Knuckledusters, knives and phone firearms found in UK Parliament haul

KNUCKLEDUSTERS, imitation firearms and even a meat cleaver are among the array of weaponry visitors have attempted to bring into the British Parliament, The Sunday Times newspaper reports. 
 
MPs in the Palace of Westminster are used to the cut and thrust of political debate - and a security crackdown has turned up an impressive haul of blades.
Some 371 knives were recovered between January 2009 and September 2011, along with a cosh (a blunt metal stick used as a weapon) and a truncheon, the broadsheet reported, citing information obtained from the Parliamentary authorities.

This year, in July, one person attempted to bring a catapult into the lower House of Commons.

In August 2010, a visitor tried to smuggle a meat cleaver past security while another member of the public tried to gain access carrying a bullet.   Full Read