Barbara Logan-Price Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 What are your views on shops not being able to sell swords etc with curved blades from april 9th this year shops have not been allowed to sell them surely its abit of a stupid idea as you can buy normal sword replicas ? cheers Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-i-t-c-h Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 (edited) wow all my samurai training is going to be useless if i cant purchase a sword.... Edited June 6, 2008 by M-i-t-c-h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Urm when i was younger i was threatened by 3 men with mashetis (sp?) Was pretty darn scary, got to the top of my road with my dog and 1 of them pointed his sword at me and said, "get him" I ran home so fast, probably the fastest i've ever moved in my life. Got loads of police out in stabb proff vests but never found them. I think it was just a couple of older lads wandering arround outside their house with them. But still propper shit me up. I don't see any need for them in today society, and its genrally only wierdo's that want them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 (edited) and its genrally only wierdo's that want them Exactly. A friend of mine has them for a 'collection'...I don't think he'd use any on a person, but I don't believe people buy them to admire...I mean, fair enough if its an antique or something, but not some tacky shit made in China. Anything that gets any form of knife or sword off the streets is a good thing. Look at the papers; stabbings no longer make front page news because its just becoming the norm. The small majoirty of people who like sword and can be trusted with them is a small group to upset for the sake of saving the lives of people, and preventing f**kwits having access to them... But then again, if anyone wants a sword that badly, its not hard to get hold of one....same with guns. Edited June 6, 2008 by anzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Some pykeys set fire to this muslim guys newspaper stand an he ran out his shop with a Samurai sword an cut one of their hands off. LoL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadbury's cream egg Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Some pykeys set fire to this muslim guys newspaper stand an he ran out his shop with a Samurai sword an cut one of their hands off. LoL lol sigged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 to be honest Id rather that people wernt running around with mahusive swords.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Winton. Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Seriously man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCircus Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 A dark day for the Samurai community indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Logan-Price Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 to be honest Id rather that people wernt running around with mahusive swords.... but people can still buy swords just not swords with a curved blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 but people can still buy swords just not swords with a curved blade Yeah but I can't imagine many wannabe ninja knife nuts want to run around with a Sir Lancelot Edition Genuine Replica Medieval Sword. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Logan-Price Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah but I can't imagine many wannabe ninja knife nuts want to run around with a Sir Lancelot Edition Genuine Replica Medieval Sword. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggy Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah but I can't imagine many wannabe ninja knife nuts want to run around with a Sir Lancelot Edition Genuine Replica Medieval Sword. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah but I can't imagine many wannabe ninja knife nuts want to run around with a Sir Lancelot Edition Genuine Replica Medieval Sword. f**king Brilliant, nearly crying with laughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishayton Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah but I can't imagine many wannabe ninja knife nuts want to run around with a Sir Lancelot Edition Genuine Replica Medieval Sword. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebelistic Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 I don't think banning them will affect knife/sword crime. Banning hand guns has not reduced gun crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf the Yellow Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 machete* Yeah but I can't imagine many wannabe ninja knife nuts want to run around with a Sir Lancelot Edition Genuine Replica Medieval Sword. and LOL steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 (edited) Luckily I already have my swords from ages ago lol. Got a proper Gurkha khukuri, is sick as f**k and is abit sharp Also got a machete. These are from my days of being weird and obsessed with weapons Edited June 6, 2008 by Si-man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 are those curved blades used for chopping herbs included? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Logan-Price Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 are those curved blades used for chopping herbs included? nah the blade has to be over 6 inch i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 that's what she said... ish. i dont think she said blade but she was definately kicking me out at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Logan-Price Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 that's what she said... ish. i dont think she said blade but she was definately kicking me out at the time. you should be worried if its a blade :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah but I can't imagine many wannabe ninja knife nuts want to run around with a Sir Lancelot Edition Genuine Replica Medieval Sword. but on the same front, if i wanted to cut someone, i wouldnt care if i used a samurai sword, st georges lance, a cooking knife, a divers knife, a pen knife or a butter knife. Id cut them, and if i was twisted enough to be 100% sure i wanted a samurai sword to take someones arm off, then the fact that id be willing to go and cut someones limbs off, would kinda suggest i wouldnt be that concerned about whether i got me sworf legally from a shop, or bought it off si man. likewise, all the people who carry knives on the street, dont really carry big stuff, stanley knives, the occasional butterfly knife, a lock knife. so its not gunna reduce it on that front. and the people who keep swords for self protection in their house, im sure theyll find another equally effective weapon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Ward Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 and the people who keep swords for self protection in their house, im sure theyll find another equally effective weapon. can you really get away with that. i know all the reasonable force and that but that'd be a bit cheeky. ive got a baseball bat but thats mainly for my mum when shes indoors alone etc but i dont understand how you can say youve got a samuri/machete for self defence. personally i think its just excessive. i think soon as with guns you're going to have to have a licene for knives, not kitchen knives and that but anything over a certain length or bought without the intention of cooking or working etc. i think it would be a good idea and it might just put people off from carrying them but i also think that the penalty for carrying one should be alot heavier. alot of the time thyre just confiscated. maybe like guns. 5 years +1 extra for every round your carrying. 2 years + 1 extra for anything over 3" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 can you really get away with that. i know all the reasonable force and that but that'd be a bit cheeky. no you cant have one in your house, labelled up "for self defence use only". but you can have them wall mounted as ornaments on your wall, and if a bloke was in your house threatening to kill you, using one would probably be deemed reasonable force. and if it comes down to being in that kind of situation i probably wouldnt be thinking of legal implications.. most of the thing about reasonable force, is the weapon cant be placed pre meditated for self defence, being confronted in the kitchen, and fight or flight, grabbing a knife in the heat of the moment etc.. and you cant go too mad with it. i.e you cant have anything placed to protect yourself. same as carrying a kosh, and a 4 inch blade in me car would be considered pretty illegal, but carrying a wheel brace and a screwdriver, as part of a toolkit wouldnt be, and quite frankly if it comes down to needing to use a wheel brace to defend meself, id view it as being a serious enough situation to not have to consider the legal implications of using one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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