The Right to...Draw Blades?
Talk about a "sharp" stance:
I can't believe that Coaker guy actually used the "in the wrong hands" line. If he starts talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I think the Men in White Coats need to come and take him to the Happy Hotel.
Something like this would not fly in the weapons-loving, gungasmic United States.
LONDON (Reuters) - The government said Wednesday it would ban the sale of samurai swords because the weapons had been used in a number of serious, high-profile attacks.
The Home Office said the swords would be added to the 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.
"We recognize it is the cheap, easily available samurai swords which are being used in crime and not the genuine more expensive samurai swords which are of interest to collectors and martial arts enthusiasts."
I can't believe that Coaker guy actually used the "in the wrong hands" line. If he starts talking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I think the Men in White Coats need to come and take him to the Happy Hotel.
Something like this would not fly in the weapons-loving, gungasmic United States.
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