You may find this of interest. It includes proposals on acid, etc but also making it illegal to hold certain weapons privately.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/offensive-and-dangerous-weap...
You may find this of interest. It includes proposals on acid, etc but also making it illegal to hold certain weapons privately.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/offensive-and-dangerous-weap...
There is a proposed change to the law that means even having an “offensive weapon” in your own home, with no intention of using it, will be a criminal offense.
As I read it, this only applies to the items defined as offensive weapons here:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2019/made
There are quite a few “martial arts weapons” listened there, but none that people would generally practise with or own i.e. shuriken, balisong, kusari gama, etc are listed as offensive weapons, but sai, tonfa, etc are not.
So, while what is currently proposed would not affect Kobudo practitioners, it may be time for a clean out if collectors have any of the listed weapons. I can’t imagine many do, but you never know.
This proposed change would seem to be a good one:
This seems like a good idea too:
All the best,
Iain