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Registering potentially dangerous knives
Reuters ^ | Tue May 6, 2008 | Kirby Chien

Posted on 05/06/2008 7:54:28 PM PDT by Arnold Zephel

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese citizens must register their identities when they buy potentially deadly knives, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday as saying.

The new regulations come as China steps up security ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

The targeted daggers include those with blood grooves, lock-knives, and knives with blades measuring over 22 centimeters, the ministry said in a circular posted on its website, www.mps.gov.cn.

Police departments at all levels should check knife manufacturers for illegal production of deadly weapons, it said.

Regulations concerning knife tools used by China's ethnic groups are to be set by local autonomous governments, the report said.

All parcels addressed to Olympic athletes, dormitories and sporting venues will be subject to X-ray checks, media reported on Tuesday.

China, whose Communist rulers value stability above all else, has come down hard on anyone they fear could upset the Games, from people protesting against the demolition of their houses for venues to the country's sometimes restless ethnic minorities.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; ccw; china; communist; olympics; rkba; secondamendment; socialist
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Maybe this is and example of the "Change" Obama would implement if elected President.
1 posted on 05/06/2008 7:54:28 PM PDT by Arnold Zephel
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To: Arnold Zephel

Coming to an Obama platform near you.


2 posted on 05/06/2008 7:57:24 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Arnold Zephel

What about butcher knives? There are going to be a lot of mad Chinese chefs in Beijing. I think the PC crowd in Britain tried this with an attempt to ban pointed knives.


3 posted on 05/06/2008 7:58:04 PM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: Arnold Zephel

Obamao, he makes Mad John look acceptable by way of comparison...


4 posted on 05/06/2008 7:58:05 PM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3/Cry havoc and let slip the RINOS)
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To: Arnold Zephel

China is catching up to the UK!


5 posted on 05/06/2008 7:59:54 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Arnold Zephel

They should invent some kind of fighting system that does not need weapons . Just an idea .


6 posted on 05/06/2008 8:00:20 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: Arnold Zephel

Then he will have the ATFE register all the old leaf springs in junkyards to assure there are no knives made in violation of his laws!


7 posted on 05/06/2008 8:01:36 PM PDT by Old Mountain man (Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!)
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To: Arnold Zephel

Obama certainly believes in the right to possess knives, BUT subject merely to “common sense knife regulations,” such as the banning of [all] sharpened edges and bladed tools. Citizens must be protected from gangbangers, chefs, and whittlers.


8 posted on 05/06/2008 8:02:36 PM PDT by Unknowing (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
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To: Arnold Zephel

Umm...aren’t ALL knives potentially “dangerous”?

How about ALL rocks?

Hands? Feet?

How about thoughts?


9 posted on 05/06/2008 8:03:03 PM PDT by Levante
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To: Arnold Zephel

They better not forget to confiscate the toy knives too.


10 posted on 05/06/2008 8:08:52 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Ask me again tomorrow.)
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To: 12Gauge687

As long as they are registered … no problems. (I guess all knives have a serial number on them?).


11 posted on 05/06/2008 8:12:14 PM PDT by doc1019 (Acts 16:31, Romans 10:13 ... nuff said.)
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To: Levante
Hands? Feet? ...How about thoughts?
Sure.

http://www.bujinkanhombujapan.com/
...Dojos are (almost) everywhere.

12 posted on 05/06/2008 8:12:52 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (just b/c you're paranoid,doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you..our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
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To: doc1019

So if a shank has a serial number, it’s OK?


13 posted on 05/06/2008 8:14:49 PM PDT by Cvengr (Fear sees the problem emotion never solves. Faith sees & accepts the solution, problem solved.)
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To: Levante
How about thoughts?

I think that has already been addressed by most communist regimes.

14 posted on 05/06/2008 8:15:10 PM PDT by doc1019 (Acts 16:31, Romans 10:13 ... nuff said.)
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To: Cvengr

As long as it is registered. ;-)


15 posted on 05/06/2008 8:16:24 PM PDT by doc1019 (Acts 16:31, Romans 10:13 ... nuff said.)
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To: Arnold Zephel

If you get Sportsman’s Guide, Cheaper Than Dirt, or similar catalogues, you will see that some US states have similar restrictions on knife shipments into those states.

The Change is already here, will it spread?


16 posted on 05/06/2008 8:19:26 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Levante
How about thoughts?

Can anyone say...Climate Change?

17 posted on 05/06/2008 8:21:40 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Arnold Zephel

Next it will be forks and spoons.


18 posted on 05/06/2008 8:25:39 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Levante
Hands? Feet? How about thoughts?
...a better site.....http://www.bujinkan.com ......
19 posted on 05/06/2008 8:31:30 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (just b/c you're paranoid,doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you..our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
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To: Arnold Zephel

When Knives are banned, only outlaws will have knives


20 posted on 05/06/2008 8:36:17 PM PDT by Redcitizen (What we need is a Grand Army of the Republic.)
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