Proposed legislation on the use of knives and other bladed weapons could include a ban on “machetes and other knives designed to look menacing and with no practical use”.
A seven-week consultation, launched today (18 April), also seeks views on increasing the maximum penalty for selling bladed articles to under 18s from six months to two years.
The same increase would apply to the offences of importation, manufacture, sale and supply of prohibited offensive weapons if the proposals are passed.
Patrick Green, chief executive of the Ben Kinsella Trust said the charity, which was set up following the murder of 16-year-old Ben in Islington, north London, in 2008, “welcomes” the consultation.
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