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Prevention: Springmetmista amnesty: Offer in Hessen hardly used
Published on October 2, 2025
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The legal rules for dangerous jumpers have been tightened.If you have such a knife, you could hand it over until the beginning of October.What is the balance?
In Hesse, the amnesty for owners of illegal jumping knives met with little response.This has resulted in a dpa survey in municipalities and counties.For example, in Frankfurt, in Kassel, in Wiesbaden or in the Fulda district, none of the banned knives have been specified, as the respective authorities said.
In Darmstadt, a person made use of amnesty and handed in two knives, it said.In contrast, three illegal jumping knives had ended up in the Gießen district authority.
Illegal jumping knives could be handed over by October 1
Until October 1 of this year, illegal jumping knives could be handed over to the weapons authorities.With the amendment of the weapons law in autumn 2024, jumping knives with the side of the side of the side apply significantly stricter rules.
In the future, property will only be allowed under certain conditions, for example for rescue workers.The jumping knife, the blade whose blade quickly paused from the handle into a detectable position at the push of a button or lever, were generally banned according to the old legal situation.
Minister Poseck: Knife can quickly become a weapon
Hesse's Interior Minister Roman Poseck underlined the dangers of knives."The knife attacks in Mannheim, Solingen and Aschaffenburg have shown in a terrifying way how quickly a knife can become a weapon," said the CDU politician."The jumping knife is also part of it. According to the weapons law, it is classified as forbidden weapons. Knife and weapons have lost nothing in our city centers; they belong from trams, trains and buses."
Poseck referred to the preventive effect of weapon ban zones.According to the ministry, in Bad Hersfeld, Frankfurt, Fulda, Kassel, Limburg and Wiesbaden, weapon ban zones have already been set up in Hesse.There, more than 300 knives, including jumping knives, have been ensured since the beginning of the year.
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