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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; Slings and Arrows; MadIvan

I thought Klingons had a Second Amendment...


61 posted on 05/26/2006 10:36:31 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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To: dfwgator

so is he trying to say that gays are bound by logic and not by emotion?


62 posted on 05/26/2006 10:42:21 AM PDT by Ainast
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To: freepatriot32
Terrifying? Shocked?

Man, these cops would fill their pants if they looked in the trunk of my car.

The Brits, once proud rulers of an empire, have become such a bunch of sniveling pussies.
63 posted on 05/26/2006 11:46:32 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse

"Well I'll tell you something my lad. When you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come crying to me!"


64 posted on 05/26/2006 12:02:24 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Ainast

Words can be deadly. As much as our freedom of speech is abused, I am a defender of it.


65 posted on 05/26/2006 12:03:32 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: freepatriot32

How about tire iron amnesty?


66 posted on 05/26/2006 12:05:27 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: TChad; Old Sarge
Take your pick:

I like this one. It's slick, pretty, looks like it would be more effective that the other style. Plus it would make a great bottle and can opener. ;-)


67 posted on 05/26/2006 12:10:33 PM PDT by Wolfstar (So tired of the straight line, and everywhere you turn, There's vultures and thieves at your back...)
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To: freepatriot32
UK docs say ban long kitchen knives

Doctors' kitchen knives ban call

68 posted on 05/26/2006 12:15:09 PM PDT by lowbridge (I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Klingons are required to be fully armed at all times in case they have to defend their honor.


69 posted on 05/26/2006 12:36:21 PM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: saganite

So.. they are like the Swiss!


70 posted on 05/26/2006 12:39:01 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
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To: R. Scott

yep, just say bomb or bush in a crowd of liberals and somethings going to explode.


71 posted on 05/26/2006 2:04:06 PM PDT by Ainast
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To: Ainast

Don’t even utter the word “gun” in a school, airport, courthouse…


72 posted on 05/26/2006 3:41:09 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: mkjessup
IIRC that was the comment about a piece of equipment (dunsil) that serves no useful purpose? M5 robots were supposed to take the danger out of exploration?
73 posted on 05/26/2006 3:46:32 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: Question_Assumptions

They will force the overzealous constabulary to retrieve Kirk's Captain's Log ftom the head of the Enterprise..


74 posted on 05/26/2006 9:32:39 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: freepatriot32
If looks could kill, they'd ban his face.
(Cops are trained I think in making the "serious face" until it freezes that way.)


A) "ALL THESE FOR ONLY £19.95!!"
B) Ginsu sting operation.
C) Expecting rain? Or too stupid to remove their macs indoors?
D) THE RAINCOATS ARE COMING! THE RAINCOATS ARE COMING!
75 posted on 05/26/2006 11:54:38 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: freepatriot32

I've always wondered how effective those blades would be in real combat between similarly armed opponents, and those wielding swords, staffs, and spears.


76 posted on 08/02/2006 10:38:13 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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