Comment on Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban

• tal@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, i mean if someone really wants to decapitate someone they can just go to the next best hardware store and get a chainsaw.

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  Butter knife ‘an offensive weapon’

  A butter knife can be an offensive weapon, the High Court ruled yesterday.

  The decision came in the rejection of an appeal by Charlie Brooker, of Welling, Kent, who had been convicted under the Criminal Justice Act of carrying a bladed instrument.

  Mark Hardie, appearing for Brooker, argued that the knife had no handle, sharp edges or points and therefore could not fall foul of a law intended to protect people from dangerous weapons.

  But Lord Justice Laws, sitting with Mr Justice David Steel, disagreed. He said: “I would accept that a sharp or pointed blade was the paradigm case - however the words of the statute are unqualified and refer to any article that has a blade.”

  I will bet you that Parliament would be willing to impose a ban on possession of a chainsaw without just cause.

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• Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Playing devil’s advocate, chainsaws are used for cutting trees and other tasks, they are not inherently a weapon unlike a sword (these are similar arguments to the ones used about gun control). I do find it silly to ban weeb swords, but mostly because I don’t think they’re ever really used for crimes? Or did I miss some info about a wave of ninja murders in the UK?

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This will probably be a reaction to the Hainault sword attack last year which resulted in the murder of a schoolboy, attempted murder of others, and an attack on a sleeping family, using a samurai sword. The trial is due to start tomorrow.

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  • stray@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They are unfortunately being used by children, who understandably think they look sick as shit, to murder each other. Here are some “highlights”:

    www.bbc.com/news/articles/czddg1zvl34o

    www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-66187503

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think they’re ever really used for crimes?

    Yeah there are probably more deaths from chainsaws than those swords. But yeah ofcourse in this case there is no legal use case other than artistic value. For things like folding knives tho there are lots of good legal uses and they are still banned.

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    • shani66@ani.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wait, they ban basic knives as well? Might as well ban nail clippers!

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    • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think you’re only banned from carrying locking knives (or big knives) in public without a good reason, so on the very off-chance you were questioned by plod then “I’m a tradie going to work” or whatever should be a fine explanation.

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