In 2016, zombie knives and machetes were banned but, staying one step ahead, manufacturers changed the way they made the blades to get around the definition given. Until the end of the month, zombie knives and machetes are technically legal to own as long as they don't have images depicting violence on their handles.
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00:00OK, got a knife here, I think. Knife in the waistband.
00:06On the 24th of September, the Offensive Weapons Act will come into force. Designed by the
00:10previous Conservative government, the legislation will close a previous loophole that allowed
00:15people to keep zombie knives legally. In 2016, zombie knives and machetes were banned, but
00:21staying one step ahead, manufacturers changed the way they made the blades to get around
00:25the definition given. Until the end of the month, zombie knives and machetes are technically
00:29legal to own, as long as they don't have images depicting violence on their handles.
00:34The new Offensive Weapons Act will bring an end to the loophole, but many believe that
00:38even the new law won't go far enough to reduce knife crime. Hayley Ryle, the mother of Mikey
00:43Roynan who was just 16 when he was stabbed to death at a party, said, I wish the government
00:48would ask us what we need and listen to us because we're the ones living with it. Knives
00:53will still be available to get a hold of, it might not be a zombie knife, it could be
00:56a kitchen knife, or it could be anything.