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08-15-2006, 02:33 AM
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| | From the "dude, what?" files: Scotland to ban swords to combat rising crime | |
BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Glasgow and West | Swords ban to beat violent crime Quote:
A crack down is under way on the sale of swords as part of a campaign to tackle knife crime and violence.
Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson announced laws to ban swords unless sold for legitimate reasons.
Shops selling swords will need a licence, as will businesses dealing with non-domestic knives and other bladed weapons such as machetes.
The measures are the latest steps from the Scottish Executive to curb the problem of knife crime.
They come weeks after a nationwide knife amnesty.
A total of 12,645 blades - including lock knives, machetes, swords, meat cleavers, bayonets and axes - were handed in during the five-week amnesty.
Exemptions to the ban on sword sales include swords that are to be used for Highland dancing, museum displays, historical re-enactments, fencing and martial arts.
| Replace sword/knife with gun, run this story in the NYT, and it would fit right in right down to the "deep rooted culture" aspect. The similarities are so eery that it seems as though you could literally do a copy/paste and it would be perfect. Back in 2000 when news of the bans on most all personal firearm ownership in the UK and Oz reached here, people at my club used to joke about exactly this sort of hilarious slippery slope coming true. Six years later, here we are. Once we ban fists everyone will start being nice to each other!  |
08-15-2006, 11:10 AM
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| | Re From the "dude, what?" files: Scotland to ban swords to combat rising crime | |
But... but... There can be only one! |
08-15-2006, 11:50 AM
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| | Re From the "dude, what?" files: Scotland to ban swords to combat rising crime | |
I liked this movie better the first time. Why did they remake it? |
08-15-2006, 12:38 PM
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| | Re From the "dude, what?" files: Scotland to ban swords to combat rising crime | |
When pointy sticks are outlawed, only outlaws will have pointy sticks. |
08-16-2006, 01:53 AM
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| | Re From the "dude, what?" files: Scotland to ban swords to combat rising crime | |
Makes me wonder what sort of weapon is traditionally Canadian--a picket sign with a pointy end on the stick?
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08-16-2006, 01:11 PM
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Quote: Helen_B said
 Makes me wonder what sort of weapon is traditionally Canadian? | Quebecois.
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08-16-2006, 07:41 PM
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Poutine. | |
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