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If anyone wonders why, it is because the UK over here has a little legal loophole where carrying acid in any reasonable (non-truckload) amount is not in any way a criminal or incriminating act, where-as guns, knives, and loads of other things are.

What is sad is it's taking so long for policians to wake up and realise that some non-scientist carrying a huge jug of acid in a backpack is kinda obviously incriminating...

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so carrying a shopping bag with domestic drain cleaner inside is obviously incriminating? and carrying a shopping bag with a new knife set is incriminating?

If you're young, in an area with frequent attacks, moving with a gang, and not on a trajectory from the store to the location of your claimed clogged drain, then yes, I'd say it's pretty incriminating.

Street officers are usually pretty experienced and capable of making a judgement whether this should be looked into further. If needed, the evidence and circumstances can be reviwed in court.

It's not an all or nothing situation. We're capable of nuance.

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