Retailers to be required to report suspicious or bulk purchases of knives

<p>New raft of measures labelled Ronan’s law include tougher sentences for those caught selling blades to under-18s</p><p>Retailers will be required to report suspicious or bulk purchases of knives, and those caught selling blades to under-18s will face tougher sentences under a new raft of measures to clamp down on young people’s access to weapons labelled Ronan’s law.</p><p>Named after Ronan Kanda, the 16-year-old <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/09/family-of-murdered-wolverhampton-boy-call-for-ban-on-online-sales-of-knives">killed in Wolverhampton in 2022</a> by a teenager carrying a 22in ninja blade he had ordered online, the new laws are part of a raft of anti-knife crime plans announced by the government on Wednesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/19/retailers-to-be-required-to-report-suspicious-or-bulk-purchases-of-knives">Continue reading...</a>