an incredibly stupid idea against firearms

[Frostbite]

Hey, how about making firearms illegal (or at least difficult to obtain) but making swords legal? At least then you'd have to pick up fencing in order to use it. Not as cowardly as a pistol and incredibly gory, so how about it? Back to the Dark Ages baby!

[Tmy]

How about requiring all bullets to be rubber. Deer everwhere would support this.

[The Fool]

Originally posted by Frostbite
Hey, how about making firearms illegal (or at least difficult to obtain) but making swords legal? At least then you'd have to pick up fencing in order to use it. Not as cowardly as a pistol and incredibly gory, so how about it? Back to the Dark Ages baby!

You could be onto something here. As everyone would have a sword, nobody would dare attempt to attack anyone because they know that they would have a sword. Nobody would burgle houses for fear of sword wielding occupants. Everybody knows that crime was virtually unknown in the middle ages, when sword carrying was fashionable.....

Damn fine Idea Frostbite..... But wouldn't everyone packing handguns make things even safer ?

[Crossbow]

I do not own any firearms and I do not ever expect to own any.

However, I do own several swords and crossbows, and they are already legal to own.

[Frostbite]

Originally posted by Crossbow
I do not own any firearms and I do not ever expect to own any.

However, I do own several swords and crossbows, and they are already legal to own.

You crazy wacko you. Actually I wanna buy me a 5-foot claymore off Museum Replicas but it's like US$350, which is like 500 of my canuckian dollars... :(

I'm just longing for the day when a burglar breaks into my house so I can chase him around with a 5-feet long sword and boxer shorts screaming "Ach! Have at thee, heretic!" That is truly one of my life ambitions.

[Tony]

Originally posted by Frostbite




I'm just longing for the day when a burglar breaks into my house so I can chase him around with a 5-feet long sword and boxer shorts screaming "Ach! Have at thee, heretic!" That is truly one of my life ambitions.

I'd rather just shoot him. :D

[Frostbite]

Originally posted by Tony


I'd rather just shoot him. :D

Bah, you're no fun. :p

[Crossbow]

Originally posted by Frostbite


You crazy wacko you. Actually I wanna buy me a 5-foot claymore off Museum Replicas but it's like US$350, which is like 500 of my canuckian dollars... :(

I'm just longing for the day when a burglar breaks into my house so I can chase him around with a 5-feet long sword and boxer shorts screaming "Ach! Have at thee, heretic!" That is truly one of my life ambitions.

Frostbite:

You can find much better swords out there for less money than that.

If you like, please PM me and I can put you in contact with some good sword makers.

[Jon_in_london]

Rather than swords, should just have fists. That way burglars will be discouraged as they might get hit with a fist. Plus, fists dont cost anything and everyone has a brace of fists.

[Michael Redman]

Originally posted by Jon_in_london
Rather than swords, should just have fists. That way burglars will be discouraged as they might get hit with a fist. Plus, fists dont cost anything and everyone has a brace of fists. Plus, like magic, these weapons repair themselves! What could be better?

[Suspected Idiot]

I've just started learning kendo, so I support the sword idea. But why limit it to swords? I quite fancy the idea of clubbing a mugger around the side of the head with an iron mace or jabbing a burgular with a 10 foot pike.

Does any one know the legality of swords in the UK? I know knives with a blade over a certain length are banned, but i don't know the details.

[Tmy]

If you ban swords then only the criminals will have swords.

But I tell you this. The government will have to pry my catapault out of my cold dead hands before I give it up.

[Underemployed]

I'm just longing for the day when a burglar breaks into my house so I can chase him around with a 5-feet long sword and boxer shorts screaming "Ach! Have at thee, heretic!" That is truly one of my life ambitions.

You made me laugh out loud! It's a good thing nobody heard. Perhaps you should go into acting, as there is a strong liklihood of such a line popping up one day and you can fulfill your ambition. Perhaps we should collaborate on a script?

Back to the guns...

The idea that 'everybody should be armed we'll all be much safer' is ridiculous. It could be applied to any weapon. And it implies that once gun-ownership has reached saturation point, criminals will not find some other weapon or tactic to commit assaults.

What if they move up to bazookas? Should we all then make sure decent, law-abiding people can own bazookas too? Then the criminals move up to air-fuel bombs...and so on...This is the principle of Mutually-Assured Destruction, not self-defence.

If your only answer to violence is more violence, then do not be surprised that you live in a violent world.

[Nikk]

Originally posted by Frostbite


You crazy wacko you. Actually I wanna buy me a 5-foot claymore off Museum Replicas but it's like US$350, which is like 500 of my canuckian dollars... :(

I'm just longing for the day when a burglar breaks into my house so I can chase him around with a 5-feet long sword and boxer shorts screaming "Ach! Have at thee, heretic!" That is truly one of my life ambitions.

Mind you there is the risk that you could damage your own property waving a big chunk of metal around in your own home.

With an epeé you can kill him with so much more grace and style.

Oh and don't forget, use salt and cold water to get the blood out of carpets and soft furnishings.

[John Harrison]

If your only answer to violence is more violence, then do not be surprised that you live in a violent world.

Duh. I nominate this as "master of the obvious statement" of the week.

[Agammamon]

If you let people have swords, then they'll want pikes, then catapults, and pretty soon every one is running around with a trebuchet under their jackets.

[John Harrison]

pretty soon every one is running around with a trebuchet under their jackets.

I wonder if you can get a shoulder holster for one of those...

[Underemployed]

Ah yes! It is obvious. So plain to see, that of course policy-formers all over the world and private citizens alike are falling over themselves to find ways of resolving difficulties without resorting to fisticuffs.

[peptoabysmal]

I trained with swords for years in the martial arts and I have a couple of marksmanship trophies taking up space in the attic. With me, you are hosed either way :D

From the movie "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid"; "Guns or knives, Butch?"

[subgenius]

Originally posted by Frostbite
Hey, how about making firearms illegal (or at least difficult to obtain) but making swords legal? At least then you'd have to pick up fencing in order to use it. Not as cowardly as a pistol and incredibly gory, so how about it? Back to the Dark Ages baby!
Definitely agree that guns are cowardly. Takes a lot more to stab someone. That's gotta be nasty.

[UnrepentantSinner]

What's all this edged weapons talk?

Real men bludgeon...

[richardm]

Originally posted by Suspected Idiot
I've just started learning kendo, so I support the sword idea. But why limit it to swords? I quite fancy the idea of clubbing a mugger around the side of the head with an iron mace or jabbing a burgular with a 10 foot pike.

Does any one know the legality of swords in the UK? I know knives with a blade over a certain length are banned, but i don't know the details.


.. Banned, insofar as you're not allowed to go walking around in public with a blade longer than a few inches without a good reason. So if you're a re-enactment person, you're okay. If you're a diver with a diver's knife, you're okay. If you're walking around with one of these (http://www.bladeguy.com/cobspikknuck.html), you're not.


Edited to add: There's nothing to stop you owning them, by the way, so long as you don't parade around outside carrying them - concealed or otherwise...

[armageddonman]

Originally posted by Frostbite
[B]

You crazy wacko you. Actually I wanna buy me a 5-foot claymore off Museum Replicas but it's like US$350, which is like 500 of my canuckian dollars... :(


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[Kodiak]

Originally posted by subgenius

Definitely agree that guns are cowardly. Takes a lot more to stab someone. That's gotta be nasty.

What do you know about it? Have you used either?