RE: "Offensive Weapons" in the UK
November 25, 2012 at 6:54 pm
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2012 at 6:55 pm by Chas.)
(November 25, 2012 at 6:42 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Maybe somewhere down the line I gave that impression. For the record, I don't exactly imagine the US being a nation of gun nuts walking around armed to the teeth like in some deranged western, despite what some of the more extreme news stories would try to have us believe (interestingly, as I type this, Dirty Harry is on the telly with his "most powerful handgun in the world").
(November 25, 2012 at 6:36 pm)Chas Wrote: If you can manage to control your annoyance long enought to answer my question, I would appreciate it.
My annoyance is fuelled by having to keep repeating and untwisting my words. If you can refrain from making me do that, I will control my annoyance.
(November 25, 2012 at 6:36 pm)Chas Wrote: The question is, what is the purpose of the laws against "offensive weapons"?
Umm... how about "to prevent people from having access to them without authorisation"? What is the purpose of any laws against anything you care to name?
That is not a purpose. That is the equivalent of "Because I said so".
What is the purpose of preventing people access to them?
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