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Herrrow.
tl;dr background: the government tried to ban cheap eBay tat katanas because they totally heard that this one time one of them got used to cut someone up, for reals bro, their cousin saw it on the news, no joke.
Overnight result: cheap eBay tat became straight bladed "ninja swords".
| covent.gardens wrote: | Nice sword though, wouldn't mind one of them for home defence or home ornament. They're more or less illegal in the UK aren't they? |
"a sword with a curved blade of 50 centimetres or over in length"
Offence is:
"manufactures, sells or hires or offers for sale or hire, exposes or has in his possession for the purpose of sale or hire, or lends or gives to any other person"
General defences are:
(a) the purposes of theatrical performances and of rehearsals for such performances;
(b) the production of films (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 – see section 5B of that Act);
(c) the production of television programmes (within the meaning of the Communications Act 2003 – see section 405(1) of that Act).
Full list of prohibited weapons.
(a) a knuckleduster, that is, a band of metal or other hard material worn on one or more fingers, and designed to cause injury, and any weapon incorporating a knuckleduster;
(b) a swordstick, that is, a hollow walking-stick or cane containing a blade which may be used as a sword;
(c) the weapon sometimes known as a “handclaw”, being a band of metal or other hard material from which a number of sharp spikes protrude, and worn around the hand;
(d) the weapon sometimes known as a “belt buckle knife”, being a buckle which incorporates or conceals a knife;
(e) the weapon sometimes known as a “push dagger”, being a knife the handle of which fits within a clenched fist and the blade of which protrudes from between two fingers;
(f) the weapon sometimes known as a “hollow kubotan”, being a cylindrical container containing a number of sharp spikes;
(g) the weapon sometimes known as a “footclaw”, being a bar of metal or other hard material from which a number of sharp spikes protrude, and worn strapped to the foot;
(h) the weapon sometimes known as a “shuriken”, “shaken” or “death star”, being a hard non-flexible plate having three or more sharp radiating points and designed to be thrown;
(i) the weapon sometimes known as a “balisong” or “butterfly knife”, being a blade enclosed by its handle, which is designed to split down the middle, without the operation of a spring or other mechanical means, to reveal the blade;
(j) the weapon sometimes known as a “telescopic truncheon”, being a truncheon which extends automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to its handle;
(k) the weapon sometimes known as a “blowpipe” or “blow gun”, being a hollow tube out of which hard pellets or darts are shot by the use of breath;
(l) the weapon sometimes known as a “kusari gama”, being a length of rope, cord, wire or chain fastened at one end to a sickle;
(m) the weapon sometimes known as a “kyoketsu shoge”, being a length of rope, cord, wire or chain fastened at one end to a hooked knife;
(n) the weapon sometimes known as a “manrikigusari” or “kusari”, being a length of rope, cord, wire or chain fastened at each end to a hard weight or hand grip;
(o) a disguised knife, that is any knife which has a concealed blade or concealed sharp point and is designed to appear to be an everyday object of a kind commonly carried on the person or in a handbag, briefcase, or other hand luggage (such as a comb, brush, writing instrument, cigarette lighter, key, lipstick or telephone).
(p) a stealth knife, that is a knife or spike, which has a blade, or sharp point, made from a material that is not readily detectable by apparatus used for detecting metal and which is not designed for domestic use or for use in the processing, preparation or consumption of food or as a toy;
(q) a straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheon (sometimes known as a baton).
(r) a sword with a curved blade of 50 centimetres or over in length; and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, the length of the blade shall be the straight line distance from the top of the handle to the tip of the blade.
Specific defence for swords:
the weapon in question was made in Japan before 1954 or was made in Japan at any other time according to traditional methods of forging swords
making the weapon available for the purposes of the organisation and holding of a permitted activity for which public liability insurance is held in relation to liabilities to third parties arising from or in connection with the organisation and holding of such an activity.
5. For the purposes of paragraph 4—
“historical re-enactment” means any presentation or other event held for the purpose of re-enacting an event from the past or of illustrating conduct from a particular time or period in the past;
“insurance” means a contract of insurance or other arrangement made for the purpose of indemnifying a person or persons named in the contract or under the arrangement;
“permitted activity” means an historical re-enactment or a sporting activity;
“sporting activity” means the practising of a sport which requires the use of a weapon described in paragraph 1
Bullshit clause that obviates the above defence because nobody has this, for what I hope are axiomatically obvious reasons:
“third parties” includes participants in, and spectators of, a permitted activity and members of the public.
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I wanted to learn Kendo and Iaido but the lessons in Pompey were too expensive 
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 12 years, 129 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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