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Ban on imitation Samurai swords(UK Barf Alert)
BBC News International Version ^
| 12/12/07
| BBC News
Posted on 12/15/2007 4:14:38 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Imitation Samurai swords are to be banned after a spate of attacks in the UK, say ministers.
The Home Office has confirmed plans to outlaw the weapons in England and Wales after putting forward the idea earlier this year.
Home Office minister Vernon Coaker said there was a clear danger to the public posed by easily-available swords.
The proposal is expected to stop short of banning genuine Japanese swords held by collectors or genuine enthusiasts.
In March 2007 the Home Office proposed banning imitation Samurai swords after representations from both MPs and the public. Ministers in Scotland had proposed a similar move in 2006.
Calls for a ban came after a number of high-profile incidents in which cheap Samurai-style swords had been used as a weapon.
The Home Office estimates there have been some 80 attacks in recent years involving Samurai-style blades, leading to at least five deaths.
While genuine Samurai swords are part of Japanese history and change hands for large sums of money, there is a trade in imitation blades which can be bought over the internet for as little as £35.
Under the proposals, the government will ban the import, sale and hire of Samurai swords from April 2008.
Anyone breaching the ban will face six months in jail and a £5,000 fine.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; nannystate; samurai; swords
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What a pathetic nanny state England has become. Soon it will be plastic knives and forks and the entire country will be paved over so citizens can't have access to deadly stones.
To: Oshkalaboomboom
I wonder if the ban includes pointed sticks.
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posted on
12/15/2007 4:23:09 AM PST
by
MrPiper
To: Oshkalaboomboom
I don’t guess they are banning authentic Samurai swords. What about their own homegrown swords?
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posted on
12/15/2007 4:24:54 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: MrPiper
I’m bookmarking this. A classic example of what happens when people give up their freedom to government.
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posted on
12/15/2007 4:34:51 AM PST
by
Toadman
((molon labe))
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Ban guns, use knives, ban knives, use swords, ban swords, use bombs, hey wait, bombs are banned. OK then we have to ban the bomb ingredients you can buy at Home Depot, now you are talking. BTW one of the best materials to make a knife or sword out of is an old car leaf spring -- Good old carbon steel. If you are into that, they are easy to make, all you need is a cheap grinder to make a servicable kife or big sword. Look at it this way, they have been making knives for 1000s of years, how hard can it be. Buck knives started with car springs, as did Marbles Knives. Make your own sword. ... The ridiculous liberals, they never see the light, not worth trying to fix them., I am convinced, liberalism is a disease.
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posted on
12/15/2007 4:54:49 AM PST
by
Tarpon
To: MrPiper
The war was great fun until....
They started throwing rocks and pointed sticks, LOl
That is a butchered qoute from tv show Dinosaurs (not enough coffee as yet)
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posted on
12/15/2007 5:17:23 AM PST
by
Nailbiter
To: Oshkalaboomboom
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posted on
12/15/2007 5:20:02 AM PST
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: Tarpon
The ridiculous liberals, they never see the light, not worth trying to fix them., I am convinced, liberalism is a disease. I would say mental "disorder" ie, whackjob sick-o, but that may be just a matter of semantics.
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posted on
12/15/2007 5:38:17 AM PST
by
TLI
( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
The Manager of Ye Olde Samurai Crumpet Shoppe had this to say:
"hachimitsu wo moratta kuma no pu-san wa katajikenai to iimashita sessha wa kuma no pu-san no youjinbou de gozaru"
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posted on
12/15/2007 5:56:34 AM PST
by
Manic_Episode
(Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
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posted on
12/15/2007 6:26:07 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(<the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
What a pathetic nanny state England has become. Soon it will be plastic knives and forks and the entire country will be paved over so citizens can't have access to deadly stones.As the owner of a very genuine and expensive Samuri Sword, I personally wish that they would just ban these cheap imitations altogether. They are literally garbage and can be easily gotten by almost anyone. Those of us that have the real thing would never use the sword for anything other than keeping in our own personal collection.
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posted on
12/15/2007 6:27:11 AM PST
by
JEC
((Pray for ALL our troops))
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Right!!! Well then... henceforth, all things sharp will be banned, and all things pointy shall also be banned, and anything that is sharp AND pointy is right out!!!
Also, things that are blunt are banned, and things that are heavy are banned, and things that are blunt AND heavy are RIGHT OUT AS WELL!!!
Well, lets see... that about cover it then???
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posted on
12/15/2007 6:27:39 AM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
In the UK they Rock and Roll for Knife Control! SERIOUSLY, scissors are NEXT on the banned list! Janet Reno wanted to do the same thing here, you may remember, and requested copies of British laws to help fit them into the US Code of Federal Statutes.
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posted on
12/15/2007 7:01:39 AM PST
by
2harddrive
(...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
To: JEC
As the owner of a very genuine and expensive (gun), I personally wish that they would just ban these cheap imitations altogether. They are literally garbage and can be easily gotten by almost anyone. Those of us that have the real thing would never use the (gun) for anything other than keeping in our own personal collection.
How does that sound??
To: Tarpon
all you need is a cheap grinder to make a servicable kife or big sword Well then, obviously they need to take away cheap Saturday-night grinders too.
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posted on
12/15/2007 7:19:42 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: JEC
I personally wish that they would just ban these cheap imitations altogether. When they came for the cheap swords I said nothing, for I did not own a cheap sword.
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posted on
12/15/2007 7:22:05 AM PST
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
neutered nanny-state bump..........
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posted on
12/15/2007 7:34:26 AM PST
by
indthkr
To: armymarinemom
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posted on
12/15/2007 7:37:05 AM PST
by
spunkets
("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
To: Shellback Chuck
As the owner of a very genuine and expensive (gun), I personally wish that they would just ban these cheap imitations altogether. They are literally garbage and can be easily gotten by almost anyone. Those of us that have the real thing would never use the (gun) for anything other than keeping in our own personal collection. How does that sound??I enjoy my iron sights.
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posted on
12/15/2007 7:42:23 AM PST
by
JEC
((Pray for ALL our troops))
To: JEC
"As the owner of a very genuine and expensive Samuri Sword, I personally wish that they would just ban these cheap imitations altogether. They are literally garbage and can be easily gotten by almost anyone.Swords for me, but not for thee.
Define garbage.
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posted on
12/15/2007 7:43:12 AM PST
by
spunkets
("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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