British police ask citizens to narc on people buying hammers or other objects that could cause harm

Looks like if we’d just been patient and waited long enough, that whole American Revolution could have been a whole lot easier, seeing as the British have left guns behind and are confiscating gardening tools and building supplies that could be used as weapons.

Knife crime is a thing in the U.K., and police are serious about it. One police department posted a photo of scissors, needle-nose pliers, and a file found during a weapons sweep, and another police department posted a picture of potentially dangerous gardening tools that were seized.

And if the sight of Cookie Monster reaches your heart and convinces you that you don’t need that pocketknife, there are knife disposal bins around.

My favorite picture of England ever. pic.twitter.com/MhjO0JJdxf

— Weaponized Learn to Code Ranger (@mecantyping) April 11, 2018

So it’s no surprise at all to see Counter Terrorism Policing U.K. asking citizens to rat out anyone buying knives or hammers.

Look again ? …it could save lives.

If you see something suspicious, like someone buying knives, hammers and other objects that could be used to cause harm – ACT.

Reporting it won’t ruin lives, but it might save them ? https://t.co/BZWVlcLQ8t #ActionCountersTerrorism pic.twitter.com/TZ7PV4EHrl

— Counter Terrorism Policing UK (@TerrorismPolice) January 28, 2019

We did look again, and we saw a man at a hardware store putting a hammer in his shopping basket.

I was in the Bed Bath & Beyond parking lot and saw a woman with a suspicious quantity of throw pillows, possibly to go on a suffocation spree. I need the number of Interpol so I can alert the British authorities

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) January 29, 2019

Is this a joke? Are you guys joking? Please tell me you're joking.

Are you… locking people up over common, every day tools that almost any home owner has at least 2-3 of? Is this what you're doing across the ocean?

So if a baseboard comes up, uh… what do you use? https://t.co/AhG833s2DQ

— Oliver Campbell (@oliverbcampbell) January 29, 2019

My neighbour has a whole vanload of these dangerous weapons. I confronted him, but he claimed to be 'a carpenter' and said that I was 'nuts' – but that is just what a terrorist would say, right?

— Michael Zorzella (@MichaelZorzella) January 29, 2019

Was looking forwards to a new cutlery set from IKEA, thanks for stopping me going down a dark path.

— Luke Dornan (LKD70) (@lkdornan70) January 29, 2019

I renewed my hammer license today. I'm safe ??

— bleppy (@Bleppilicious) January 29, 2019

. . . unless the guy buying the hammer is Pakistani, in which case we'll arrest you for reporting it. https://t.co/blPuPafpqB

— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) January 29, 2019

Meanwhile, the UK's @TerrorismPolice want you to report suspicious activity, like if a bloke in a hardware store looks like he might buy a hammer. https://t.co/qybXukCQX8

— Danny Howard (@dannyman) January 29, 2019

"Oi, got a loicense for that hammer, bruv?"

This is why Americans will never accept anti-#2A gun bans. You can't legislate away free will and the government will never be satisfied while you still have access to hardware stores.

The UK is Clown Future. Don't let it happen here. https://t.co/WpovTaAQSc

— Jon Conley (@Jonathan_Conley) January 29, 2019

I have 4 hammers, 3 drills, a couple of sawblades and bandsaw and 17 screw drivers….and I know how to use them. Waiting for you guys to come knock on my door. No wonder the UK has so many terror attacks if you're so incompetent that you have time to waste bothering handymen. ? https://t.co/pJ5MlmSbOB

— Christian Lind (@aMusicVideoaDay) January 29, 2019

I wen to Home Depot! Holy crap! They have terror weapons RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN!!! https://t.co/AQl48e2hMU

— Roger and 27 others (@Roger247) January 29, 2019

A national registry for people who buy hammers? It's about time

— Jack Kemp (@9thHUDSec) January 29, 2019

I mean, if you have to keep banning and asking for people to look out for and changing the streets to prevent repeated attacks, maybe the problem isn't the tools??

— Christopher R Taylor (@KestrelArts) January 29, 2019

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