handguns were made illegal in the uk in 1920.
handguns were made illegal in the uk in 1920.
when were handguns made illegal in the uk?
1920
in england and wales, marital rape was made illegal in 1991. the views of sir matthew hale, a 17th-century jurist, published in "the history of the pleas of the crown" (1736), stated that a husband cannot be guilty of the rape of his wife because the wife "hath given up herself in this kind to her husband, which she cannot retract"; in england and wales this would remain law for more than 250 years, until it was abolished by the appellate committee of the house of lords, in the case of "r v r" in 1991. in the netherlands marital rape was also made illegal in 1991. one of the last western countries to criminalize marital rape was germany, in 1997.
violence against women
in 2010, as its use became more prevalent, many countries passed legislation prohibiting mephedrone. it became illegal in croatia and germany in january, followed by romania and the isle of man in february. in march 2010, it was classified as an unregulated medicine in the netherlands, making the sale and distribution of it illegal. the importation of mephedrone into the uk was banned on 29 march 2010. the next day, the acmd in the uk published a report on the cathinones, including mephedrone, and recommended they be classified as class b drugs. on 7 april 2010, the misuse of drugs act 1971 (amendment) order 2010 was passed by parliament, making mephedrone and other substituted cathinones, class b drugs from 16 april 2010. prior to the ban taking effect, mephedrone was not covered by the misuse of drugs act 1971. it was, though, an offence under the medicines act to sell it for human consumption, so it was often sold as "plant food" or "bath salts", although it has no use as these products; this, too, was possibly illegal under the trade descriptions act 1968. in the us, similar descriptions have been used to describe mephedrone, as well as methylenedioxypyrovalerone (mdpv). in may 2010, the republic of ireland made mephedrone illegal, followed by belgium, italy, lithuania, france and norway in june and russia in july. in august 2010, austria and poland made it illegal and china announced it would be illegal as of 1 september 2010. mephedrone had been reported to be used in singapore in february 2010, but it was made illegal in november 2010. in december 2010, following the advice of the emcdda, mephedrone was made illegal throughout the eu, a move switzerland also made shortly afterwards. countries which have not already banned it, such as the netherlands, greece and portugal, will need to change legislation to comply with the eu ruling. in hungary, a government advisory body recommended mephedrone should be made illegal in august 2010, which was followed, making it illegal in january 2011; spain followed in february 2011. mexico, by decree, outlawed mephedrone as a substance "with low or no therapeutical use which pose a serious threat to public health" in 2014.
mephedrone