If you're a "conservative canuck" I guess you'd need the sword and the axe since the government up there has pretty much taken away your firearms, haven't they?
Actually mine are not registered and well hidden, and it's quite common for a certain Asian segment of Canadian society to attack each other with machette's and axes...Usually related to drugs. Happened quite a bit where I'm from...
Nah. We just have to register 'em. Firearms just don't satisfy the blood-lust the same way. I prefer this method of execution. Not only is the sword excellent at piercing their cold hearts, this allows plenty of time to look into their eyes and call them motherf&%$ing dogs and tell them how you will have your way with their sisters before they die and go to Hell. They can then see the life seeping out of them into the dust before the axe efficiently relieves them of their heads to roll in the mud and be devoured by jackels.