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The first concerns an exemption for Crown forces, visiting forces and visiting emergency services. Some museums, such as the Metropolitan Police’s Crime Museum, hold flick-knives. However, the public are not allowed access, so such museums do not have an exemption to hold those knives; you might think that that is ironic, but it does make their possession illegal. That museum holds old flick-knives from notorious historic criminals, but the lack of access to the public means that they cannot afford themselves the defence that is available in law.