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The United Kingdom has very strict rules regarding gun ownership, and handguns were banned in 1997.
In recent years, the U.K. has been plagued with knife attacks, with many of them being committed by Islamic migrants.
Now the British government has reacted by cracking down on knife sales.
From Breitbart: In response to the knife crime epidemic in Britain, the Labour Party government has announced new and stricter penalties for online retailers for the sale of knives to minors or the sale of banned blades.
The UK Home Office said on Wednesday that the government will introduce new restrictions against online retailers for the sale and supply of knives. Dubbed “Ronan’s Law” in commemoration of 16-year-old Ronan Kanda, who was murdered with a knife in 2022 by fellow schoolmate Prabjeet Veadhesa, the legislation will increase the current jail sentence of six months for selling knives to minors to up to two years.
The penalty could apply to either the “individual who has processed the sale or a CEO of the company,” the Home Office said in a statement. The two-year sentence will also apply to retailers who sell or supply recently banned weapons, such as “zombie-style” knives.
Additionally, online retailers will be required to inform police of any “suspicious-looking purchases of knives on their platforms” to prevent resales of their products on social media. Furthermore, the Home Office said that following a consultation later this year, the government will also consider implementing a registration scheme for online retailers, which could restrict the sale of knives to only “responsible sellers”.
‘Ronan’s Law’ will see the toughest crackdown yet on knife sales online. The government’s announcement to introduce “Ronan’s Law” is very welcome. It should form part of a wider package of new legislation and measures to crackdown on the supply of weapons. https://t.co/saGiC2yNQp
— Bedfordshire PCC (@BedsPCC) February 19, 2025
Online retailers will be forced to ask anyone buying a knife for two types of identification under government plans to prevent under-age sales in the wake of the Southport knife attack.
Sally had more details on #BBCBreakfast https://t.co/aLVJMQwbSq pic.twitter.com/82RcggB5A8
— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) January 22, 2025
Ronan Kanda’s brutal murder, a result of knives bought illegally online, should never have happened.
Working with his family, my government promised the toughest crackdown yet on knife sales online – and that’s exactly what we will deliver.https://t.co/ZXp2CKz0Lr
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) February 19, 2025
UK Labour Gov’t Announces Crackdown on Online Retailers to Combat Knife Crime Among Minorshttps://t.co/LMKPqWtGf9
This has to be satire!! Are these people really this stupid? Banning knives? What’s next?
— Chris (@HelmerChris) February 21, 2025
In August, a man carrying multiple knives and a Quran was detained by the public as he tried stabbing random people in London.
Man carrying multiple knives and a Quran is detained by the public as he tried stabbing random people in the Clerkenwell area of London. pic.twitter.com/Hb9VPsWVSq
— 𝕏 (@XcuseeMePlease) August 25, 2024
On Friday evening, a knife attack just occurred in Berlin, Germany near a Holocaust memorial. The media claimed, “There was no indication yet of motive for the attack.” Reportedly, multiple people were stabbed, one critically.
Breaking News from Germany
A knife attacker has gone on the rampage in Berlin injuring several people next to the Holocaust memorial and a second person was arrested earlier for attempting an attack on the Israeli embassy..
Now tell me JD Vance was wrong? pic.twitter.com/sywsRdHaFv— Make Britain Great Again (@UkandNireland) February 21, 2025
Details about the attacker are still unconfirmed. The media is still reporting that a manhunt is underway for the suspect, while others are reporting that a suspect has been arrested.
🚨BREAKING🚨
Stabbing in Berlin.
24 year old of migrant background arrested.
When will this terror end? pic.twitter.com/qwiT17lym6
— The Last True Roman (@LastTrueRoman) February 21, 2025
German police are searching for a knifeman after at least one person was seriously injured in a stabbing next to the Holocaust memorial in Berlinhttps://t.co/Cg5d8gUJwk
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 21, 2025
Knife attack outside Berlin Holocaust memorial leaves one injured https://t.co/GfrSAtuLWt
— The Independent (@Independent) February 21, 2025
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