Lock Knife E Petition - THREAD FOR DISCUSSION POINTS

[CWMMAN3738]

Common sense is sadly lacking in the under40's it seems I had an incident once of being stopped & arrested & cautioned (you dont have to say anything,etc)for having a knife in the side pocket of my drivers door untill I pointed out when I could get a word in that he'd look a bit stupid booking me for that with 2 rifles & a shotgun on the back seat in slips under our jackets. Many appolagies followed and occashional meetings now take place with said officer whilst I'm out shooting if he's about, another educated fellow, 1 up for common sense.

For anyone whose occupation (whether full or even part time second career) is stalking, there is an absolute dispensation for knives which are work related, if you have it for work, you're in the clear - and there is caselaw that has supported this defence even if you had it for work and left it in your jacket and forgot it was there (DPP vs Chatal)

more difficult for purely recreational stalkers, in that it would be considered under the 'good reason' test - I'd maintain that it would depend on the circumstances, if you lived in London, hadn't been stalking for six months but kept it in the car, then you would have more of a case to make than someone who was stalking regularly and maybe lived in the sticks, and likewise it would be different if you had it in the front drivers door bin, rather than in glovebox, or in the boot in a bag of outdoors kit or stalking jacket.

Again, circumstances would play a part - done for speeding having been out foxing is different from stopped late at night with a barrel of red diesel in the back of your transit and a knife in your pocket

all reeks of common sense to me!