Ravenwood - 10/06/05 07:00 AM
Gun control has been having predictable results overseas. Violent crime is up, so now they are concentrating on something else. In the UK, home to King Arthur's Camelot, they are cracking down on swords:
A CAMPAIGN to stop shops selling Samurai swords has been launched by Devon and Cornwall police.Meanwhile, in Australia, the concern is knives:Police have written to retailers asking them to act responsibly and withdraw the weapons from sale.
They also hope to persuade people who own swords to surrender them at the police station to stop them falling into the wrong hands.
MORE than 500 illegal weapons had been discovered in Western Australia in the past month, Customs said today.Officers at the Fremantle Container Examination Facility found a large quantity of weapons which had been imported from China on September 14, Customs WA regional director Paul O'Connor said.
He said the cache included 168 trench knives, 12 daggers and 110 knives with concealed blades.
After further investigation, Customs staff searched two premises in Perth on September 23 and seized another four trench knives, 161 knives with concealed blades, one dagger, one push knife and a finger claw.
Category: Cold Dead Hands
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We have to be reasonable inorder to keep our right to bear knives...blah blah blah.
(Consider this an act of humility on my part.)
Posted by: mikem at October 6, 2005 6:56 AMWell, I have two Katana's, two Kukris, a Commando knife and a double bladed throwimg axe. All these were legally obtained and the coppers can have them when they disarm the thugs and thieves.....maybe.
Till then devon and Cornwall, FUCK OFF.
Chinese finger traps have been overlooked.
Concealed blades? LOL! They'll demonize anything.
Posted by: Rhett at October 6, 2005 11:22 AMAustralia has already outlawed swords. I'm surprised, actually, that they beat England to the punch on that one.
Posted by: Kevin Baker at October 6, 2005 11:35 AMWhat exactly is a trench knife?
Posted by: markm at October 6, 2005 11:37 AMThey have subway bombers, and they are worried about FINGER CLAWS?
(Walks away, shaking head with puzzled expression)
A trench knife has a spike on the bottom for punching through skulls, and built-in brass-knuckly things.
Posted by: Matt at October 6, 2005 2:44 PMI think I need a trench knife.
Posted by: roger at October 7, 2005 7:22 AMrobert in england -
A kukri! Man my wife and I watched a documentary on the Gurkhas the other day and as I am sure you know, they are some bad-ass MOFOS and that is for sure. Between them and the Montagnards - glad we are all on the same side, haha!
My uncle, who recently passed away, had several kukris in his possession that he got in Burma during WWII; they had a group of Gurkhas working with them, and the Gurkhas used to use the kukri for night raids on the enemy, preferring them to firearms.
Posted by: Robert Garrard at October 7, 2005 10:34 AMAnd they have already taken away CROCKEDILLE DUNDEES big knife whats next and the scotts cant even do their famous SWORD DANCE anymore what a shame
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