Deadly ... officer with 5-foot blade
Lethal ... Klingon brandishes sword in movie
launch...Vernon Cloaker and top cops
Posted on 05/26/2006 12:28:24 AM PDT by freepatriot32
THIS five-foot martial arts sword capable of beheading a man was recovered by shocked cops in a house raid.
The terrifying Batleth weapon is identical to one wielded by Klingon aliens in the Star Trek sci-fi films.
Officers seized the three-handled sword — which has huge pointed blades at either end — at a home in Gloucester.
It was shown yesterday at the start of a five-week national knife amnesty. Cops hope 30,000 blades will be handed in, with owners free from prosecution.
Local Insp Mac McGarry wielded the sword, which he said had been sharpened to kill.
He said: “It is a particularly nasty weapon which could easily take someone’s head off.”
Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker launched the amnesty in St John’s Wood, North West London. He said: “We are determined to get the scourge of knife crime off our streets.”
But Victims of Crime campaigner Norman Brennan, a serving cop, branded the initiative a “futile PR stunt”.
He said: “It is likely to be supported by the law-abiding public and not those who carry knives for criminal activity.
“Knife crime will only get worse if we don’t introduce a five-year mandatory sentence for anyone carrying a knife.”
THE Queen’s grocer Fortnum & Mason was fined £2,000 by Horseferry Road Magistrates in London for selling a knife to a child under 16.
Deadly ... officer with 5-foot blade
Lethal ... Klingon brandishes sword in movie
launch...Vernon Cloaker and top cops
Knife amnesty?
The UK has been 'done' for a while now. This is scene two in the theatre of the absurd.
big effing deal, i want one :)
If you made something like that out of steel, it would weigh 40 pounds. So either it's made out of flimsy aluminium, or it's so heavy that you'd have time to drink a coke before you duck out of the way of any idiot swinging it.
Yes, the High Council will be annoyed. Galron will not take such an insult lightly. Worf took Champion Standing with that weapon, you know.
I WANT ONE!!!!
Take your pick:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=Batleth&category0=
The guys at Arms and Armor will make them to order. A few of my well-heeled friends have bought weapons from them before, they do exceptional work.
Someone please tell me this is a joke!!!!!!!!
I'm in the US and have at least 20 wild swords and knives....what is the world coming to?
I don't get it. Knifes are now illegal in the UK? What happens if I got lost in the woods and had to survive without my popeyes chicken.
Life isn't worth living without Popeye's Chicken anyway.
your not counting steak knives and butter knives are ya lol.
When your right, your right lol. One's being built close to my home town. MMMMmmmm Biscuits.
If you can't tell I'm hungry lol. It aint easy being a po' college kid. jk lol
ping
The week after that it's blunt objects/medium to large rocks week.
Whatever man. I'm going to the garage to build my own.
QI'yaH!
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