Natural History Museum security

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bosseyed wrote: »

This is hilarious - you've actually been sitting there measuring your screen on the confident assumption that just because its on your monitor its at 1:1 scale?

Theres is nothing about that picture that can give you any inkling to the scale of those knives, so to 'measure' them on your screen and then confidently pronounce them illegal is one of the daftests things I've heard said on this forum

And, my views. Personally, as long as they're legal, which they are, the OP can carry as many as he likes. You could kill someone with a pen if you wanted to, just because its called a knife doesn't make it a likely tool for a stabbing.

And to drag things back on topic (kicking and screaming) - those security checks are a pointless exercise, a swift flash of a torch in a bag is hardly a decent level of security. Reminds me of going through customs in the Gambia once with a friend years ago, he was frisked down by a bored security guard who completely missed the penknife in his pocket.

that reminds me of a rather hilarious moment coming homr from Greece where my friend had bought a cheap (realistic looking) BB gun on holiday for a laugh and didnt think about putting it in his suitcase when bringing it back with him. Cue us remembering about it just as his case is going through x-ray, we can all see a massive white gun-shaped blob on the screen in the middle of the suitcase as the security guard in front of the screen pays more attention to some girl standing next to him. Came back to the UK with it in there, collected it and left the airport at the other ends (a major airport, newcastle) without any problems at all!

CyCo_2

bosseyed wrote: »

This is hilarious - you've actually been sitting there measuring your screen on the confident assumption that just because its on your monitor its at 1:1 scale?

Theres is nothing about that picture that can give you any inkling to the scale of those knives, so to 'measure' them on your screen and then confidently pronounce them illegal is one of the daftests things I've heard said on this forum

I couldn't agree more. I've just viewed the photo on the 42" plasma screen at work and it looks more like a sword than a knife

This has got to be one of the best threads I've ever read!

shaun_from_Africa

Just make sure that you don't accidentally drop that 42" plasma on someones head.

That's a potentially lethal weapon you're in control of there!

CyCo_2

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Just make sure that you don't accidentally drop that 42" plasma on someones head.

That's a potentially lethal weapon you're in control of there!

Round here we are more worried about it being stolen. Which is why it's bolted into a recess in the wall with 4 metal bars secured infront as to restrict access to the back of it.

If only I had a pen-knife to dig away at the concrete fixing them in place!

shaun_from_Africa

Round here we are more worried about it being stolen.

I used to work in a place like that!

pinkduvetdiva

So, how was the NHM?:D

melancholly

so just to check, we have a major problem in inner cities with knife crime, but as long as they're above a certain age, any kid in a gang can carry around multiple knifes legitimately?! because if it's ok for me to apparently carry one around, it must be ok for them to..... i'm less fussed about the rest of the arguements on here but kind of surprised that that's the law.

Azari

melancholly wrote: »

so just to check, we have a major problem in inner cities with knife crime, but as long as they're above a certain age, any kid in a gang can carry around multiple knifes legitimately?! because if it's ok for me to apparently carry one around, it must be ok for them to..... i'm less fussed about the rest of the arguements on here but kind of surprised that that's the law.

You need to think it through logically.

What is the point of banning people from carrying around small penknives when they can legally carry many, many, things that are much more dangerous?

It is dailymailism of the worst kind to want to implement a kneejerk reaction of banning something that is not particularly dangerous just because larger, differently configured, versions are dangerous in the wrong hands.

melancholly

Azari wrote: »

You need to think it through logically.

What is the point of banning people from carrying around small penknives when they can legally carry many, many, things that are much more dangerous?

It is dailymailism of the worst kind to want to implement a kneejerk reaction of banning something that is not particularly dangerous just because larger, differently configured, versions are dangerous in the wrong hands.

i get that you can use anything as a weapon.... but what's the point of stop and search in inner cities if they can only remove guns, not knives, which are the main source of the problem? it seems like a disjointed policy iyswim.

CWCDiver

melancholly wrote: »

i get that you can use anything as a weapon.... but what's the point of stop and search in inner cities if they can only remove guns, not knives, which are the main source of the problem? it seems like a disjointed policy iyswim.

The law says that you can carry a knife with a blade length of less than three inches providing it folds (like a Swiss Army Knife). And you can carry a knife with a longer blade, or a locking blade providing you have a reasonable excuse, such as you need it for work, national costume, religious reasons or for leisure.

Stop and search in inner cites removes many knives, most of which are cheap carving style knives, or chopping knives bought from discount shops. These are the types of knife most often used in the execution of crimes.