Disgusted with this police state

[Tigger]

My Mr's bought me a small folding (good quality) knife over the internet from the Florida recently to take with me when fishing for the usual stuff...chopping up meat, cutting line etc as a gift for christmas. Anyway this morning a letter arrived stating that the knife had been confiscated by the UK border force agency and that's it, unless I want to go to court and pay all kinds of expences etc and then it's unlikely I'd get it back !!!

I'm shocked at this as you can go to any shop and buy big sheath knives, filleting knives etc etc with no problem but you can't buy one from abroad and get it cheaper !

The very same knife is for sale in hundreds of shops in the uk and they confiscate mine co's it's come from abroad........

 

 

I have had small knives in the past without hasstle...Gerber knives with scissors etc so why now just steel my property ?

Edited December 19, 2009 by Tigger

[Jim Roper]

I don't suppose the authorities have any reason to think you are a member of the BNP!

 

Are you a member of the Countryside Alliance?

 

They might like to help you.

[Tigger]

I don't suppose the authorities have any reason to think you are a member of the BNP!

 

Are you a member of the Countryside Alliance?

 

They might like to help you.

 

 

What's the BNP got to do with it ?

 

The point is I can go and buy the exact same knife or a much bigger knife over the counter in thousands of shops in the UK but to have one sent SAFELY through the post is illegal ? Beats me !

 

It strikes me some clown is just trying to justifie their job at the expence of others !

[Elton]

I bet you have bigger knives in your kitchen.

 

The whole knife thing pees me off - we're all classed as criminals these days just because of a few people who break the law and would have done so whatever the law on knives was.

[Jim Roper]

http://seorant.ath.cx/police/ladybird.html

[chesters1]

I bet you have bigger knives in your kitchen.

 

The whole knife thing pees me off - we're all classed as criminals these days just because of a few people who break the law and would have done so whatever the law on knives was.

 

the buggers will ban sawn off shotguns next

[Vagabond]

Tigger, write and ask what has become of the knife, and say you want proof it has been destroyed and not misappropriated by some employee of border control. Say the failure to provide such proof you will regard as evidence of theft.

 

Dunno how sound that is legally, but it might just jolt someone. Better than just sitting back and taking it.

[chevin]

Last year I wanted to send Bowie knives to two friends in the US. I parcelled up the first, completed the customs form and said that there was a knife in the parcel. The woman told me that I couldn't send a weapon in the post. I explained that it wasn't a weapon, just a knife. It was like talking to a brick wall. I took the parcel home, ripped off the customs dec, put on a new one and said the contents of the parcel were "Fishing Tackle (bait processor)". Oz post accepted the parcels and both of my US friends (Newt was one of them) received their knives a few days later.

[barry luxton]

Very good.

[Magi]

Add to this the fact that, to my knowledge, the average british policeman walks around with a CS Spray, A Tazer Gun and a trunchion ..... :blink:

 

If I had that lot on me I'd be arrested within 30 seconds !