Legality of carrying objects in vehicle

[melissachels]

Originally Posted by Lazy-Ferret

I think the main thing is "availability", e.g., in a zipped up bag in the boot is not the same as tucked down the side of the drivers seat. You need to go through several steps to get to it. Most of it is about attitude, and how it is packer. You can carry a 12inch carving knife in the high street, as long as it is wrapped up, and you have good cause to be carrying it at the time, e.g., just bought it or returning it.

I have a better excuse than that for what I've got & why it could be in my car....my mates a sword smith & although mine isnt on display due to children I still like it to be cleaned & no to rust, but it is kept in a leather sheath that's tight & generally in the boot or toolbox if it going to get cleaned. I have been asked on several occasions why I have tools & hammers...eh! duh why do folk car tools...cos they're car breaks...

I've been caught with lock backs that i'd had in my pocket or bag from being at the farm & opening a bale of hay or straw, wasn't

[Sweety]

Originally Posted by Lazy-Ferret

Awww cute....

Don't let Makeitfit see it, otherwise we will have a whole new debate on what is and is not gay...

That's not a problem as I have tiny's big brother plus some much larger knifes, fantasy swords etc

[davis8008]

I always carry my trusty opinel no8 knife with me (unless im going out for a drink or up town) has came in handy twice now, once there was a crash about 200 yards in front of me one of the vehicles fliped and ended up on the roof, I got to the driver luckily she wasn't badly hurt bit stuck in the motor, she freaked out a little when I pulled the knife out me pocket bless her but it was instinct to get her out so I cut the belt while my farther broke her landing, the other time I hit a fallow deer in my vectra, just clipet the arse end and broke its leg, bloody thing was howling its head off so I dispatched it, gutted it at the side of the road and had the fillet for dinner that sunday, was fecking beautiful!!!! still got abit of her in the freezer, from then on I've always said I'll alway carry it

as far as the law goes it's illegal to carry any knife that locks no matter what size the blade is, you can carry a knife with a blade up to 3" as long as it's not fixed blade and dosnt lock

[angusyoung1]

Says aloes about the UK when you can't even carry a lock knife. Bet all the criminals and gang members leave their's at home now

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[Sweety]

Originally Posted by angusyoung1

Bet all the criminals and gang members leave their's at home now

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Yes they have moved onto shot guns

[trophymick]

I always carry my Victorinox Swiss army knife in a leather belt pouch, a very useful tool.

Here's a example of UK legal pocket knives.

http://www.heinnie.com/knives-and-to...ndly_carry/yes

[johnb5177]

I had a very real, surreal moment a while back, concerning knives......I had to work in Scotland for a while, and had to leave my opinel no.8 at home(air travel).
Had to purchase a new large chainsaw for the estate I was working on......no worries....had a good yarn with the dealer.....then I thought....I need a pocket knife while I'm here, so get another Opinal off the stand next to the pay point........I then was interrogated.......my age, what did I want the knife for, where I lived, what I did......then had to sign for it......totally absurd, unpoliceable regulations.......of course rogues and vagabonds will quickly subscribe to this.......won't they?

[Peasgood1]

There is talk in the news today about mandatory jail sentences for people found carrying knives.
It is just ridiculous! I hate the way knives have been so criminalised.
I always have a knife in my pocket and for quite some time it has been a lock knife. I use to to cut and pry various things throughout the day, it isn't there to threaten or stab people with. In fact it is a bit stiff to open, on the unlikely event of me being threatened I would have won or lost the battle long before I could open the blade. More likely than not I would chop my own fingers off fiddling with the damned thing. lol

Having said all that, I am well aware of the harm knives can do and all the wrongs in the seemingly popular trend for youths to "carry". Especially in view of recent events with that poor teacher.
It is people that cause this harm, not knives. That is where the education is needed rather than blanket bans on things. Look how the ban on handguns solved gun crime, Not!

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by Peasgood1

There is talk in the news today about mandatory jail sentences for people found carrying knives.
It is just ridiculous! I hate the way knives have been so criminalised.
I always have a knife in my pocket and for quite some time it has been a lock knife. I use to to cut and pry various things throughout the day, it isn't there to threaten or stab people with. In fact it is a bit stiff to open, on the unlikely event of me being threatened I would have won or lost the battle long before I could open the blade. More likely than not I would chop my own fingers off fiddling with the damned thing. lol

Having said all that, I am well aware of the harm knives can do and all the wrongs in the seemingly popular trend for youths to "carry". Especially in view of recent events with that poor teacher.
It is people that cause this harm, not knives. That is where the education is needed rather than blanket bans on things. Look how the ban on handguns solved gun crime, Not!

I agree, but how do we solve this? A knife license

[solarman216]

OK here goes, I always carry a fold up utility knife in my pocket, together with a small screwdriver, in my car I have Hydrochloric Acid, paint thinners, brush cleaner solvent, UPVC cleaning solvent, crow bar large, crow bar smaller, bolt croppers, long knuckle bar, lump hammer, hypodermic syringes, some with needles assorted spanners and a whole host of other general tools, and officially I am retired, do you think they will throw the book at me? Rick

[solarman216]

Peasegood you are correct, we do not need more legislation, just more education, it is written in history that societies that introduce more legislation and rules than can be policed are heading for downfall, Rick

[briggie]

I was taught ...... if you carry a weapon , you must be treated as though you are going to use it

[trophymick]

Originally Posted by briggie

I was taught ...... if you carry a weapon , you must be treated as though you are going to use it

But a pocket knife is not a weapon it's a tool, I use mine for cutting feed bags open, string etc.
A car is a much more dangerous "weapon" than a pocket knife.

When I was a kid, my first penknife was brilliant. Most other kids had one too.

We are all being slowly sterilised and we can't see it.

[firebobby]

Originally Posted by trophymick

We are all being slowly sterilised and we can't see it.

Very true

[johnb5177]

By a very nanny state, that provides knee-jerk reactions to isolated incidents, with disproportionate effects on the bulk members of society that do nothing but become increasingly subjugated to the sins and whims of a minority.......sorry rant over