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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Britain will limit sales of sulphuric acid and outlaw the sale of such corrosive substances to children after a spate of assaults and its possible use to make bombs, interior minister Amber Rudd said on Tuesday.

Much to public alarm, the number of incidents where assailants have used acid has risen sharply, with police figures suggesting there had been more than 400 corrosive substance attacks in the six months to April this year.

Many victims were left with serious, life-changing injuries as a result.

The proposed new laws will make it illegal to sell the most harmful corrosive substances to under-18s while the carrying of acid in public without good reason will be banned.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brita...s-idUSKCN1C817L

Jolly good. First we banned guns, so the bad guys switched to knives. Then we banned certain knives so everybody would be completely safe, and the bad guys have switched to acid. So we will ban acids and then, at last, everyone will be safe. That is until the bad guys pick a new method of attack which we can then ban and everybody will finally be...well, you know.

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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Britain will limit sales of sulphuric acid and outlaw the sale of such corrosive substances to children after a spate of assaults and its possible use to make bombs, interior minister Amber Rudd said on Tuesday.

Much to public alarm, the number of incidents where assailants have used acid has risen sharply, with police figures suggesting there had been more than 400 corrosive substance attacks in the six months to April this year.

Many victims were left with serious, life-changing injuries as a result.

The proposed new laws will make it illegal to sell the most harmful corrosive substances to under-18s while the carrying of acid in public without good reason will be banned.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brita...s-idUSKCN1C817L

Jolly good. First we banned guns, so the bad guys switched to knives. Then we banned certain knives so everybody would be completely safe, and the bad guys have switched to acid. So we will ban acids and then, at last, everyone will be safe. That is until the bad guys pick a new method of attack which we can then ban and everybody will finally be...well, you know.

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And yet, they haven't banned motor vehicles. but, give 'em time. They'll be repairing Roman roads so everyone can walk everywhere...