The government is planning to outlaw zombie knives and some types of machete in England and Wales and says those buying or selling them could face up to two years in jail.
The Home Office has opened to public consultation the plan to outlaw blades that are “designed to look menacing” and “with the intention to threaten,” but there have been questions about how difficult it might be to interpret any potential legislation.
In February official figures revealed the number of people who had died in England and Wales as a result of a bladed instrument had risen a record level of 280 between April 2021 and March 2022, and many of the lethal weapons were machetes or zombie knives….