailing with a serrated blade and can be opened one handed. One hand to hank on to the mast in choppy weather the other to open the knife for the task in hand. Telephone egineers repairing lines has been cited as reasonable excuse. I have a small pocket knife I bought in Christchurch Market. Overall length no more than 2" but illegal because it locks.Fixed blades illegal unless blade less than 2".
Many more reasonable excuses one could find but sometimes you would have to convince a judge or Magistrate
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Ken
My mistake the blade length is 3" not 2" as previously stated. I have been out for 26 years!! A table of illegal blades including Zombies in the link
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Good guide to what is illegal to sell and what is illegal to carry in public.
The place in Scarborough is called Ancient Warrior and i've just Googled them to find a few pictures of 'ceremonial' type swords (possibly connected to the Samurai) but no knives or daggers. My memory may be playing tricks with me, but i'm sure i recall seeing some rather vicious looking knives when i was there. It was a few years ago, so maybe they've been removed. Those swords look just as dangerous, though.
TTT, i think flick-knives were part of the armoury whenever mods clashed with rockers - along with bike chains and batons.
More prevalent nowadays partly due to people of a different culture who join/form gangs and have a different, more violent way of settling arguments.
The answer really is simple and has been mooted many times on these pages: 10 years for carrying, 20 for using and life with no parole for killing. It would most likely take some time to eradicate the problem but i do believe it would de-escalate it sufficiently. If only our MPs were brave enough.