SocLibs: Knife law gone too far

Denmark has very strict laws on knives that can be carried in the public space. Here are some knives that have previously been  confiscated by police in an unrelated case, including a stanley knife (second from left). Archive.
Denmark has very strict laws on knives that can be carried in the public space. Here are some knives that have previously been confiscated by police in an unrelated case, including a stanley knife (second from left). Archive.
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The Social Liberal Justice Spokeswoman Lone Dybkjær says that a tightening of the weapons law has gone too far when a young man is sentenced to seven days in prison for having two work-related stanley knives in his vehicle.

“The proposal was crazy precisely because it could hit someone like this young man. When you are given a sentence of seven days in prison, you’re more or less finished in this society in a wide range of situations,” says Dybkjær, referring to the introduction of minimum sentences for weapons possession, which her party voted against.

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