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Therefore, in this proposed new clause, I suggest up to 10 years for anyone aged over 18 found in a public place with any of these particularly dangerous offensive weapons. There is no excuse for them, and we can assume that, if someone is carrying one of these in the street—a machete, a zombie knife or any of these things—then their purpose is for criminal intent. For 14 to 18 year-olds, I suggest up to five years in an appropriate young person’s detention centre. That may sound harsh for juveniles, but let us not look at under-18 year-olds through rose-tinted spectacles. They are now the main users of machetes, and we have to deal firmly with them too. There is no excuse to have a zombie knife anywhere in the world.