Allan McVie (amv2f@udcf.gla.ac.uk)
Tue, 01 Aug 2000 11:33:02 +0100
Hi
At 10:47 01/08/00 BST, Rob wrote:
>HI there,
SNIP
>>
>> > Let's not forget: there is no legal right to own or carry an offensive
>> >weapon in the UK. (Check with the Home Office or the local police about
>> >that one.)
>>
>>Wrong! In the UK under certain situations you have the legal right to carry
>>an offensive weapon (ie knife,sword)
>
>Which situations is it legal to carry a sword in the park at night. If you
>walked down the street with a sword in your hand not swinging it - you could
>be stopped and arrested quite easily.
I was not refering to carring a sword in the park at night as a legal
situation.However there are situations that are covered ie when wearing
highland dress a skian dubh can be legally carried. A Sikh at any time can
carry the knife that is part of their religious observance (sorry I do not
know the name of this knife).As part of certain processions were swords are
carried down streets(again Sikh and other religious processions.
I was correcting Rogers statement that in the UK you have no legal right to
carry an knife or sword.
Allan
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