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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Wheeler

Ministers urged to introduce gun-style licensing laws for machetes

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A gun-style licensing regime should be set up for machete owners, ministers have been told.

Conservative MP Anna Firth, whose predecessor Sir David Amess was fatally stabbed during a constituency surgery, made the call as she warned “reckless” retailers will seek to circumvent proposals to tighten knife laws in England and Wales.

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