Sword Control

More stupidity from the British nanny state.

Britain plans to ban the sale of samurai swords because the weapons have been used in a number of serious, high-profile attacks.

The Home Office (Britain’s Interior Ministry) said on Wednesday the swords would be added to its Offensive Weapons Order from April next year, meaning they could not be imported, sold or hired.

However collectors of genuine Japanese swords and those used by martial arts enthusiasts would be exempt from the ban.

“In the wrong hands, samurai swords are dangerous weapons,” Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker said.

They had similar laws here in Canada which led police to raid a stand(that sold collectable unsharpened swords) at a comic convention two years ago.

Posted by  on  12/12  at  02:55 PM

Those swords don’t even have an edge. I have a set of fake samurai swords like that.

Posted by  on  12/12  at  03:12 PM

First they nerfed Fireball…

Posted by mythusmage  on  12/12  at  05:28 PM

TJX, I vaguely remember that but don’t recall the details. I know that I can go to the mall tomorrow and buy a samurai sword, so they aren’t banned in Canada. I am wondering if it was either related to a provincial law, or some of the other weapons that were being sold, or the illegal importation of the weapons into the country. I know we have no ban on swords (federally and in NS at least).

Posted by  on  12/12  at  07:13 PM

It wasn’t really a ban(I have A blunt sword myself), I think it was more of the cops over reacting to all these realistic looking ‘weapons’.

Posted by  on  12/13  at  12:36 AM
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