Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. »» Thomas Macaulay

I Didn’t Say Anything When They Came For The Guns…

Posted on December 20, 2007
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Y’all are familiar with Pastor Martin Niemöller’s poem First They Came…, aren’t ya? Well, british sword fans pobably wish they’d read it a little closer. Once again from Reuters-

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.

England is famous for its weapons restrictions and has some of the most stringent anti-gun laws in the world, and yet there were still 5001 gun-related injuries in 2006 according to London’s Gun Control Network. The article doesn’t give the specific numbers of sword related related injuries, but does anyone really think there were more than 5000? If not, then how is this, remotely, a good use of government resources? If anti-gun laws failed to prevent more than 5000 injuries, how is further disarming the citizenry going to make them any safer? The answer: it’s not. This is just mama government taking another step towards complete and total tyranny.

The article did have one humorous highlight, however-