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To: Vectorian
"You guys here are having a really nice anti-UK rant, but the federal law in the US is the same as the UK law - no sales of knives with blades longer than 2.5 inches to a minor. It's OK for a responsible adult to purchase a knife for a minor, but neither country allows minors to buy large knives for themselves without their parents knowledge. Waht the hell is wrong with that?"

Please show us the law cited. I do not know of any such. There is a federal law forbidding import or interstate sales of switchblade knives to ordinary citizens, but I do not know of any that forbid sales of any knife to minors. Some states that have been taken over by hoplophobes may forbid such sales, such as New York.

Anyone can purchase machetes through the mail. Some sellers may decide not to sell to children because of liability issues, but I would be willing to bet a considerable sum that a 14 year old could legally buy all the machetes they want in Arizona, and it would be legal.
35 posted on 06/21/2006 4:21:59 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

"Please show us the law cited. I do not know of any such. There is a federal law forbidding import or interstate sales of switchblade knives to ordinary citizens, but I do not know of any that forbid sales of any knife to minors. Some states that have been taken over by hoplophobes may forbid such sales, such as New York.

Anyone can purchase machetes through the mail. Some sellers may decide not to sell to children because of liability issues, but I would be willing to bet a considerable sum that a 14 year old could legally buy all the machetes they want in Arizona, and it would be legal."

Now, now, you must not know Vectorian. "She" is a sex changed faggot who sells lingerie to people of the gay crowd.


37 posted on 06/21/2006 6:45:14 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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