Weapons ban softened to allow historical events (Mass. town bans knives over 2 1/2")

Boston Globe ^ | 3-27-2006

[sergeantdave]

Oh, darn! I had planned to vacation in Mass. this summer and stab people in the toes with my saber. Guess I'll stay home and do that.

[GreyFriar]

Don't forget to have the barbers turn in their sissors, those slim pointed blades are 4-6 inches long.

[SittinYonder]

They'll have to pry my fingernail clippers from my cold, dead, well manicured hands.

It's the government ... they'll be glad to.

[SittinYonder]

Oh, darn! I had planned to vacation in Mass. this summer and stab people in the toes with my saber.

LOL! You and I must've booked the same tour.

[Redbob]

"(State Trooper Mark F.)Blanchard said police have confiscated what he called a box full of 'scary weapons'..."

What sort of pansie state troopers do they have in Massachusetts?

[Joe 6-pack]

My jaw dropped at the same thing yours apparently did....these people are all acting like they want to go out of their way to thank the benevolent city fathers for allowing those few concessions...

...utterly, f_cking amazing.

[commish]

And people from massoftwoshits still wonder why we here in the South snicker when they tell us where they are from.

[Truth29]

This is probably sloppy reporting, but beyond the obvious silliness of the whole topic, I don't see any exemption for kitchen knives, garden tools and the like.

[George Smiley]

Heh.. most of the swords I've seen are 'ceremonial', whatever the hell that means, proudly displayed on the owners bedroom wall or dresser (amongst other ridiculous items).

My grandfather (who was a Colonel, USA) had a couple of "mock swords" that apparently were used for training and non-ceremonial occasions.

The blades were made of wood, possibly oak.

They're someplace at my dad's house, so I can't check them out at a moment's notice (he's 500 miles away).

[NaughtiusMaximus]

I guess hedge clippers qualify as weapons of mass destruction.

[Prysson]

But a Chef chopping knife is still illegal huh? Wow. Just when you thought they couldnt get any dumber.

[SittinYonder]

...utterly, f_cking amazing.

Exactly. So you're going to violate my rights? Thanks for not violating them all. So you're going to cut off some of my fingers. Thanks for not cutting off them all. You sure are swell, government.

[R. Scott]

However such weapons used in fishing, hunting, performing arts and job- or historical-related activities are allowed.

So my Bowie knife is allowed. My Scottish dirk is historical, so it too is allowed. It looks like the only edged weapons not allowed are the fantasy blades – “a knuckle knife in the shape of a Batman emblem with blades on its wings.”

[scooter2]

What do you expect in a state that keeps on electing the likes of Ted Kennedy and John Kerry?

[R. Scott]

So all former and retired military officers have to throw-out their swords?

“However such weapons used in fishing, hunting, performing arts and job- or historical-related activities are allowed.”
The military officers’ sword would have historical significance.

[kaboom]

This is just annother attack on the rights of undocumented workers who can't obtain a gun because the Federales requirement that they have proper ID for a gun purchase.

[Cagey]

I'm not so certain that is covered as they write: or historical-related activities are allowed.”

Some numb minded judge could say that sword hanging on your wall is not being used for any activity. "Turn it in!"

[orionblamblam]

Sikhs and Asatruar would seem to have a religious "out" here.

A wayfarer should not walk unarmed,
But have his weapons to hand:
He knows not when he may need a spear,
Or what menace meet on the road.

Heck, Christians would probably, too. The "He who does not ha a sword, sell your cloak and buy one" bit.

[little jeremiah]

What about grapefruit spoons? They're pretty sharp.

[Dead Corpse]

No. Not amazing. People have completely forgotten who we are supposed to be as a Nation.

Sad. Pathetic. Stupid. Dangerous...

But not amazing.