[TheForge] banning samurai swords (in england)

[Andrew Vida]

Guns, knives, *kitchen* knives... now this.  Somebody should make a 
movie.  It would have to be billed as a fictional comedy because nobody 
would believe otherwise.

What ninnies.

Ben Barrett wrote:
> Just saw this via OddlyEnough/reuters:
> http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-12-14T051324Z_01_N13193275_RTRUKOC_0_US-SWORDS.xml
> 
> clip from beginning of article:
> LONDON (Reuters) - The government said Wednesday it would ban the sale
> of samurai swords because the weapons had been used in a number of
> serious, high-profile attacks.
> The Home Office said the swords would be added to the Offensive
> Weapons Order from April next year, meaning they could not be
> imported, sold or hired.
> However collectors of genuine Japanese swords and those used by
> martial arts enthusiasts would be exempt from the ban.
> 
> gah!!!  now hollywood will have to glorfy other ancient weapons like
> the atl-atl and slingshot...
>