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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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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.
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...
Then they'll take away the ahn-woons, those lethal Vulcan Ace Bandages.
They'd be really ticked at Bugei Trading Co then..
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...
Oh, that ought to help the already "fine" British cuisine. ;)
Eventually, they'll outlaw fruit. </Monty Python reference>
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.
LOL!
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.
You won't be allowed in the King's woods.
You are a mere peasant.
no, Words...
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)
That confirms it: it is too late to worry about the gene pool. LOL
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."
England is quite, merrily, insane.
O M G.........
"OH MY!"
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