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Right, let's settle this matter - a very quick search revealed an interesting
site (http://members.aol.com/knivesuk/law.htm) which suggests it was indeed
in 1959 that flick-knives were banned, largely as a result of the kind of
kneejerk moral panic with which
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Flick knives
have been banned for 30 years.
The copper in the prog said they had been banned since
1971, I thought they had been banned since the 50's?
Possibly the prevention of crime act 1953?
Jonathan Laws
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I have been told in the past they were banned in
From: "David M", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I did think when they showed the flick knife and
the butterfly knife that was a prime example of
why knife bans are a waste of time. Flick knives
have been banned for 30 years.
Longer than that I think. I remember going to Lake Como on a school trip in
1964
