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Soviet Union Knife Registration, 90% Socialist Democrats Will Agree
Ammoland ^ | 27 July, 2018 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 07/29/2018 8:51:22 AM PDT by marktwain

Soviet Union Knife Registration

- In the Soviet Union, it was very difficult to obtain firearms legally. All firearms were required to be registered. Being caught with an unregistered firearm was a serious offense. Registration was used by the state to control who was allowed to have firearms, and who did not. The law stemmed from the decree of 1918. From wikipedia.com:

The December decree of the CPC of 1918, “On the surrender of weapons”, ordered people to surrender any firearms, swords, bayonets and bombs, regardless of the degree of serviceability. The penalty for not doing so was ten years imprisonment.

Communist Party members were allowed to have a rifle or a pistol, as an automatic perk of party membership.  The firearm was recorded as part of their party membership.

I recently met a Soviet immigrant who came to the United States in 1991, at 47 years old. His name is Vladimir, and I have had several fascinating conversations with him about life in the old Soviet Union.

As we talked about firearms, I mentioned how gun control is morphing into knife control in areas which already have strict firearm controls.

Vlad told me how certain knives were tightly controlled the Soviet Union. Hunting knives and military knives such as bayonets were required to have serial numbers and were registered with the State.

Hunters had to belong to a hunting club, and show that they were active to be able to buy a hunting knife. 

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 1918; 191812; banglist; knife; registration; russia
Quite a few knives had serial numbers and were required to be registered in the old Soviet Union.
1 posted on 07/29/2018 8:51:22 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

America’s Leftists want the same for all of US!


2 posted on 07/29/2018 8:56:27 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: marktwain

This is how the commies were able to wipe out whole towns that tried to revolt against the communist system.


3 posted on 07/29/2018 8:57:13 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: marktwain

Fists cause injuries and deaths. Register fists, teeth, heads, feet and elbows. Then there’s planes, trains and automobiles. How about hammers, nail guns, scarves, poisons, KGB (past and present), butter knives, forks, fireplace pokers, ninja stuff and fly swats.


4 posted on 07/29/2018 8:57:53 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: marktwain

And “Forged in Fire” is the most popular TV show in Russia.


5 posted on 07/29/2018 9:08:27 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: bgill

Baseball bats, wood and aluminum, big league and little league, all should be registered as blunt weapons.
Maybe tree branches, as well.


6 posted on 07/29/2018 9:15:39 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (mongrel at large)
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To: Beagle8U

Shirogorov knives ( folding, flipper) are some of the most sought after in the knife collecting community, kind of a current day Chris Reeve, very hot commodity, love the ones I have.


7 posted on 07/29/2018 9:25:40 AM PDT by crosdaddy
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To: marktwain; All

Today’s Russia - The Russian FEDERATION

excerpt: “ “According to a report by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (police), at the end of 2012 there were more than 6.3 million nonmilitary weapons registered in the Russian Federation...’

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“How many weapons can one person register?

If we are talking about the types of firearms that are available to all adult law-abiding citizens of the Russian Federation, then three of them are firearms of limited defeats (limited liability company, or, in common parlance, “traumatics”), hunting long-barreled guns with a smooth barrel and hunting long-barreled guns with a rifled barrel . According to the “usual” licenses, they can have up to 2, 5 and 5 units respectively, that is, up to 12 units. In addition, citizens can obtain a license to collect weapons, and then the amount of relevant weapons (so far only long-barreled) is in principle limited by the collector’s financial capabilities and the size of his safe.”

Love this last tongue in cheek sentence: “In addition, citizens can obtain a license to collect weapons, and then the amount of relevant weapons (so far only long-barreled) is in principle limited by the collector’s financial capabilities and the size of his safe.” ahahah - Ted Nugent would do well there.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/09/18/russian-gun-laws-firearms-civilians/


8 posted on 07/29/2018 10:03:12 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ( Christian is as Christian does mt-h)
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To: marktwain

The laws in England pertaining to knife ownership aren’t far behind those of the USSR.


9 posted on 07/29/2018 10:21:18 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Jack Hammer

” In the Soviet Union, it was very difficult to obtain firearms legally. All firearms were required to be registered. Being caught with an unregistered firearm was a serious offense. Registration was used by the state to control who was allowed to have firearms, and who did not.”

Sounds like NY, NJ, CA etc here in the land of the formerly free.


10 posted on 07/29/2018 10:49:03 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: crosdaddy

Have you ever watched that TV show, “Forged in Fire”? That will show you how to make any knife you want.


11 posted on 07/29/2018 11:18:56 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: bgill

“Fists cause injuries and deaths. Register fists, teeth, heads...”

Exactly. Who’s trying to prevent injuries and deaths? No government entity.


12 posted on 07/29/2018 10:28:08 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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