Knife amnesty nets 17,700 weapons (UK)

bbc ^ | 16 June 2006, 12:15 GMT 13:15 UK

[BushMeister]

The British tyrants think that the right to possess knives as "part of any national costume" is more important than the right of knives for self-defense, or the right of British citizens to possess knives for daily use (which seems to me to be a requisite aspect of their dignity as human beings) or for their collective value. This just shows how PC informs the worldview of the rulemakers, and demonstrates that they have no respect for the balance-of-power relationship between the government and the people.

[billbears]

Was over there recently and there were two stabbings in the same week (was the week MI5 was knocking down doors looking for imaginary chemical vests..). BBC did a special on knives and everyone they talked to sounded quite upset the conviction rate of those just caught with knives out in public was only 13-14%. What really shocked me is five years if you're caught in public without 'a good reason'? Define good reason. Walking some side streets in the evening was 'good reason' to carry a knife if you ask me

[Dumpster Baby]

I got locked up once for "Running With Scissors".

[VoiceOfBruck]

Anyone caught urinating while standing will be prosecuted.

[TexasCajun]

What's next for our friends across the pond, Housewives & Chefs having to register their knives?

[Logical me]

I guess this is what to expect from a country that caves in to Islamofacists who demanded they not fly their flag because some of the symbols on it offends their sensibilities ... several major companies hauled the English flag down .....

We are getting there. I expect any day now I'll need a permit to replace my screwdrivers. Oh, what about my chain saw? (boy, will my trees be happy) Going out in the workshop and make a good hiding place for my ax. Gosh, I sure love that ax. Think they will go for my sledge hammer? Well looks like I'll never build again. Whoops forgot my pinch (crow) bars. Makes a tire iron look like nothing. Oh, damn, now I gave it away. Well good by tire iron. Guess time to lock and load. Damn, did it again.

[Neidermeyer]

I may have to open a knife store here in Orlando for all the Brits ... do they x-ray arriving baggage at Heathrow? Every day it seems like more and more of a certainty that we're going to have to save Europe AGAIN...

P.S. The way I read the law you can still have a large folding knife (well over 3" in blade length) as long as only the tip and the first 3" of the blade are sharpened...

[rightinthemiddle]

"How about knives? They're quiet."

[PsyOp]

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[Blue Jays]

Hi Neidermeyer-

If our friends on that side of the ocean can't purchase decent knives, they just might need to turn to a decent supplier over here! Oddly enough, one of the coolest cutlery/knife stores I've ever visited in my life can be found in Vienna, Austria a couple of blocks from the Hotel Kumar.

Elvira Lorenzi Messerschmied/Meisterbetries - Verklauf & Schleifservice
Siebensterng 41
A-1070 Wien, AUSTRIA

Tel. +43(1)5262187
Fax +43(1)5269500
e-mail: elvira.lorenzi@chello.at

~ Blue Jays ~

[CountryBumpkin]

Ban on canned hams. All your hams are belong to us!

No more snakes in a can either. Dangerous high-speed projectiles I tell you. ;)

[CountryBumpkin]

Oh no. Is that a kitchen knife I see on the table? Tremble. Shake. Terror. I need to purge my kitchen drawers now. And the green plastic bottle just scares me to death. Imagine the horror of getting bonked over the head with it. It might momentarily contort itself into the shape of my head! Tremble. Shake. Fear...

[xp38]

hmmm Lt. Worf will not be turning in his batleth however.

[Conservomax]

[stands2reason]

I notice a lot of kitchen knives in that photo.

[stands2reason]

Don't these people have wood burning fireplaces?

How are they supposed to chop their wood???

[Swordmaker]

Actually, as the article later told us, this is a general amnesty for all weapons. So, yes, you could turn in your rocks and sticks now - you know, beat the rush and all that.

The Oxford Dictionary of the English Language has over 500,000 headwords. We are told that the "word is mightier than the sword" which makes them weapons... so I am going to turn in a dictionary.

That will really give them a boost to their statistics...

[Swordmaker]

Some of these liberals are so open-minded that their brains have fallen out of their heads asses.

There, fixed it for you...

[SkyDancer]

Well I got a Baretta .32 Tomcat for my 21st b'day ... plus an NRA membership .....

regards,
jane

[TChad]

Fingernails will at all times be properly manicured!!!!

Such temporary cosmetic solutions have been deemed inadequate to safeguard the public. Permanent removal of all fingernails and toenails by surgical matrixectomy is now mandatory.

Following declawing, certain additional dental procedures will be required.