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[First Aspect]

You can get a keyring one which also has a comb. This then covers two of the five things a Sikh man needs. Less effective for murdering someone on your doorstep though.

I had read that the murder weapon did not fall within the religious exemption. On which basis it was man with a knife who just happened to to be Sikh, rather than an problem with kirpans.

 

[Psamathe]

You can get a keyring one which also has a comb. This then covers two of the five things a Sikh man needs. Less effective for murdering someone on your doorstep though.

But politicians talking about "religious exemptions" to permit the kirpan. If a keyring (regulation compliant) one meets the religious requirement then why do we need these exemptions being talked about.

 

[PurplePenguin]

But politicians talking about "religious exemptions" to permit the kirpan. If a keyring (regulation compliant) one meets the religious requirement then why do we need these exemptions being talked about.

I suspect a keyring one doesn't work for everyone

 

[Psamathe]

But politicians talking about "religious exemptions" to permit the kirpan. If a keyring (regulation compliant) one meets the religious requirement then why do we need these exemptions being talked about.

I suspect a keyring one doesn't work for everyone

Surely it comes down to religious requirement. If a keyring one meets the requirement then some saying "I want a bigger one" is just "UK has laws, obeying those laws not a matter of choosing which you like".

Similarly if a kirpan with no edge or no point complies with UK knife laws and religious requirement then no exemption required.

 

[C R]

I suspect a keyring one doesn't work for everyone

Tough.

 

[briantrumpet]

I suspect a keyring one doesn't work for everyone

Ian Dunt asked the Reform person on LBC panel programme last how many kirpans had been used in murders, as Reform is calling for a ban. Answer came there none, so I suspect none have been used in murders up till now, so there would be a question of proportionality.