Ask a UK citizen what happens to knives after the government has finished the slow and subtle process of outlawing guns. As a Citizen of the proud southern State of Alabama, I can carry any edged weapon OF ANY LENGTH openly on my person anywhere in public and in private unless forbidden by the owner (that's where my rights conflict with others' property rights). But then, I still have my guns, too. What about the serfs and subjects of that gloomy queen across the pond? What kind of knives are they "permitted" to carry? As far as I know you can still OWN them; you just bloody well better not ever take them with you anywhere outside your house!
I don't mind saying I think it's pretty short-sighted to love knives but care not a whit about guns. The only reason you're still allowed to play with your pretty knives (or speak freely, assemble with friends, or worship as you see fit) is because 1.3 million Liberty Teeth say you can! You think our politicians are scared of our pocket knives? Or even our khukuris?
In the Republic of Kalifornia they've pretty much gutted everyone's right to Keep and Bear Arms, and lo and behold, they also have the strictest knife laws of any state. Coincidence?
Even our esteemed Uncle, who's surrounded by an army of countless khukuris of every make & size imaginable, will tell you that it's a grizzled old veteran .38 wheelgun that guards his home--not a khukuri! THAT's what the thief who tries to break into his home will have to face first. Personally, I'd sooner take my chances against a khukuri any day.
Ruel, when you say one of the reasons you don't get involved with guns is because of the proponents on both sides of the 2nd amendment debate who turn you off, isn't that a big clue to you about how serious this situation is, and the possibility that we may not be able to buy guns or ammunition any more in the future? Those people are fighting for EVERYONE's rights; not just their own. You don't care about that, as long as you can still buy knives? What are the odds that a government who hates guns will be very favorable toward big knives? To paraphrase, It is not the passionate liberal socialist gun grabbing activist I fear the most; I fear the lukewarm, indifferent individual, for it is through his silent acquiesence that most of the evil in the world is done.
This isn't a personal attack on anyone--what it IS is simply an emotionally charged soapbox. I apologize if my delivery is unnecessarily harsh, but I will never apologize for the content. I wish my fellow Americans, who are the descendents of rebels, insurrectionists and "government outlaws" as I am, would wake up and realize the serious nature of this "political" struggle in which We The People are engaged against the tyrants within our own government who wish to disarm us--the descendents of men who refused to surrender their arms. Then I wish we could find the balls to speak up against it, while we still can. Did our forefathers sacrifice so much to gain so much for us, for this generation to hold such low esteem of our hard-won and costly birthright, that we just through it away--not because we reject it, but because we just don't care? I guess if you didn't have to earn it, it just doesn't have much value, kind of like the rich kid whose daddy gave him everything, who never had to earn any of it through his own hard work.
When we say "Molon Labe," we're not talking about knives.
Soapbox over.
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Molon Labe
[This message has been edited by X-Head (edited 06-25-2001).]
