gwalchmai Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Who in the heck could have seen this coming? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11983275/Suella-Braverman-pledges-machetes-Britains-streets.html Machetes will be outlawed under plans to be announced by ministers today. Sales of the long bladed weapons will be banned except for legitimate use, such as gardening and outdoor pursuits. A consultation paper, published by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, suggests the maximum punishment for selling, importing or manufacturing prohibited blades should be increased from six months' imprisonment to two years. It also sets out proposals to increase the penalties for possessing the weapons. Changes will ban a wider range of 'zombie' knives which were made illegal in 2016. The weapons – usually with a double, serrated edge – are currently banned only if they carry 'images or words that suggest that it is to be used for the purpose of violence. Legislation would be updated to cover all zombie-style weapons regardless of whether they feature words or images. Mo at da linc... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Apparently the little island cluster wishes to continue leading tge Anglo world. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeorge Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Man an I just bought a WWII army surplus machete off ebay yesterday WWII US ARMY AIR CORPS BAIL OUT MACHETE SHEFFIELD MADE IN ENGLAND | eBay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, railfancwb said: Apparently the little island cluster wishes to continue leading tge Anglo world. I'm afraid they have only one real strategy for survival... Peter Sellers was as prescient as Muad Dib. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted April 21, 2023 Administrators Share Posted April 21, 2023 What happens when the zombies attack? Have they thought about that? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Huaco Kid Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Isn't whacking Droogs a legitimate outdoor pursuit? 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 minute ago, Huaco Kid said: Isn't whacking Droogs a legitimate outdoor pursuit? Only if you listen to Ludwig Van. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 This is a step in the wrong direction. Instead, the punishment for attacking somebody with a machete should be that the intended victim produces a legally acquired concealed carry pistol and shoots them. The fact that crime goes down when the population is allowed to carry firearms is a documented fact. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/more-guns-less-crime-john-r-lott-jr/1131900544?ean=2940171127138 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mrs.Cicero Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Insert euphemism for baby kittens here. I am done with this. There are 4 or 5 machetes wandering around my house right now and they've never hurt anyone. My KIDS have machetes and they use them to whack the nasty nettles down past the garden. Somewhere in the barn there is a kukri. The kids have had swords for forever (the oldest is a fencer off at school now). There's a freaking bayonet in the back seat of my truck (I need it for a history talk I'm doing on Sunday). And I lost count of the firearms a long time ago... and none of these tools have ever hurt or killed anyone, with the one exception being somebody getting bitten by a scope (dude, you really have to hold that the way I told you to so that doesn't happen - I don't give directions because I like to hear myself talk. Duh.). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellik Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Eric said: What happens when the zombies attack? Have they thought about that? In a Scottish brogue: Spears, twice as long as a man. Dad: some men are longer than others! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellik Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 That is i: Alex. And my three drooges; Georgie, Dim, and Pete! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 At least he is wearing a mask 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 hours ago, minervadoe said: This is a step in the wrong direction. Instead, the punishment for attacking somebody with a machete should be that the intended victim produces a legally acquired concealed carry pistol and shoots them. The fact that crime goes down when the population is allowed to carry firearms is a documented fact. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/more-guns-less-crime-john-r-lott-jr/1131900544?ean=2940171127138 Problem is that legally acquired firearms could be put to use resisting an increasingly irrational and tyrannical government and we can’t have that, now can we. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I'm confused. Wouldn't a goblin, bent on mayhem with a machete, acquire one legally by simply declaring that he needed it for gardening and outdoor pursuits? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 If the Brits hadn't let so many 3rd world barbarians into their once civilized country, maybe their country would still be reasonably civilized. --Ya think??? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Bet they don't let Vikings in these days. Or Saxons. Only Africans and Muslims. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellik Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 4 hours ago, tous said: Wouldn't a goblin, bent on mayhem with a machete, acquire one legally by simply declaring that he needed it for gardening and outdoor pursuits? Serialized, registered, kept separate from sharpening stones, maybe stored at the local constabulary. Only available on weekends for check out. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 The ones with the thing on your shoulder that goes up, are right out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 6 hours ago, tous said: Bet they don't let Vikings in these days. Or Saxons. Only Africans and Muslims. And the Polish. Lots of Polish. Not the smart hard working ones. The ones Poland was happy to see leave. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 From what I read, it appears that Hungary is the country to live in if you want to be free. They actually guard their border and toss invaders back over it. However, I'm sure that the EU is hard at work turning Hungary into yet another People's Republic, obedient to Brussels and China. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 20 hours ago, gwalchmai said: Who in the heck could have seen this coming? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11983275/Suella-Braverman-pledges-machetes-Britains-streets.html Machetes will be outlawed under plans to be announced by ministers today. Sales of the long bladed weapons will be banned except for legitimate use, such as gardening and outdoor pursuits. A consultation paper, published by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, suggests the maximum punishment for selling, importing or manufacturing prohibited blades should be increased from six months' imprisonment to two years. It also sets out proposals to increase the penalties for possessing the weapons. Changes will ban a wider range of 'zombie' knives which were made illegal in 2016. The weapons – usually with a double, serrated edge – are currently banned only if they carry 'images or words that suggest that it is to be used for the purpose of violence. Legislation would be updated to cover all zombie-style weapons regardless of whether they feature words or images. Mo at da linc... I remember when England talked of making pointed knives illegal but didn't say anything about desk grinders... The insanity continues. Declare an object illegal instead of real punishment for illegal use. Then the government found that they were attacking religions when the Sikhs were told they couldn't carry their ceremonial knives so the made them an exception. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 12 hours ago, railfancwb said: Problem is that legally acquired firearms could be put to use resisting an increasingly irrational and tyrannical government and we can’t have that, now can we. Not when you are "subjects" of the crown. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Who really needs a MACHETE errrr AR15 errr where am i going with this ?? (insert Emoji for AR15) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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