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Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:45 pm
by Sim G
Polchraine wrote:Does a Sword Stick comes under the hand in? Have one somewhere, I think, nothing special, just a cheap import from India.
Polchraine wrote:I should be a good boy then ... Wonder what they will give in exchange!
By the time I got a sympathetic antique dealer to write a valuation, I’d be getting a new rifle!!
Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:47 pm
by Polchraine
Airbrush wrote:
If you don’t have a receipt £30 I’ve seen mentioned.
£29 more than it is worth!
Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:34 pm
by bradaz11
I wonder how to get valuations for my assisted openers, that now appear to be flick knives from that wording
Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:51 pm
by tfb
k) the weapon sometimes known as a ‘blowpipe’ or ‘blow gun’, being a hollow tube out
of which hard pellets or darts are shot by the use of breath;
I wonder how many Mcdonalds straws they will let me hand in?
Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:32 pm
by meles meles
So, a box of drinking straws is about to make us a millionaire?
Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:02 pm
by walesdave
q) a straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheon (sometimes known as a baton);
100 wooden batons = £3000
Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:09 pm
by walesdave
.....not wanting to miss out on the £30 due....
does anyone have a spare Kershaw speedsafe torsion bar? One of my assisteds is bust at the moment....
Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:53 pm
by Charlotte the flyer
The Event wrote:
o) a disguised knife, that is any knife which has a concealed blade or concealed sharp
point and is designed to appear to be an everyday object of a kind commonly carried
on the person or in a handbag, briefcase, or other hand luggage (such as a comb,
brush, writing instrument, cigarette lighter, key, lipstick or telephone);
Do you think that those Victorinox credit card tools would come under this decription?
Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 12:09 pm
by meles meles
So, oomans, what's the current status of this piece of legislation ? Has it disappeared into a Covidial abyss of inactivity ? We had a peek around various Govt webpages butcan't ascertain whether it's been enacted and the compensation issue sorted yet.
Re: Offensive weapons act 2019 debacle
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:17 pm
by A.J.P.
As far as I'm aware, nothing new has been announced. Incredibly frustrating.