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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30188
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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Ichi_Geki
Blue Belt
Joined: 29 Nov 2009
Posts: 316
Styles: Director of Fudoshin Machi Dojo
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Ok atleast they did not call it a concealed weapons...How is a sword a knife? And how could it be dangerous in public if you have is strapped to your side. They are gonna see it and can probably shoot you before you get close enough to try to hack away at someone...and I have a Wakizashi made in 1924 does that mean I can carry it with me?
And what is a samurai sword to them?...If I have a bud K ninja toh in my house would I get arrested? |
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Toptomcat
Green Belt
Joined: 04 Sep 2008
Posts: 464
Styles: Japanese and Korean karate systems, judo
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| tonydee wrote: |
| And a samurai sword from before 1954 is presumably hand made and worth a fortune... only the well-off would own one, or those who took one from a Japanese officer during the war, and war vets and the wealthy aren't proper targets for law makers.... |
And to be entirely fair, they're also pretty far from the demographic most likely to commit an assault with an edged weapon. |
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Spodo Komodo
Blue Belt
Joined: 24 Mar 2010
Posts: 307
Location: Derbyshire, UK
Styles: Wado Ryu, Shotokan
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I saw the aftermath of a battle between some Iraqui's and Turks in Nottingham a few years ago. It was hilarious, there were broken Battle Orders cheapo "katanas" everywhere. Some of the most seriously wounded had fractures from being battered by the tinplate saya after the owner had waved his sword enthusiastically and the blade had flown off into the distance.
These "decorative use only" swords being used to intimidate and in a very few cases wound (where people have the wherewithall to fit a new tsuka and mekugi-peg) have been all the reason MPs needed to remove swords from sale or use. |
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yamesu
Black Belt
Joined: 13 Jul 2004
Posts: 1391
Location: Oceania <-> Asia
Styles: Kyokushin. MT. Arnis. Judo. JediMantre.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:34 am Post subject: |
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Sounds familiar.
In Australia, owning a pair of nunchaku without a permit from the Dept. Firearms (yes- you read that correctly) gets you the same fines/potential sentence as an illegal 9mm handgun........
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Groinstrike
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2010
Posts: 923
Location: Richland County
Styles: Bujin Bugei Jutsu, Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do, BJJ M
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| yamesu wrote: |
Sounds familiar.
In Australia, owning a pair of nunchaku without a permit from the Dept. Firearms (yes- you read that correctly) gets you the same fines/potential sentence as an illegal 9mm handgun........ |
*Slaps Forehead* |
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MasterPain
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2010
Posts: 1949
Location: Parts Unknown
Styles: Bujin Bugei Jutsu, Backyard Kali, Satsui no Hadou
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Groinstrike wrote: |
| yamesu wrote: |
Sounds familiar.
In Australia, owning a pair of nunchaku without a permit from the Dept. Firearms (yes- you read that correctly) gets you the same fines/potential sentence as an illegal 9mm handgun........ |
*Slaps Forehead* |
Australia is trying hard to prevent that very thing.
But, seriously, that is obnoxious.
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yamesu
Black Belt
Joined: 13 Jul 2004
Posts: 1391
Location: Oceania <-> Asia
Styles: Kyokushin. MT. Arnis. Judo. JediMantre.
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| MasterPain wrote: |
| Groinstrike wrote: |
| yamesu wrote: |
Sounds familiar.
In Australia, owning a pair of nunchaku without a permit from the Dept. Firearms (yes- you read that correctly) gets you the same fines/potential sentence as an illegal 9mm handgun........ |
*Slaps Forehead* |
Australia is trying hard to prevent that very thing.
But, seriously, that is obnoxious. |
I blame Bruce Lee wanna-be's. Nunchaku aren't (in the greater scheme of things) even all that effective! Its just the perception that they are dangerous....
*Also Slaps Forehead*
Its also a similar story for swpord here, various states gradually phased in laws preventing the sale of sowrds without permits.
I used to be able to go into my local MA Store and buy a Paul Chen straight over the counter.... Now its a mission to get a decent Daito. It is the same with a lot of knives (anything spring loaded, balisongs etc).
I dont blame the UK for going this way.
In a way I commend it. There is considerably low levels of weapon related crime in Oz, but if people want a weapon, they will find a way!
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chiliphil1
Orange Belt
Joined: 29 Oct 2011
Posts: 225
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| RichardZ wrote: |
| This is very interesting. Because as those maybe lobbying against guns, and strict laws thereof, in other places, the same is done upon other weapons. I think lawmakers just cant get it, it isnt the weapon that commits the crime. Criminals are going to commit a crime with whatever is available. AND, they would be the ones who have illegal weapons in the first place. This is why they are called 'criminals". They are not concerned with laws. |
excellent! Agreed 100% there is a saying that I like "if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" seems to ring true in this case too.
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