years and years ago a friend of mine got pulled over and an officer tried to charge him for having a concealed blade above the legal dimensions becuase he had a machete he'd been using to do some yard work for someone sitting in the car and they took a bunch of of his woodworking tools as well. it set a state precident that's basically the complete inverse making it clear that seizure of work tools as weapons like this is illegal and its been cited by defense in multiple other cases over the years. i still don't understand how this works in the uk though. can they really just come into someone's home and search it without probable cause? becuase that's what these sweeps make it seem like.
United States