Sword Ban In Scotland?

Saw this earlier. Take a moment to read the article. This post isn't going anywhere.

You done? Good. Now onto my comments.

First England bans guns (and we have seen how effective that has been in reducing the number of gun crimes) and now Scotland wants to band swords and knives! Makes me glad I don't live in the UK.

I wonder if the people pushing for this ban really thought it out. Does this ban include Swiss Army Knives? Multi-Tools? Chef's knifes (A staple of slasher films and horror movies?) Steak knives? What about knife and sword like weapons that don't have blades like Sais?

The really sad thing is the timing. Just days after a plot to blow up planes was discovered, Scotland wants to ban a weapon that can defend people!

Check the stats people. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the murders and assorted other crimes commited where knives were involved were not commited by people who collect blades or are law abiding citizens. they are being commited by the same people who are commiting the gun related crimes in England; people who don't obey the law in the first place. The only difference is if this law passes, the average, law abiding citizen will not be able to defend themselves.