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Star Trek blade seized(stick a fork in the uk its done)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/ ^ | 5 26 06 | MIKE SULLIVAN

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.


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To: freepatriot32; Abram; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Allosaurs_r_us; Americanwolf; ...
"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."





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41 posted on 05/26/2006 7:07:05 AM PDT by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/gasoline_and_government.htm)
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To: freepatriot32; eyespysomething

In the photo: With those cops leaning over the table and all those knives spread out on the table like that, it's very ominous and frightening.

I'm glad I carry a gun so I don't have to be too scared of running into some hoodlum with one of those ominous and frightening knives.


42 posted on 05/26/2006 7:10:53 AM PDT by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan,)
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To: freepatriot32

stick a fork in the uk its done
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lol!, I didn't know they had actually done it and banned knives...


43 posted on 05/26/2006 7:14:04 AM PDT by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/gasoline_and_government.htm)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
When lirpas are outlawed. only outlaws will carry lirpas.

Then they'll take away the ahn-woons, those lethal Vulcan Ace Bandages.


44 posted on 05/26/2006 8:23:56 AM PDT by Huntress (Possession really is nine tenths of the law.)
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To: Zeroisanumber

They'd be really ticked at Bugei Trading Co then..


45 posted on 05/26/2006 8:41:05 AM PDT by Darksheare ("Oh No! Zombies!" Actually, they aren't. They just haven't had their coffee yet.)
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To: traviskicks

Currently, there are about a hundred lawsuits in Scotland, initiated by families forced to surrender their ancestor's heirloom-quality swords.

/Always look to the countries which have been disarmed to see what they have planned for YOU...


46 posted on 05/26/2006 8:48:14 AM PDT by warchild9
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To: freepatriot32
“Knife crime will only get worse if we don’t introduce a five-year mandatory sentence for anyone carrying a knife.”

Oh, that ought to help the already "fine" British cuisine. ;)

47 posted on 05/26/2006 8:50:58 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: R. Scott
First the firearms were taken from all but the criminals, then the blades. What’s next, sticks and stones?

Eventually, they'll outlaw fruit. </Monty Python reference>

48 posted on 05/26/2006 8:52:51 AM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse ( ~()):~)>)
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To: Jaysun

talk about shitboxes, down here churches chicken just plain nasty. the floors are sticky, the tables are always sticky and dirty, I'm sure noone washes their hands. EEWW.


Down here churches chicken is shiznet.


49 posted on 05/26/2006 9:50:33 AM PDT by Ainast
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To: LongElegantLegs

LOL!


50 posted on 05/26/2006 9:51:44 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: nuke rocketeer

so what happens when teeth and fists are labeled dangerous. Is the government going to knock out all my teeth and cut of my hands. Jeez, sounds like an islamic hellhole.


51 posted on 05/26/2006 9:52:21 AM PDT by Ainast
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To: Ainast

You won't be allowed in the King's woods.

You are a mere peasant.


52 posted on 05/26/2006 9:52:32 AM PDT by Leatherneck_MT (An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.)
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To: R. Scott

no, Words...


53 posted on 05/26/2006 9:55:41 AM PDT by Ainast
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To: warchild9

OK, I'm going to need some clarification. What exactly defines a knife. I mean are they talking about bowie knives, butter knives or what.

Shouldn't the solution to knive violence be longer jailtime and possible execution?


(you can tell I'm from Texas can't you lol)


54 posted on 05/26/2006 10:01:07 AM PDT by Ainast
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To: mkjessup


55 posted on 05/26/2006 10:01:46 AM PDT by AmishDude (Everybody loves AmishDude)
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To: AmishDude

That confirms it: it is too late to worry about the gene pool. LOL


56 posted on 05/26/2006 10:06:49 AM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: Ainast

I've been told (so this is second-hand from someone who follows such things closely) that the ban is on "edged weapons", which includes anything identified as sharp and pointy by the Powers That Be.

Let's also note that:

1. the British are "subjects," not "citizens," and so have no inalienable rights save those they are granted by their betters, and

2. that almost all the people from Britain I know (and there are a good dozen from all over the isles), find this agreeable since it's for the "common good." I hear that a lot from them. "For the common good."


57 posted on 05/26/2006 10:10:45 AM PDT by warchild9
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To: freepatriot32

England is quite, merrily, insane.


58 posted on 05/26/2006 10:15:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If a woman gives birth in Indiana, is she a Hoosier Mama?)
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To: warchild9

O M G.........





59 posted on 05/26/2006 10:32:06 AM PDT by Ainast
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To: freepatriot32

"OH MY!"

60 posted on 05/26/2006 10:35:41 AM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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