Posted on 01/23/2013 6:21:29 AM PST by Uncle Chip
Police have revealed the chilling array of deadly weapons they seized in just four months - including a crossbow and a traditional samurai sword.
The fearsome arsenal, which even includes a gold-plated axe, was put on display yesterday by West Midlands Police as part of a new anti-weapons campaign.
Other dangerous arms featured in the grim haul are nunchuks, knuckle dusters, a giant flick knife and crude planks of wood with nails hammered into them.
The force, which is the UK's second largest, has launched its campaign alongside doctors and the families of victims of knife crime.
Superintendent Basit Javid said: 'It is illegal to carry a knife in public and if, like me, people believe that one knife related crime is one too many, they must make a stand and come forward with information which will help us tackle the problem.'
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones added: 'The deaths of two Big Issue sellers in Birmingham last week are a stark reminder of the seriousness of knife crime, and this campaign couldn't be more timely.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
It’s the box wrench that’s most worrisome. Imagine if that fell into the wrong hands? They might try to use a half inch on a 12mm head and strip the thing, which is basically terrorism.
Hmmm, sounds more like indescent wrecksposure ... or public stupidity. There’s a bidenism in there somewhere fur shur.
I see a homemade letter opener in there.
This is stupid.
...chilling...
Maybe these weapons could be strategically placed around the world to defeat globull warming.
Reading the comments at the link, apparently the only way to carry a knife of any kind is if you use it as a “letter opener”. I’m serious.
So, I have a new campaign to stop Knife Violence.
Close the letter opener loophole!
It’s for the children.
Not the Pointy Stick! At least it wasn't a basket of elderberries.
Hunh, looks approximately like someone cleaned out the junk drawer in my workshop.
Trotsky would be OK with that.
No more lug wrenches. You’ll have to call the gov’t if you get a flat.
In this country, just about all of the items in the picture at the top would be called tools and utensils, not weapons.
How did the “British Empire” conquer places like India without a machette? At a minimum, one would think that the nation famous for their gardens would need something with which to whack weeds. Have they really fallen this low? Or is that a silly question?
And people wonder why we’re having a hard time taking the Brits seriously.
What the heck...there’s a pair of scissors (with the blue handles)....a baseball bat...a quite a few steak knives.
I’ve always wanted to get one of those ridiculously oversized pocket knives, like the one being held up by the guy with work gloves.
Let me see...
Board without nails......OK
Nails without Board.......OK
Board with nails.......NO,NO.
Any restriction on the size of the board and nails?
“Close the letter opener loophole”
Fairly universally, if you are in a government office and witness somebody open a letter, it won’t be with a letter opener anymore.
They have to use these safety razor devices instead.
It’s clear what’s coming next — gardeners and carpenters will have to be licensed and there will be background checks and waiting periods for anyone wishing to trim a bush or repair a chair. CCW for all screwdrivers and hammers as well.
What’s in the “BIO HAZARD” containers? Dangerous cotton swabs?
Thanks be to Bush, we’re doing the same thing here!
Been to an airport lately? TSA has these pikers beat by a long shot!!
Since when are a bunch of interesting weapons “chilling”?
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