Knives which were bought by children during a Trading Standards and police operation Pic: Lancashire County Council New tougher laws came in to crackdown on
Eldon Primary School vows to fight damning Ofsted report and slams ‘small number of parents’New tougher laws came in to crackdown on so-called ‘zombie-knives’ as well as introducing a ‘responsible retailer scheme’ for knife sales.
A zombie knife is more than eight inches in length and has a serrated edge, spikes or more than two sharp points.Lancashire’s trading standards service has carried out test purchases, using teenage volunteers, to see whether stores across Preston and Lancashire are abiding by laws around knife sales.24 attempts to buy a knife by those under-age were successful.
“I welcome the legislation banning zombie-style knives and machetes, and the county council will continue to work with the police to do all it can to keep knives off our streets. Any shop can currently sell knives but the county council says it will bring in a ‘responsible retailer scheme for those that sell them.’
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