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

• Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why would you need a reason—legitimate or otherwise—to justify owning a sword?

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  • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Because it’s a weapon.

    Ninja swords – which have a blade between 14 inches and 24 inches long with one straight cutting edge with a tanto-style point – have been linked to the surge in knife crime which has risen to more than 50,000 offences in the past year, close to its record high in 2019.

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    • lurch@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s ridiculous to ban them because of that. The criminals could just use a kebab knife instead or whatever. A proper way would be to ban carrying all long knives around, except in closed boxes. So the kebab guy or sword collector can buy a knife and bring it to his restaurant/home, but by the time a criminal gets it out of the box ppl can call the police and it’s already a crime.

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      • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You already need to have a reason to carry around a large blade. Anything over pocket/eating size. Someone with a kebab knife would have to be selling, gifting, repairing or travelling from or to a kebab place.

        With these swords, collecting them is a good reason that would make it difficult to prosecute someone carrying it as a weapon. Banning them means the person carrying them is without doubt a criminal, because they are now illegal.

        Most people committing knife crimes don’t have a profession (that they would tell police about) that requires large blades.

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    • ladfrombrad@lemdro.id ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Because it’s a weapon.

      So is a water pistol. Depends if I change the pH of the water?

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      • DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Let’s be real honest is that still just water?

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      • stray@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s not legal to carry a water pistol full of acid either.

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    • bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      How many of these were done with a freaking katana LMAO

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      • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        A non-zero amount

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• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  yeah, decoration/recreation (or do you want to ban the bow and arrow too? maybe ban boxing gloves?)/historical preservation

  banning swords is absurd, if anything you want miscreants to use swords because they’re fucking massive and obvious, you can’t conceal a katana.

  meanwhile if someone wants to kill and not make that fact visible, they can just… keep a screwdriver in their pocket and stab someone, and you’re never going to ban screwdrivers.

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  • stray@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    yeah, decoration/recreation (or do you want to ban the bow and arrow too? maybe ban boxing gloves?)/historical preservation

    Blunt weapons and historical items are not banned per this legislation.

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