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US tourist arrested in seaside town ‘because he didn’t understand UK laws’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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Police arrested an American tourist who admitted to openly carrying a knife on a British beachfront.

The man had reportedly been as he sunbathing in Herne Bay on Thursday when locals reported to Kent Police that he was carrying a knife.

The American reportedly told officers he came from an open-carry state in the US, claiming he had the blade for protection and was unaware he could not carry it in public in the UK.

After being arrested on suspicion of possessing a knife, he was handed a community resolution where British law around knife crime was “fully explained to him”, police said.

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It is believed the tourist had picked up the steak knife from the kitchen of his rental property close to the coastline on Thursday April 3.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's the random stabbings that these laws are targeting. A lot of wannabe gangster teenagers in cities will carry a knife on them all day "for protection", and if they happen to get into a fight the knife inevitably gets used. It could also be argued that carrying a knife gives them the confidence to escalate a situation into a fight in the first place, foolishly thinking that they can "win" without considering that the other guy might also have one until it's too late.

Of course, that's not the only thing that's required, as it's a cultural problem that needs to be destroyed, but it at least does something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I was under the impression that knife fights rarely end without both parties injured. I dont quite get the draw of it over something like a bat or piece of pipe.