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Be Careful With That Sword In Your Shorts
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| 02/12/11
| Sasparilla
Posted on 02/12/2011 12:57:27 PM PST by Sasparilla
When and where is a decorative sword stuffed in your shorts considered a weapon? Never in Saskatchewan anyway. A Canadian Appeals Judge has held that reasonable doubt existed when a man who bought a decorative sword from a friend and stuffed in his shorts to take it home because he didn’t have a bag or backpack to put it in. Teran Laplante was charged with carrying a concealed weapon when someone complained to police that he saw him with a black handled sword in a sheath in his shorts. The Appellate Judge held that the decorative sword that the man had in his shorts didn’t fit the definition of a weapon in the applicable criminal code. The man was previously found not guilty of the crime, but the prosecutors appealed to this higher court. The Judge said that the prosecutors failed to prove the sword was designed to cause harm.
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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: banglist; sword; thingsinpants
To: Sasparilla
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:00:46 PM PST
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: Sasparilla
Female TSA agent to man:
“So...is that a sword in your shorts, or are you just happy to see me?”
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:02:07 PM PST
by
Christian4Bush
(Happy New Year. Less than 675 days until we vote out the chaff.)
To: Christian4Bush
"Female TSA agent"?
You are guilty of prejudice, why wouldn't a male TSA agent say that?
I know, ew, i just had to say it.
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:11:17 PM PST
by
exnavy
(May the Lord grant our troops protection and endurance.)
To: Sasparilla
5
posted on
02/12/2011 1:11:53 PM PST
by
paddles
("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:18:32 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Sasparilla
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:22:56 PM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: Fiddlstix; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Another Ron Jeremy thread?
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:23:26 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Sasparilla
when someone complained to police that he saw him with a black handled sword in a sheath in his shortsIt's truly remarkable what people will call the cops over. What a loser.
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:23:53 PM PST
by
Minn
To: Sasparilla
The man was previously found not guilty of the crime, but the prosecutors appealed to this higher court. It seems Canadians have as much respect for double jeopardy protection as they do for free speech.
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:25:53 PM PST
by
Minn
To: Sasparilla
“The man was previously found not guilty of the crime, but the prosecutors appealed to this higher court.”
And this doesn’t fall under the category of “double jeopardy” how?
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:26:38 PM PST
by
bitterohiogunclinger
(Proudly casting a heavy carbon footprint as I clean my guns ---)
To: Sasparilla; Slings and Arrows
♫ "Oh, What does a Saskatchewan have under his shorts?" ♫
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:34:39 PM PST
by
paulycy
(Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Was he wearing a puffy shirt?
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:44:44 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(When all you have is bolt cutters & vodka everything looks like the lock on Wolf Blitzer's boathouse)
To: Sasparilla
Be Careful With That Sword In Your Shorts That's what she said.
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:49:28 PM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
To: bitterohiogunclinger
No such thing as double jeopardy in Canada. That’s one of the reasons we had that little unpleasantness with His Majesty a few years ago.
To: Sasparilla
Be Careful With That Sword In Your Shorts
I wish I had a dollar everytime someone said that to me. Why, I’d be...well - to tell the truth - I’d be flat broke.
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posted on
02/12/2011 1:58:03 PM PST
by
Sapper26
(Political Refugee From the Obamanation)
To: Sasparilla
As a retired editor/writer, it irritates me when so many stories begging for an illustrative photo - don't provide them. I suspect sheer laziness.
To: Christian4Bush
SO old it ceased to be humerous long ago
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
02/14/2011 7:30:26 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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