{"id":33190,"date":"2023-04-22T19:01:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T19:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33190"},"modified":"2023-04-23T16:27:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T16:27:57","slug":"only-professional-chefs-should-be-allowed-these-knives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33190","title":{"rendered":"Only Professional Chefs Should Be Allowed These Knives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2143,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Suella_Braverman&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260321143741\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Suella_Braverman&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:28:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:28:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2144,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.uk\\\/government\\\/consultations\\\/machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-proposed-legislation\\\/consultation-on-new-knife-legislation-proposals-to-tackle-the-use-of-machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-in-crime-accessible&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2145,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.dailymail.co.uk\\\/news\\\/article-11985279\\\/Kitchen-knives-able-seized-homes-suspected-criminals-Home-Office-plans.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2146,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.dailymail.co.uk\\\/news\\\/the-home-office\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2147,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.telegraph.co.uk\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/18\\\/kitchen-knives-seized-police-crackdown-dangerous-weapons&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2148,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.billhooks.co.uk&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260219030513\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.billhooks.co.uk\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:30:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:30:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2149,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/richardcarterltd.co.uk\\\/product-ranges\\\/slashers-and-bill-hooks\\\/double-edge-bill-hook1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250708023239\\\/https:\\\/\\\/richardcarterltd.co.uk\\\/product-ranges\\\/slashers-and-bill-hooks\\\/double-edge-bill-hook1\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:30:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:30:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-9-1024x731.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-9-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-9-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-9-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-9-640x457.png 640w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-9-940x671.png 940w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-9.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo from Sabatier Knives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You know how the anti-gun lobby says only the police or military should have access to certain firearms such as the AR-15 or handguns with standard capacity magazines? Well, it seems the Brits are planning to go beyond firearms to include things like chef&#8217;s knives, machetes, and &#8220;zombie knives&#8221;. Zombie knives are those that look &#8220;evil&#8221; or have markings on them that suggest violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British Home Secretary <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suella_Braverman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suella Braverman<\/a><\/strong> has issued a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-proposed-legislation\/consultation-on-new-knife-legislation-proposals-to-tackle-the-use-of-machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-in-crime-accessible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;consultation&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> which seeks to give police the power to seize knives found in the homes of suspects, ban other knives, and increase the penalty for selling, making, or importing &#8220;dangerous knives.&#8221; This is a predecessor to adopting new legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11985279\/Kitchen-knives-able-seized-homes-suspected-criminals-Home-Office-plans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Mail:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Kitchen knives could be seized from the homes of suspected criminals under a proposed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/the-home-office\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Home Office<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;plan.<\/p><p>Police will be consulted by ministers to allow them extra powers to &#8216;seize, retain and destroy bladed articles&#8217; kept in private, even if the knives are &#8216;not on the Home Office&#8217;s banned list of weapons&#8217;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Certain knives such as push daggers, swords, and butterfly knives are already bannned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rationale supposedly is due to &#8220;knife-enabled crime&#8221;. British police has seen an increase in stabbings along with a 17% increase in \u201cpossession of article with a blade or point\u201d&nbsp;crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/04\/18\/kitchen-knives-seized-police-crackdown-dangerous-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Chris Philp, the policing minister, said: \u201cToo often we hear from towns across England and Wales that another life has been lost to violence, often using large knives that have no legitimate use.&nbsp;<\/p><p>\u201cIt is time that we move to ban these dangerous weapons, which is the process we are starting today. We are also consulting on giving the police more powers to seize knives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So I guess professional chefs will now be required to keep their knives in locked cases and only farmers will be allowed to use tools like a machete. The average home gourmet cook will have to get by with unpointed (and probably dull) knives. Likewise, the home gardener who seeks to keep that bramble or hedge under control will need to use an electric string trimmer and not the &#8220;evil&#8221; and &#8220;dangerous&#8221; machete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder how soon before the Home Office goes after the quintessential British gardening tool called the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billhooks.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billhook<\/a><\/strong> like the double-edged one below from British gardening company <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richardcarterltd.co.uk\/product-ranges\/slashers-and-bill-hooks\/double-edge-bill-hook1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carters<\/a><\/strong> (established 1740)..<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33192\" width=\"251\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-10.png 440w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-10-132x300.png 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know how the anti-gun lobby says only the police or military should have access to certain firearms such&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6434,6438,6435,6436,1487],"class_list":["post-33190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-knife-law","tag-knife-enabled-crime","tag-suella-braverman","tag-uk-home-office","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33190"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33196,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33190\/revisions\/33196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}