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[Justin Caradoc]

I don't know this kid but I think we should all pray for him. I hope that this "axe" was not designed by anybody here. I saw this when my girlfriend was surfing cnn and this kinda struck home. So here is the link.

ksl.com - Teenager in critical condition after being attacked with battle ax

[Teachingclay]

son of a xxxxx, boy I love being a High School Teacher.

[Dan W]

I doubt very seriously that anyone here designed this weapon, it is something out of the fantasy worlds some of these kids have a tendency to identify with. Dont misunderstand, I am a big fan of sword and sorcery and fantasy, I love JRR Tolkien and have read all the Conan adventure books, and this particular weapon looks exactly like what its designer intended it for. A 'cool' looking weapon to attract the countrys largest consumer base, our adolecents and teenagers.
Lets just hope this young man comes thru this with as few emotional scars as possible.

[hammerkid]

I don`t understand why in the whole world people wanna do this to other ppl. He is in my prayers.

[ThomasPowers]

It's a cheap commercial piece, see them like that all the time at the fleamarkets. In a real battle it would just mark the person using it as a blood donor.

While I pray that the victim recovers I also pray that people won't try to ban "odd" weapons. The weapon didn't attack another person; but wide poorly written bans can affect a lot of what we smiths may be doing too.