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.
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