Legal Weapons UK – Self Defence Weapons Law – What Is Legal

Possibly the very best form of UK legal weapon you have in your arsenal is you ability to KEEP QUIET and generally only tell other preppers who are in your prepping network – the more people who know you have good supplies of food and water, the bigger the risk to you and your family.

Well let me put it another way: They are mighty strict for the honest law abiding citizen like you and me, whereas the criminal, of course, doesn’t give monkeys about the law. Meaning they have the weapons, you are left defenceless….

Although UK law is quite specific, it still basically says that just about anything can be deemed as a dangerous, unlawful and offensive weapon in certain situations – so be aware, use that umbrella to attack someone, when all they did was poke their tongue out at you, and you could find yourself getting arrested..!

With regard to a generally considered ‘offensive weapon’, those situations are primarily, if you are carrying the weapon in a public place AND if you are caught carrying, what can be considered an offensive weapon, you’d better have a pretty dam good, convincing reason.

Otherwise – again, your nicked mate. – Along with CONFISCATION of the weapon and a huge fine, you risk an even bigger chance of imprisonment.

As an example – a prepper would only have a couple of GENUINE reason to be carrying around a razor sharp skinning knife, an axe or maybe a 8″ hunting knife – these are:

Of course, it must go with saying that concealment is the order of the day when taking an “offensive weapon” out into a public area and travelling from A to B.

Other than the above reasons, as a prepper, I don’t see any other need for that weapon to leave the confines of your own home and be carried around anywhere in public – it makes plain simple sense really. 

The laws in the United Kingdom are very strict on this and what the law books say about them can be found in the: Prevention of Crime Act 1953. Section 1 (1)

This Act is a law that was passed in 1953 and is currently undergoing changes being made to this law. But remember, just about anything can be deemed an offensive weapon if you try!

However, the law says: “Prohibition of the carrying of offensive weapons without lawful authority or reasonable excuse.”

So, first rule of ensuring you comply with the offensive weapons laws in the UK is, whatever type of weapons you decide to add to your survival kit – DO NOT TAKE THEM OUTSIDE IN A PUBLIC PLACE.

Keep them at home and if you wish to practice with them it must be on your own land or land where you have complete permission from the land owner [maybe a farm and you are helping to keep a vermin problem down by shooting rats with your air gun.]

If you do need to take any weapon within a public place then think twice about your reasons and ensure they are genuine and legitimate.

The UK Has Been Indoctrinated With A Fear Of Knives

The massive amounts of scare mongering and genuine fake news that revolves around knife crime, has now reached fever pitch.

Unfortunately folks, our rights are being eroded at an alarming rate. You’ll soon have to put in a written request to be allowed to fart before long…!

* It is, however, legal to carry a non lockable folding pocket knife or multi purpose tool provided the blade is below 3″ long and cannot be locked in the open position. BUT… there will still be times when you must have a reasonably good, valid reason to be carrying it. Because there are some situations where a pocket knife [carried legally or not] would not be acceptable to have in your pocket.
** Typically this would be entering a football ground – the ground would have its own rules and regulations regarding quite a few prohibited items.
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