Save Our Swords
We the undersigned declare our united opposition to the Scottish Executives recent proposals for an outright ban on the sale of swords in Scotland and the carrying of swords in public places.We believ... continue reading »
"I, as do most people, collect bladed "weapons" as collectors pieces, generally choosing something unusual, or something that required a high degree of skill to produce. Banning such sales would be restricting peoples freedoms, if someone's going to knife "
"you have got to be kidding !!!"
"banning swords is ridiculous, kitchen knifes are more dangerous and alot more muirders have been possible thanks to them, this banning of swords is hypocritical and only there to get votes"
"Save the swords! Why attack valuable symbols of an ancient culture for the misdeads of wicked criminals? Banning swords is outragiously absurd!"
"You will be taking cars off us next!!"
"This is a knee jerk piece of 'Daily Mail' legislation, and can in no way achieve its prescribed goals. The laws already exist to prevent illegitimate us of these weapons. This law will only create unnessary barriers for the enthusiast and those serving th"
"many people who use sword legitimately would find licence fees too expensive. the government should distinguish between freak acts by mentally imbalanced folk and legitimate users. in most cases the weapon used is the one closest. in the case of sword rel"
"I like swords!!!!"
"I would suspect the total number of deaths related to swords would be substantially lower than drownings this year. Perhaps in the interest of public safety you should ban water instead."
"A very indescriminate proposal, and rather nieve. If you want a law to be respected, then do some research and earn that respect before throwing all your toys out of your pram with a rash sweeping statement like the scottish proposal on swords."
"These are hardly weapons of choice for criminals. They are used by people for hobbies and for collections. They are hardly more dangerous or accessible than a fire axe or pen knife and harder to hide usually."