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[UK] Purchasing an Baton in the UK (self.LegalAdviceUK)

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Recently I was on a trip to Prague, where I purchased a baton. It was fun playing around with it a bit in the hotel room, but I Googled it and found out it was illegal to import it into the UK so had to dispose of it before the flight back.

I want to purchase a baton in the UK. This would always stay in my house, in a difficult to reach area.

I am buying it purely for entertainment, I would never use it even if a burglar entered my house.

However it is classed as an offensive weapon in the UK. I am wondering if it is legal to purchase, and own a baton in the UK? Here is a website that sells it: http://www.security-discount.com/products/en/Batons-Tonfa/Expandable-baton-WALTHER-Defense-Line-Lightweight-22-incl-holster.html

I feel like it is a little bit of a unclear area, as I'm not carrying it in public which is obviously illegal, and I'm not the one importing it which is also illegal.

Any clarity on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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[–]for_shaaame 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

As per the comment by /u/beachcomberfife, it's illegal to import extendable batons to the UK.

and I'm not the one importing it which is also illegal.

If it's being sent into the UK to fill an order placed by you, then you are importing it.

Be wary of SDG - I know from prior experience (of prosecuting people who import weapons from them) that they will happily take your money and ship you a product, knowing that it will be intercepted by customs on entry into the UK and you will never receive it.

[–]beachcomberfife 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 provides that it is an offence to manufacture, sell or hire, offer for sale or hire, expose or have in his possession for the purpose of sale or hire of or lending or giving to any other person certain specified weapons. The Criminal Justice Act (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 (S.I 1998/2019) (as amended) provides that the following are specified weapons for the purpose of section 141:

J. the weapon sometimes known as a ‘telescopic truncheon’, being a truncheon which extends automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to its handle;

Q. a straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheon (sometimes known as a baton);

The prohibition does not apply to weapons of the above description which are antiques. For these purposes a weapon is an antique if it was manufactured more than 100 years before the date of any alleged offence having been committed.

Section 141(4) provides that the importation of a weapon to which section 141 applies is prohibited. Breach of this prohibition is an offence under section 50 (2) and (3) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/186911/Knives_and_offensive_weapons_information_GDS_FAQ.pdf