Scot sword ban

[JPH]

Well all:

Now the Scots are getting on the ban-d wagon:

Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Sale of swords to be outlawed under new measures to fight blade crime

No one believe me 35 some eyars ago when I said once they vab all the guns, sword and knives will be next..maybe they will now..

Boy I hate veing right sometimes.

JPH

[sqeezplay]

govorning authorities can be like over-protective mothers sometimes. they take away bad toy's, they keep us from the out-side world. but one day they step over the line and the child snaps, then revolts, then things are never the same.
i just hope the govornment, not just American but all govornments see what can happen if they take away our rights, our personal defence, our money, and our freedom. i hope it never comes to the point where the people try to take control then make fools of themselves and only get people hurt.

well thats my deep thought of the day. hope i didn't offend anyone.

[Rantalin]

Currently, the Massachusetts state laws allow any single edged blade of ANY length to be carried on your person, so long as it is not a switch-blade. If so, the length limit is I believe an inch and a quarter or so. I collect non-gunpowder weaponry, and currently have...well, let's count...*after a few minutes of counting*...44 knives and swords. They stay in my room mostly, except one which I carry on my person DAILY for work and whatever else I may possibly need it for. My father and I built a cabinet for my blades, to be hung up later this month, with a locking plexi-glass front. All of my "illegal" blades have the edges ground down to about a 16th of an inch to make them not have a sharp edge, and therefore not illegal. You can't have a double-edged blade without the "edge" part of it. I have 3 books about weapons and armor from almost any time period and all geographic places in the world. I both collect and study weapons, and hopefully armor soon, and am focusing my college studies on the history of feudal Europe, and feudal Japan (Knights and Samurai). I plan on expanding my collection as much as I can, buying more expensive and well made reproductions, and eventually authentic antiques. There are MANY objects that can be used as weapons that are in everybodies house, beyond kitchen knives. Books, pencils, scissors, glasses, a phone, etc. Just because something was originally made to BE a weapon, doesn't mean it it has to be used that way.

Done ranting now...

The End

[rthibeau]

I like weapons. Weapons have been very, very good to me.

I am a retired US Army officer.

I have 25 years in law enforcement and the judiciary.

The Government can have all my weapons: firearms of various kinds and vintages; blades of many sizes and shapes; axes, 'hawks, clubs, hammers and other items both offensive and defensive in nature.

After they pry my cold, dead fingers from them.

[6013]

Ever wonder why there is not massive blood letting at a knife show? It is not the swoards and knives killing people, it is the people killing people. They been doing it since near the beginning of time.

Better hide your sticks and rocks, they will be next.

[ApprenticeMan]

What a shame!

[Víctor Zamora]

Truly weapons are not knves or swords or guns; are peoples with agressive intentions.

[Archie Zietman]

It is indeed an angry mind that turns something to a weapon. But some believe rightly that by outlawing some objects more suited to harm, lives will be saved. One thing I don't get is why it is posession of them at home banned, not just carrying them in your car or in public.

[Bob H.]

Actually, if the gov't wants to save lives, ban CARS! Auto accidents kill more people every year than all gun deaths, and knives, and other weapons combined! I tend to hunt and fish by myself, hike by myself, etc, and the most dangerous thing I do, is drive down the dang road.

Bob Harasim
Coyote Forge

[blkbear]

Oh man!! This stuff really irks me. Being from Canada and having to put up with the gun registry, which has cost the taxpayer over several hundred million dollars - and edging towards a billion, and is still of no use to anyone, I resent the government telling me what I can and cannot own or have in my possession, be it firearms, knives, toilet paper or napkins.
Governments are not to be trusted with this kind of information. They will and do abuse it. Police here have defended the gun registry say they need it because they use it daily many times over. They also refuse to elaborate exactly why or what they do with the information. Although I have a lot of respect for the job they do on a daily basis, I don't think I trust them with lists of people who have weapons. Our glorious RCMP have, over the years, been successfully sued by individual firearms owners for illegal searches and seizures.
Don't give them an inch because they will then take as much as they want without you even knowing about it. I participate in several organizations here that fight against hunting bans and restruictions on persoanl ownership of firearms and other weapons. Unfortunately PETA has made some strong inroads with politicians in this country as well. This, as well, does not bode well for hunters.

Brian in Ottawa