WTF is going on in England..........you gotta read this

Both Sick and Wrong. I hear that swords have to be registered in Australia these days as well.

So sad.

John
 
When I went to London with its half-million cameras, I knew something was wrong with the government there...

When will people learn that banning something doesn't solve the underlying social problem? And that attempting to create a utopian society only results in tyranny or worse?
 
I always kick the thread to the top by posting before I move it, and leave a pointer in the original forum. Every time we move a thread to Knife Laws more people find out this forum exists. If you've been following the forum for a couple of months you'll have noticed a lot more traffic here since we started moving relevant threads here where they belong. :cool:
 
Cougar Allen said:
If you've been following the forum for a couple of months you'll have noticed a lot more traffic here since we started moving relevant threads here where they belong. :cool:
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A good point I hadn't thought of.




Back to the original message:

This is totally nonsensical. It's already illegal to carry the "long pointy knives" they speak of. This would make the sale of these knives illegal as well.

So that means they can sell blunt knives. I'm wondering what would stop someone from grinding a knife into a point? Nothing. And if you're intent on committing murder, a silly knife law isn't going to stop you.

Then there are impact weapons. Hammers, baseball bats, sacks filled with rocks... Then you have your screwdrivers which are already effective weapons and can be sharpened further.

And finally, there are lengths of rope and cord. Good luck prohibiting it.



Just an example of a law that's designed to remedy a social problem by prohibiting inanimate objects for people who actually obey the law. :mad:
 
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Hi Chaps, I live over here with these "people". Knife collectors / users just can't win. If it's not polititians saying they are going to ban knives it's now Doctors saying they are dangerous. A few years back they banned hand guns...now hand-gun crimes have gone up and the previously legal users can't enjoy their sport. Now they want to ban knives...what next... forks? We'll all be eating with spoons soon :mad:
 
Cougar Allen said:
I always kick the thread to the top by posting before I move it, and leave a pointer in the original forum. Every time we move a thread to Knife Laws more people find out this forum exists. If you've been following the forum for a couple of months you'll have noticed a lot more traffic here since we started moving relevant threads here where they belong. :cool:
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It works! I've been on BF for years and I think I've been in "Laws" maybe once. Last night this ordeal caused me to poke around in "Laws" a little bit, think "hey, that looks interesting" and then subscribed to the forum.
 
It's not that they are stupid. No one could be that stupid and find their way
out of the padded room. They are just greedy. The UK was "blessed" with a
strong and successful gun control lobby. These were professionals who made
their livings by being anti-gun. Now they've worked themselves out of a job
and need a new "menace" to chase after.

We see a similar thing here with the lawyers who made a killing on the
tobacco settlement Now they are going after the fast food establishments.
Not that anybody seriously thinks they are wrong doers, but simply because
they are a financially attractive target.

In either case it’s a waste of time to rehash logical arguments.
The people behind this kind of thing know full well that there is no truth or logic in their arguments. They are simply acting in bad faith. The only real answer is to vote those who back this sort of thing out of office.

"A knifeless man is a lifeless man." -old Nordic proverb
 
There was a mention of owning versus carrying knives here in the UK. I brought an 18 inch knife here and have never been bothered. I also own a few swords (although these are blunt). The law allows people to carry/use edged weapons within the normal part of their work, thus the butcher or martial arts teacher could reasonably have one in their workplaces. The kid walking down the street with a machette (or almost anything else) would be arrested. Funny a Kobutan or almost anything else deemed "offensive" would be illegal. Noticed that the cricket bats and large flashlights keep being in peoples cars and they never get pulled in the the police station :').

What a strange world it is at times :D .

powchoy
 
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