Posted on 03/27/2025 12:48:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Possessing a ninja sword is to be banned in the UK and carry a penalty of up to six months in jail, the British government said on Thursday, in a bid to curb what it has called a "national" knife crime "crisis."
The Home Office said most ninja swords had a blade of between 14 and 24 inches (36 and 61 centimetres), with one straight cutting edge and a tanto style — or sharply-angled — tip.
From August 1, anyone caught in possession of a ninja sword in private could face six months in prison. That is set to rise to two years under forthcoming legislation.
There is already a penalty of up to four years in prison for carrying any weapon in public.
The ninja sword ban is the final part of the so-called Ronan's law, a raft of anti-knife crime measures introduced in parliament last month as part of the government's crime and policing bill.
The measures include making retailers report bulk or suspicious sales to police and a rise in jail terms to two years for selling weapons to children.
The law is named after teenager Ronan Kanda, who was murdered with a ninja sword in 2022 by two other teenagers in a case of mistaken identity.
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How about ban certain types of people and enforce the law and penalties.
Sharp sticks next up for the tyrants to ban.
Followed by the outlawing of cricket and rowing - you can’t have hard swingable implements with handles!
Brave Sir Keir.
But banned only for infidels so they have one less means of self-defense, but since self-defense is illegal for them anyway, it’s a wash.
Finally I can end my boycott of UK products.
Are scimitars still OK?
Okie dokie... then a Roman gladius and a tomahawk it is!
No big deal. Lighten Up folks.
Everyone knows you can’t see ninjas.
So much for my swords. Guess I’ll have to figure out how to strap my pick-axe on my waist.
Fresh fruit next, particularly the dreaded banana.
What next, Germany to ban out of control SUVs and trucks?
Thank your lucky stars your ancestors made the trip across the Atlantic.
The good folks at the Church of England want to ban pointy knives. That sounds ridiculous, Monty Python stuff. But I suppose that’s exactly where the UK is headed.
https://reason.com/2019/10/07/the-u-k-must-ban-pointy-knives-says-church-of-england/
But wait. Blunt knives can be sharped to a point. So ban grinders and whetstones as well. Oh, and metal files too.
Given the hate for Trump, they’ll pass a ban on golf clubs.
They would say:
Those fearsome swingable implements of death cannot be allowed in the UK!
And Trump that promotes those barbaric golf clubs would have his golf courses closed as an added bonus.
What a bunch of nutcases, I bet that is next.
So a Viking Sword is ok then?
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