Is it legal to Carry a brass knuckles in Sweden?
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Legal position
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In Sweden, brass knuckles are dangerous objects. Possession of dangerous objects on a public place, within a school area, or in a vehicle on a public place is prohibited unless the possession is justified.
Conditions
What would need to be true
The restriction is explicit for public places, school areas, and vehicles on public places; a justified work or service-related possession can be exempt.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
The knife-law has a justification exception where the possession is considered befogat in the circumstances.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
Breaches of the knife-law can lead to a fine or imprisonment for up to one year, and gross offences can lead to imprisonment from six months to two years.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
Polismyndigheten enforces the knife-law, and Tullverket checks border movements for dangerous objects.
More rules in Sweden
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Buy a brass knuckles
In Sweden, brass knuckles are treated as dangerous objects. Official sources clearly say they may not be sold in retail and may not be imported without a special permit, but the sources reviewed do not cleanly state whether every adult buyer commits a separate offence in every purchase scenario.
Buy a pepper spray
In Sweden, tear-gas devices, pepper spray and similar products are covered by the Weapons Act, and the police say you need a police permit to have them. Licensing is very restrictive.
Buy a stun gun
In Sweden, hand-held devices intended to stun people or inflict pain with electric current are treated as firearm-equivalents under the Weapons Act. Official customs guidance classifies electric-shock weapons as stun guns, Tasers and similar devices.
Buy a taser
In Sweden, Tasers are treated as electric-shock weapons covered by the Weapons Act. Official customs guidance explicitly lists elchockvapen as including elpistol, taser and similar devices.
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Australia
Australia does not have one uniform civilian brass-knuckles rule. Victoria Police classifies a knuckle-duster as a prohibited weapon, and Victoria Police approval material says prohibited weapons generally require Chief Commissioner approval or an applicable exemption for purchase, possession, carriage or transport. Australian Border Force treats knuckle-dusters as weapons subject to border controls.
Austria
Austria classifies brass knuckles as prohibited weapons in category A. The official weapons overview says acquisition, possession and carrying of category A weapons are fundamentally prohibited.
Belgium
Belgian Justice lists American brass knuckles as prohibited weapons. Prohibited weapons cannot lawfully be possessed, bought, transported or carried by civilians.
Canada
Carrying brass knuckles is not lawful in Canada for the public because they are prohibited weapons.
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