Scot sword ban

[Woody]

Prohibition of any sort has never worked and never will. We, the U.S., found that out in the 1920s with alcohol. All it does is provide a great source of easy income to anyone willing to violate the law and it does so at the expense and peril of the law abiding citizens. Usually these laws are rammed down the throat of the apathetic majority who oppose them by a very vocal minority who have the ears of the politicians. If the majority is not willing to stand up for what is right and what they believe in, they must be willing to live on their knees at the whim of their masters. Freedom is not free, at times it must be defended on the battlefield with weapons but more often it must be defended in the halls of Congress and/or Parliment with your time and effort. If you do not make your views known to your legislators, you will know what your opponent's views are when they are passed into law. If you are not willing to expend the effort to defend your rights, be prepared to lose them.

Woody

[Cory]

I would hate to think that anyone studying martial arts may soon lose their hands and feet to lame laws like this.

[oakwoodforge]

No guns, now no blades? This is just sad ! Any armed criminal would be like a wolf in the sheepfold there. A ban such as this will never stop real criminals from hurting/ killing/mugging/robbing people. I think it is within reason that average Joe shouldn't own an atomic bomb but limiting the size & shape of his kitchen kinves or telling him he can't carry a pocket knife with a blade longer than 2 inches or making a family heirloom sword illegal to own seems to be going just a little too far. Armed rebellion hasn't been necessary in quite a while, but making sure the regular Joe has nothing more dangerous than a dull butter knife or a cricket bat sure does go a long way in making sure that the government in question will always be in power. Any loss of freedom is a bad thing, and reminds me of an old Dennis Leary/Wesley Snipes movie "Demolition Man" A whole society of wankers where everything from guns and contact sports, smoking and red meat has been deemed un healthy -thus illegal. Every Loss of freedom bring us closer to this horrible If rediculous vision of the future. Ok I'll get off the soap box now

[sandpile]

The most foolishly astounding thought, I have ever heard of is---We will pick-up all of the weapons and the bad guys will not be able to hurt or kill anyone.

I have encountered thugs in various places. One thought he was going to mug me, bare handed in a San Diego Airport restroom. He did not get along as he wished/wanted.

There is no such thing as a weapon, until the aggressor picks it up. There is no-limit to what can become a weapon at that time.

I have had friends down through the years that were dangerous to encounter. They needed no more than their arms and legs to be capable of permently ended an aggressors efforts to cause problems. These highly trained people were the easyist to get along with. I never, ever, heard of anyone of them being handled by the authorities. Even though they had the most weapons at their disposal

People. cause objects to be weapons. You can not pick-up all the objects.

Chuck

[Bob H.]

When I was at my first base in the Air Force, we had a surprise inspection at 3:30 in the morning. They took my martial arts weapons, staff, sticks, sai, because they were WEAPONS. SO, I take out my training knife, which is a dulled down butcher knife, run it across my bare leg, and say is this a weapon! Yup, they take that too. SO, me being me, I hold up my fist, with a one knuckle punch showing, and say, do you want to lock me up too? Now, this was in my room. My job was guarding nuclelar weapons, while carrying fully automactic weapons. But I couldn't have my martial art WEAPONS in my room, while I COULD have a pool stick or bat or rock? In the military, there is a right way, a wrong way, and the military way of doing things. Guess which way is used.

Coyote Bob

[Nolano]

Its sad. In Australia, they have all but banned guns, claiming that it will reduce crimes. Currently,you have to have your gun registered, and they are just hurting legal gun owners. THE PEOPLE WHO USE THEM TO HURT DONT REGISTER THEM!

I'm glad I live in a state where our second ammendment rights are well protected. No registering(except for special weapons, like full auto and silenced, you need a special license), and none of that BS. Only a background check, which I fully support.

[Ray Plank]

A quote from a book written by Louis L'Amour. "Man has within himself the most powerful weapon ever developed - the human brain ". We had better not let anyone know that we carry these, or they'll try to confiscate them too !

Ray

[primtechsmith]

I had a bumper sticker once when I was in high school that said "if you outlaw guns, then only outlaws will have them." The principal asked me to remove it from my car...Another thing is how the word "weapon" is used. Lots of people have made the points already about martial arts... One definition of the word is "any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting". So in my book my .357 is not a weapon until I point it at someone, or something with the intention of harm. Same as my ball pein hammer. Makes great spoons, and brings my little leaves to life until I use the ball to smack someone between the eyes for asking me "is that hot?"!!!
:-)

my .02 worth...
Peyton

[Nolano]

I agree with you.

[AndyAlm]

This is outrageous. I don't think the Scottish people will tolerate it for long. It is an insult and a blow to their basic human rights as well as their Scottish culture. What a bunch of liberal crap.