[lepton]

I ended up havign a sword confiscated due to having to use it on a drunken drugged up moron at three in the morning.

C'mon. Do people really NEED swords? :)

Given that you had access to a sword, I owuld guess he came to visit you at home?

[Darksheare]

Yes.
And it was quite clean, actually.
Of course, his hand, his thigh, and his kneecap won't ever be the same.
The police took an hour and forty five minutes to even make an appearance.
By then, the deed was done and the perp had run back to get his buddies. (Amazing what one can accomplish on adrenaline when your kneecap is in two pieces.)
So the cops show, see nothing going on and split.
No sooner are they out of sight than the perp shows with his buddies.
The cops waited about fifteen more minutes to show up again.
By then, the injured numbered three on my side, and two on theirs. But they got busted for showing up and assaulting my 50 year old father. (They skated on it, unfortunately. But they now know better than to come near here. They fear that I really do have a war axe and might actually use it.)

Do people need swords?
Well, considering the fact that if I had used my gun would have made me the bad guy in the eyes of the law - yes.
The cops were rather amused about the whole deal.

[ASA Vet]

Do people really NEED swords?

Yes, because there can be only one.

[archy]

C'mon. Do people really NEED swords? :)

Depends on your definition of a sword. If machetes and khukuris are included, there have indeed been times when I needed and used such on a daily basis.