Posted on 02/22/2011 12:49:20 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Sweden's Supreme Court (Högsta Domstolen - HD) is to consider whether wielding a baseball bat in a public place is against the law.
The case in question concerns a man in Malmö, convicted and fined 1,200 kronor ($184) by the district court in the city for the illegal possession of a dangerous object.
In his defence the man argued that he was using the baseball bat to hit balls for his dog to chase.
Furthermore he argued in his testimony that as he had previous been assaulted on two occasions he felt safer in the knowledge that he had a baseball bat with him in the passenger seat of his car.
According to Swedish law the possession of dangerous items such as knives, and other weapons "designed to be used as a weapon in crimes against life or limb", are not permitted in a public place.
The defendant in the case has argued that a baseball bat is not covered by the law and pointed out that it has a number of other uses.
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They would do better to ban moonbats in public.
LOL!
Freedom is far too troublesome for society to allow.
Well to be fair, some of those guys were known to steal...
To think that once upon a time these people were Vikings.
And you will find the same mentality in Minnestoopid.
He should not have admitted that he carried it as a weapon. Liberal courts do not recognize your right to self-defense or your concerns about being assaulted.
That’s nothing - in London the House of Commons is considering a bill that would outlaw pants - which can be doffed and used as a makeshift garrote. True story.
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