UK sword ban proposal

[Sigp210]

I need some help from the members here please.
The UK govt..as usual...is looking to guard their sheeple from comming into contact with any harm, cuts, scrapes or nasty words again.
This time they are proposing a ban on all Japanese swords. It doesn't matter that carrying a pointy object is already illegal there.. they are once again blaming inanimate objects for the deeds of criminals.
This proposed ban will affect all Japanese swords...whether they be 700 years old, or made yesterday in China.
I now believe that they are also considering banning ALL swords, not just Japanese. It makes no sense, and there are a million counter arguments, but since when do they listen to reason?

Anyways, aside from all the major museums and sword societies there putting in representation against the ban, and some major Japanese sword clubs worldwide sending in their arguments, there is a petition online by some big collectors.

We all know that petitions seem like a waste of time, but add it to the other appeals, and it may carry some weight.
I would like to ask everyone to please take the time to fill in your details on the petition. This is not just for the UK..what happens there usually starts to spread to other countries worldwide. We have to stop this soon, or risk a future without many of the things we enjoy.
Please don't be (too) abusive in the comments. A clear and polite message has more chance of making a difference.

Thanks,
Sigp210

UK Sword Ban Petition

 

[DGG]

Since I was "Banned" from the BritishBladesForum I'll tell you they don't like to have their laws argued against, even in a civilized debate style.

I'm not sure petitions do anything other than make people feel good. Most who sign them don't even know what they say and the politicians don't take them very seriously.

Now a get out the vote drive will really get some attention. That is the only thing that can drive them away from their cussy jobs and powerful ability to control the lives of responsible and law-abiding citizens. It is a shame more people in the UK and related countries don't kick the politicians, especially when they refuse to analyze the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of their legislation. They just like to boss responsible and law-abiding folks around I think. They sure don't respect folk's ability to make good decisions on how to manage their lives.

 

[Cougar Allen]

 

[PBJ]

A few years ago I read an article online that after firearms were banned in the UK, machineguns, Uzis, Mac-9s etc, were selling for $250 a piece in England.

So while legal machineguns in the US were out of reach due to high prices, in the UK machineguns were cheap and plentiful. Banning arms makes them cheap and plentiful.

The banning argument addresses the effective cause of violence (gun, knive, bomb) but not the intention or final cause (kill for money, kill for money for drugs) of the criminal.

Rather than teach right or wrong in schools, and parents in turn teaching what they've learned in school about right and wrong to their children society teaches via the schools that right and wrong are subjective and then the only way to stop crime is to remove the means, the effective causes of crime.

But removing the effective cause is subjective anyways. Use their own argument against them. Those advocating banning weapons can't condemn an act as wrong (or the willingness to do an evil act like mugging) then how can they condemn a tool, or sword.

PBJ