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At lunchtime I got asked whether I was over 18 when buying a corkscrew. Is this normal?

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Date: 2007-07-11 03:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pseudomonas.livejournal.com
Was it a corkscrew with a knife attached? (though I thought knives was 16)

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Date: 2007-07-11 03:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ewx.livejournal.com
It does, yes; that could be it.

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Date: 2007-07-11 06:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vyvyan.livejournal.com
This reminds me that I was able to buy a penknife with a 3-inch blade when I was seven, unaccompanied in the shop. Heh.

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Date: 2007-07-11 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scat0324.livejournal.com
It needn't be a knife, it could be "any other article [...] which is sharply pointed (http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=criminal+justice+act&Year=1988&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=2116646&ActiveTextDocId=2116825&filesize=5719)", and the minimum age was changed to 18 (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2006/60038--e.htm#43).

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Date: 2007-07-11 03:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pseudomonas.livejournal.com
The any-other-article bit requires "made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person."

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Date: 2007-07-11 03:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scat0324.livejournal.com
Oh yes, missed that. Was really looking for the 16->18 legislation and noticed that in passing.

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