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.
Coming to an Obama platform near you.
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.
Obamao, he makes Mad John look acceptable by way of comparison...
China is catching up to the UK!
They should invent some kind of fighting system that does not need weapons . Just an idea .
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!
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.
Umm...aren’t ALL knives potentially “dangerous”?
How about ALL rocks?
Hands? Feet?
How about thoughts?
They better not forget to confiscate the toy knives too.
As long as they are registered no problems. (I guess all knives have a serial number on them?).
http://www.bujinkanhombujapan.com/
...Dojos are (almost) everywhere.
So if a shank has a serial number, it’s OK?
I think that has already been addressed by most communist regimes.
As long as it is registered. ;-)
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?
Can anyone say...Climate Change?
Next it will be forks and spoons.
When Knives are banned, only outlaws will have knives
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