They want to BAN SWORDS now.... Response to the Labour Party & Idris Elba

[@scholagladiatoria]

There is a point coming up in the comments which needs clarification: The current Conservative Government is banning serrated 'zombie' style knives, and this will come into force in September. This is an election year and the opposition Labour Party want to get in (and might). They want to ban ALL swords. Labour argue that there are no legitimate reasons for most people to have access to swords. Labour MP Helen Hayes has been clear on this - you can read her words yourself here: www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1859527/Knife-crime-machete-zombie-knife-ban

[@jdwason1]

@@user-ev3hu3mi7t I agree with you. Bans never actually do anything except restrict those who would use them for legal purposes.

[@jdwason1]

I would disagree with the Labour Party on this one even though I am not from the United Kingdom. Home defense is a perfectly acceptable reason to have swords, among other weapons, in the home especially when firearms may be off the table. Barricade yourself in a room and if they come in the home owner has done everything they can do avoid mortally wounding the intruder. Your home is your castle and whoever breaks into your home clearly does not care about what following consequences could follow. Plus, collecting just because you appreciate a certain type of blade/weapon design or have a business are perfectly legitimate reasons as well. I believe this shows just how out of touch the party and or certain members are out of touch.

[@user-qh2iv9ht7i]

Funny when you get to witness Karma in real life....

[@granitestateman942]

Fellow Americans, take note. The communist left wants to disarm you and leave you defenseless. Exercise your God given right to self-defense and was enshrined in our 2nd Ammendment in our Bill of Rights!

[@patrickHayes-bq1ry]

I love your channel and the study of medieval weapons is a fascinating subject but in reality there is no real reason for people to own swords and swords or sword type weapons have been used in criminal . Suspect fencing equipment will be exempt and probably quite a few other things as well and will work out OK like the firearms laws

[@beetledjuice3062]

Shouldn't they ban violence? That oughta make it disappear from the streets once and for all

[@Benjanuva]

Might as well ban death while you're at it. Murder is no longer allowed! Wait a minute...

[@JaceyMitchell]

I demand a ban on crime!

[@harryflower1810]

About as effective as no gun zones, no knife zones. Criminals don't obey rules.. about time politicians and the general public understand that

[@nowayjosedaniel]

The Empire lives and breathes violence. That would never be banned. They'd rather ban Life.

[@dashcammer4322]

@@nowayjosedaniel They did ban life, or perhaps just devalue it, in the 1960s, one might say. In 1964 they effectively stopped executing the worst criminals (whose actions had earned their execution). In 1967, they allowed executing another group (whose only "crime" was being inconvenient).

[@bakawaki]

Banning swords is basically an attempt to look like they're doing something, while actually achieving nothing.

[@henrybrennan6738]

Just the same as the Ivory ban. I doubt it'll save a single elephant.

[@richardbradley5217]

So typical Labour then. As much use as a fart in a space suit

[@bradclifton5248]

They would have to have the reality that criminality is something created by a faulty culture and will never be reduced without moral correction.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Oh you mean like banning any weapons ever?

[@josephsage3524]

No, they are specifically taking away any ability to defend yourself. Why are they doing this...

[@chewcacachewpipi8879]

Gun owners and enthusiasts: First time?

[@dananderson6697]

No kidding - it's amazing that they had to get to the point where banning "vaguely pointy objects" was the issue before anybody over there got to saying the exact things, verbatim, that American 2nd Amendment supporters have been saying for years.

[@joshdoddadbod]

Seriously.

[@01Sassoon]

When you live in a Police State, only the Police/government, have the guns. Wake up, England !!

[@fankgaming7753]

Give the government an inch, they'll take 10 miles. Every. Single. Time.

[@user-mx6eh7ui8n]

You mean people. Government is people. Get to the point.

[@PamelaD963]

@@user-mx6eh7ui8n😂 People vote for Ulez ? People vote for lockdowns ? People vote for inflation ? Tax rises ?

[@MrJemoederopeenstokj]

They ain't people tho@@user-mx6eh7ui8n

[@maccarr9923]

@@user-mx6eh7ui8nGo away bot

[@Revenant_.]

@@user-mx6eh7ui8nwhat kind of dumbass logic

[@themyrmidon2181]

“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” ― Aristotle

[@kiltedcripple]

To be fair, it's pretty clear that Aristotle hadn't met very many people

[@CheeseBurgerXJ]

More true then ever.

[@boomerkobold3943]

@@kiltedcrippleok gun grabbing cuck

[@gregory4154]

@@kiltedcripple

[@klarthkoken1925]

1) I don't think a few swords will allow some fencers and re-enactors to effectively fight the government. 2) If I did, that would make me more supportive of banning them not less. I am not in favour of general ownership of the kind of weapons that actually enable people to take on a military force.

[@user-hj7wl6rp5n]

Politicians will always blame the inanimate object, be it a gun, knife or sword rather than doing what is hard which is to educate, train and if necessary punish for crime. A politician wants votes not what is right

[@tonyham3511]

Exactly. Anything can be used as a weapon - the origin of violence begins in the mind where the thought is conceived & acted upon using whatever means possible. There are more incidences of vehicles being used to maim & kill than swords but we don't ban them because we need them in today's world & we understand it's the individual not the thing they use. A sword is useless without the person wielding it intending to cause harm. Yet politicians & many of the populace either fail to understand the principle or fail to apply it fully, showing bias. Of course accidents happen too, but we understand they tend not to be the fault of the thing but rather recklessness, coincidence or even faults of the construction of the thing, ect. The crazy thing is that you almost never hear swords being used to harm anymore in the UK, yet we're supposed to believe they're a threat to the public. Politicians are famous for solving problems that weren't problems to begin with & creating problems in the process. Thanks to the fearmongering media, they've convinced many people to live in fear & to support nonsensical policies that help none, other than the people who want to abuse their power & enslave us. Our governments are a joke & the West is falling for a reason. If our forebears saw all this I think they would be outraged & do something about it. This is sabotage of our liberal democracies from the inside. All our freedoms our forebears fought for will be gone at this rate & replaced with authoritarian dictates.

[@bennyb.1742]

I mean, the ones not trying to blame inanimate objects are generally blaming the situation on people of some other ethnicity so take your pick. Neither make any sense and just pander to a loud group of quasi literate fear mongers.

[@anon4854]

Same government that let Rotherham police and political leaders off without any kind of consequences for letting a rape gang target young girls for over 10 years.

[@carljansen3118]

Well bloody said 👏🏻👊🏻

[@MrSchism]

Or prevent crime by addressing the underlying socioeconomic drivers.

[@notoriousdip5495]

When will people understand that criminals don’t adhere to bans of anything… ever… and never have.

[@retrogamernr.8569]

Yeah. The only thing this will lead to is regular citizens being unable to defend themselves.

[@notoriousdip5495]

@@retrogamernr.8569 nail on the head mate!

[@hyperbolic3833]

That's not really true, we have less gun crime in the UK compared to the US because its harder to get hold of guns. The real issue is that swords aren't used in crime and crime is just a product of poverty. If you actually want to reduce crime the only way to do it is to reduce the poverty that makes crime a viable option. But unfortunately we hate poor people too much to ever consider that

[@alvarosilva9251]

Problem probably is that they run out of good ideas for elections.

[@herodotus6235]

That’s not actually true. Our gun ban means we don’t have teen school massacres on a regular basis for example.

[@iancampbell4984]

I'd like to see a protest march about this. One of historical re-enactors, each carrying an appropriate weapon. Halberds, zweihanders, greataxes, arming swords, assorted exotic polearms, crossbows, longbows, maybe a formation of pikemen. It's not the implement - it's the "person" carrying it.

[@Paul-bs5wl]

That only works if the media is on your side. Otherwise "armed mob descends on Westminster". The media is not on your side.

[@chunkyfecalbreakfast]

They would likely all be arrested for carrying an offensive weapon or a bladed article in a public place, said halberd etc seized and destroyed

[@REDARROW_A_Personal]

I got a better idea... Have them do a march on Westminster and Force them to sign a new version of the Magna Carta.

[@paincult7121]

Bruh you get arrested for less during a march. If you brandish a weapon you will be kettled in, corralled and arrested.

[@Sillimant_]

Magna carta was for the king. Parliament is easier to deal with, they're much more replaceable

[@jonathancathey2334]

Never underestimate the ignorance or stupidity of politicians.

[@AM-hf9kk]

And the people that vote for them...

[@GriffinParke]

​@@AM-hf9kkand celebrities who push these ridiculous causes.

[@rumeunner3245]

These politicians aren't stupid or ignorant, they know exactly what they're doing when they pass these "stupid laws". It's all about one thing; "control"

[@BLACK80085]

More like them being bastards those guys know what theyre doing. Its mon mon the cash. Theyre lazily adressing issues and grab as much of it and run off lol.

[@michaeldiebold8847]

It’s not the politicians, it’s the citizens that vote for them

[@franzoidle7002]

My grandmother’s brother fought in the First World War, and he gifted me his officers sword. It was too large to put in any checked luggage, so I was allowed to carry it on with the promise that I wouldn’t remove it from its scabbard while on the plane. Sitting close by we’re some older gentleman and they had also fought in the war and were interested in looking at it, then eventually the pilot of the 747 came out to have a gander. That was 1977 and I was 15 that summer, it was very different time then. Good times, very good times…

[@JohnDoe-yq9rt]

You could do that when most of Europe was white. Now that there are so many foreigners, almost every European country has become a low trust society. Some will say that's racist, but nobody can deny that it's true.

[@hyperboreanforeskin]

when England was filled with the English. now it's filled with africans and pakis stabbing each other in the street and White Brits paying the price

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Thanks for sharing

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

What a simpler world.

[@TheBlenderblob]

People used to bring their shotguns into my highschool to go hunting after class. We are starting to live in a trustless society.

[@coltinallenscott]

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves." -William Pitt the Younger, 1783

[@jfilm7466]

Remember back in the 70s when most little boys were given a sheath knife in their 7th birthday? Remember when the old bill used to say "You ve careful with that, Sonny Jim" when they saw it openly dangling from your belt?

[@johndread1724]

I grew up in a mountain town in Romania in the 90's. Iwas given my first knife when I was 8. All kids had and used knives. Nobody stabbed anyone. And before some drooling mouth breather starts on about white people and such, we had plenty of roma people around. No problems whatsoever.

[@danfr444]

Yes, I'm sure knife crime in Romania isn't a problem at all and your anecdotal evidence is very accurate@@johndread1724

[@kudosbudo]

thats when we actually had a funded police force with feet on the ground.

[@Sillimant_]

Gypsies aren't going to start anything when they see everyone is carrying. It's why they're such a problem now

[@ccityplanner1217]

Our law makes a specific exemption to allow people of the Sikh faith to continue doing this for no other reason than because the Guru Gobind, who must be the most foresightful person who ever lived, wrote in a book that they must do this.

[@waerlogauk]

The political thought process when feeling pressure goes like this: 1: something must be done 2: this is something 3: therefore, this must be done

[@EriktheRed2023]

Activity as a substitute for achievement.

[@Rodrifuuu]

Except when it means taking from the rich, then nothing must be done.

[@MeanOldLady]

“Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing.” - Thomas Sowell

[@RogerS1978]

Looking at who actually commits the crimes might be problematic so this is something that can be done.

[@redbloodcell4047]

@@RogerS1978 Yeah overwhelmingly it's younger people living in deprived urban areas, and improving their lives by any amount sounds a little too difficult. Is that what you're referring to?

[@ElijsDima]

UK banning swords is hilarious, given how the UK is one of the few remaining places in the world that still has the concept of "Knighthood".

[@OzzieDeWitt]

King Charles will be knighting people with a wooden spoon ( however, there may be restrictions on type of wood, length of spoon, shape of spoon etc, etc.. .....😊😊😊😊

[@khaelamensha3624]

Next step, banning skewer and toothpicks 😂

[@colbunkmust]

They're gonna have to arrest the coronation lady too and lock her up in the tower 😔

[@bradjohnson4787]

Ban all knives--kitchen knives, table knives, flathead screwdrivers, files, et al. Ha ha ha . . . knuckleheads!

[@georgestem2039]

Stop being obtuse the state has guns these laws only apply to the peasant’s

[@John-rh3dh]

Them: "They're scary looking. So, we should ban them!" Us: "These bans aren't going to stop, or even reduce violent crime." Them "We don't care. It will make us feel better. Even if it doesn't work."

[@danfr444]

Ever heard of this wonderful place called the United States of America?

[@kudosbudo]

wow strawman much

[@John-rh3dh]

All these gun and knife bans don't do anything to reduce violent crime. These people already didn't like these items and are using tragedies as an excuse to ban them. Even their favorite new toy, "gun buybacks" don't work. Criminals aren't the ones turning over their guns. It's ordinary people off loading broken guns and 3d printed lowers for a quick buck.

[@ccityplanner1217]

Them: "It would be worth banning every hobby if it prevents a single murder".

[@jaredbrady5566]

In a decade: Labour to ban lengths of timber with nails in the end.

[@colinheyl7245]

"Criminal don't obey the law". Sounds incredibly simple, but it really is the core principal here.

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

Can we have pictures of said criminals? I wonder what they have in common:)

[@Flashhood1425]

@@censoredbybigbrother1175yeah yeah I wonder… lol

[@Big_fat_monkey_balls]

It is an incredibly simple concept that even simpler people can not seem to understand

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

@@Big_fat_monkey_balls Never underestimate the willful ignorance of the masses.

[@user-mx6eh7ui8n]

So advocate for 0 laws, because no law goes unbroken.

[@WhatIfBrigade]

It is the year 2037. The UK bans spoons. Now all foods are consumed by drinking out of bowls or are finger foods following the fork ban of 2032 and the dull table knife ban of 2029. The number of stabbings increases due to job losses in the restaurant industry and an ability to repair cars because small tools were banned.

[@rids411]

Butter is grasped from the tub and smeared across the bread like a three year olds landscape painting. Yet all is well in government because the pointy objects have been taken away. Criminals still commit crimes as the object by which to do it is irrelevant.

[@reedy_9619]

The uk is now pondering on a ban on alarm clocks and glass bottles.

[@redneckwithajeep5001]

By that point they might ban hands and feet first because you can’t harm people if you have no mobility

[@JMorrall89]

It is now 2040 After somebody was stabbed with a shard of broken cereal bowl the government decides enough is enough and bans ceramics. The countries metal supply is exhausted replacing all crockery with tin equivalents. The year is 2045. After somebody hammered out a time plate to a rough point and stabbed somebody the government decided enough is enough and banned metal crockery. Wooden bowls are now used and the floundering lumber trade begins to circle the drain. It is now 2046. Somebody files half a wooden plate into a fine point using a flat stone from the garden. They use it to stab somebody. Wood is now banned. 2047 Find stone. Chip stone into point with another stone. Use to stab. Outdoors banned. Take bone from finger. Make sharp. Stab. Bones banned.

[@brendanpells912]

There is already a law about being in possession of an offensive weapon, whether it's a knife, sword, screwdriver, hammer, lead pipe. Just enforce the laws we aleady have.

[@KendoSoldier]

This, its a token gesture to try and garner support by making it look like they "did" something. Nobody is running around the streets of London killing people with Claymores or Rapiers, they are using knives

[@Dragonangel426]

Well, I lost all my Tactical Assault Sporks in a tragic Sports bar accident.

[@kingofladies04]

If the only legal instrument to own is a kitchen knife… and the criminals are using kitchen knives…..are they really eventually just going to ban all knives?? How will people cut their food and eat them? When does it end?

[@jjkrayenhagen]

You don't need a kitchen knife to eat the bugs. Just be happy not owning anything.

[@WhyUbrown]

My 5 year old just sharpened a stick. I called PC No Fun on him. Hope he learns is lesson with his 4 year prison sentence for possession of an offensive weapon.

[@inncubus666]

@@WhyUbrown Ah ha! but what did he use to sharpen it??? (not a real question: clarification for internet).

[@SnowyFoxFox]

@@inncubus666 A sharpened stone, of course.

[@Stigstigster]

@@SnowyFoxFox Yeah. Break lump of flint with another rock. Sharpen stick. Now you have a spear.

[@konstantin3374]

Imagine gangs having underground training clubs that delve into fencing manuscripts and have days dedicated to footwork

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

No... but they have grooming gangs.

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

You know.. upholding their culture and stuff...

[@hugoguerreiro1078]

That actually sounds like a cool concept for a movie.

[@lapiswolf2780]

​@@hugoguerreiro1078 Sounds like Fight Club.

[@blaircorral8158]

Eton Oxford and Cambridge, college’s fencing clubs 🎉

[@jodisoakenwolf1950]

Viking reenactment will have to stop too. Military officers and Those who collect military Artifacts. Will the King no longer be able to give out knight hoods. This is a patheatic ban.

[@ccityplanner1217]

Knighthoods would have to happen under rex non potest peccare.

[@DDCCO61]

'Take my weapons, and I will create a war where you will hand me your arsenal to defend you.' From an obscure fiction, I once read.

[@KarlKarsnark]

“That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.” ― George Orwell

[@nowayjosedaniel]

What a low IQ comment. All the guns in the world in the hands of Americans will stop absolutely no one in power. What are you going to do with that AR15? Join a militia of 30 other ppl to fight millions of state police, federal police, and military soldiers? What a clown joke.

[@danvlasuk]

I generally agree, but I'm curious what he would have had to say about the school shooting epidemic in the US

[@JS-fs9eh]

@@danvlasukAsking that question is like if the word “rifle” was replaced with kitchen knife and then going on to ask the same but about the knife crime epidemic in UK cities. Are you forgetting that criminals exist and are different from law abiding people?

[@jlan7844]

@@danvlasuk He'd probably have more to say on the lack of security on our schools, the rabid media, and the failure of the Fed's most basic job of making sure a person's watch list status shows up on a background check. Because many of those shootings could have been stopped before they'd even happened, since selling to someone on a federal watch list is a fast way to lose your store at minimum. And the shootings that involved either illegally obtained guns or guns bought before their watch list status would have been stopped if they couldn't have made it into the building. Or couldn't sneak the gun in if the potential shooter is a student (who shouldn't be able to get a legal gun period). Security measures which do work, its just that a potential shooter being stopped before he can do anything isn't big enough news to get front page coverage. Speaking of another big help would be if the media would just stop turning these people into freaking celebrities! Its just a nasty cycle at this point. The media gets double duty from school shootings, because they have the massive shock value to draw viewers and fit their anti-gun personal beliefs. This leads to them turning the whole thing into a weeks long worldwide circus with near constant coverage. Which in turn inspires some crazed nobody to decide that if they're going to kill themselves anyway, might as well go out by spreading their misery as much as possible and becoming a worldwide celebrity in the process.

[@robertc.9503]

@@danvlasuk The "epidemic" is wholly invented by the gun ban lobby and the media. A school child has as much a chance of being shot in a school shooting as they do being struck by lightning. They started counting gang shootings that happen anywhere *near* a school, usually at night when school is not in session and even if there were no one injured and no school children were involved, in order to inflate the numbers.

[@gregcampwriter]

Strange politicians lurking in alleyways confiscating swords is no basis for a system of government.

[@SnowyFoxFox]

I know, right? I mean, if I said I was an emperor, just because I got some moistened bint to lob a scimitar at me (thus depriving her of the dangerous weapon), I'd be a laughing stock!

[@terrellevans2763]

I would hope the UK public could understand that government action is a slippery slope.

[@bullofthewoods9491]

I think the UK is already pretty far down the slope

[@jsytac]

I’m ex military. I have four swords, which have centuries of family heritage. To lose them would be an absolute historical tragedy, and a huge personal loss.

[@JMorrall89]

Similar situation for myself. A late friend gave me an arming sword he had rescued and restored from a house clearance. Losing it would be like losing any other memento of a deceased loved one. Distressing.

[@AethelwulfOfNordHymbraLand2333]

Be a man and don't let them take them.

[@B31NG]

if they want my swords they can duel me for em

[@wessonliam7423]

Perhaps if you have them cast in clear resin the empire won't take them.

[@vgamedude12]

How many have already lost firearms from the wars and more. What's some swords on top now

[@johngalt9989]

You can't comply your way out of tyranny, UK. If the government won't hold the criminals to account, you must hold your government to account.

[@GjVj]

If we just vote harder next time...

[@jonathanmercer7109]

100%

[@jonathanmercer7109]

@@GjVj Yup, that would surely do it.

[@drworm5007]

Can't be done I'm afraid, they banned guillotines.

[@GjVj]

@@drworm5007 Rope is cheap and abundant, and we have plenty of streetlamps. Just an observation.

[@user-rg4ye8ix4f]

They took my legally held pistols. Because i had held them legally they were constrained to purchase them from me at pre stupidity prices. It cost the country millions and achieved what, has firearm crime disappeared? The value of even a small private collection could be excessive. With pistols they knew how many they would be taking although i think the ancilliary equipment, holsters reloading equipment etc came as a bit of a shock. But it achieved virtually nothing as criminals dont obey laws. It destroyed businesses all across the country and spent a fortune all to achieve nothing at all.

[@thomasbaker6563]

So not having free fire zones for schools isn't a decent benefit, we had what 35 gun murders in the UK in 2022 I believe, pistols are guns for the killing of man, now rifles and shot guns put meat on the table, defend the realm and kill vermin so have a place in a civilised society. But I'm sorry you just can't be accurate enough with a pistol to justify them. As far as I'm aware there isn't a massive problem with sabers, long swords and such. This it would seem ridiculous to ban them.

[@heneagedundas]

Has it disappeared, you ask. Seeing as it came in response to a school shooting done with legally held firearms, the answer I guess would be to count the number of similar events that have happened since then.

[@markwierzbicki5307]

How about including the number of school shootings in the U.K. prior to the ban. Also looking into how that friend of the chief Constable who allowed the person to have a certificate back after it had been revoked, thus making the pistols legal. Also in answer has crime with hand guns (pistols) decreased? No it has increased and does so year on year since the ban. If hammers were used would you have them banned. If a person drinks and drives a car into a crowd would you ban cars? Your argument is ill conceived and disingenuous. As stated in the video!

[@oggsmash9989]

@@markwierzbicki5307 I have a feeling ALL the crime in the UK is up substantially the past two decades. For some reason....

[@CheeseBurgerXJ]

Who knows how many pieces of history were destroyed because politicians were trying to look good in the eyes of the public

[@XXXX-yc6wv]

"Labour argue that there are no legitimate reasons for most people to have access to swords." So Labour's position is that they don't consider martial arts, sports, theatre and movies, armed forces traditions, historical re-enactment and more to be "legitimate" pursuits?

[@harrywhiterow2782]

Unless ypur into dildos they will ban them, motorsports any actual hobby

[@kudosbudo]

you can use sticks or wooden beaters.

[@Sillimant_]

Yeah, till those are banned too. BMA wanted to ban pointed knives, the slope is very slippy and very steep

[@XXXX-yc6wv]

@@Sillimant_ I hadn't heard about the pointed knife ban until recently. What an epically stupid proposition.

[@user-ds8rj2vc4v]

Or even just as pieces of art. It won't have any impact on crime, because literally anybody could just buy a steel bar and sharpen it for the same effects as a sword. Or a kitchen knife.

[@ADHadh]

I've found notes from a debate from 06.02.2024 and there's a lot of talks about "ninja swords" specifically. Which sounds like something out of the 80s. On that note, in the Kyle Rittenhouse case it was legal for him to carry an AR-15, but it wouldn't have been for him to defend himself with shurikens or a nunchaku. Clearly western governments has a systemic prejudice against ninjas problem.

[@I_recommend_suicide]

The UK is a dystopian hellscape

[@scholagladiatoria]

Sadly... I cannot really disagree

[@VHS_Broadcasting]

Yep. And the peasantry will not organise and do something about it.

[@HIDDENSOVIET]

@@VHS_Broadcasting because we are to divided, and there is no national pride to be british any more, as even the mention of it sparks uproar and accusations of racism, simply to be proud of ones country is a hate crime here...

[@treeaboo]

@@HIDDENSOVIET You complain about the people being divided, yet recite the same divisive rhetoric seemingly without realising it, and you wonder why people are divided.

[@Iorvethfox]

@@treeabooare you stupid?

[@realUlfricStormcloak]

Heimdall: Swords for me, not for thee.

[@scholagladiatoria]

😪

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

Pretty on-brand for a watchman tbh, may as well bring up Stringer Bell or Brixton Lore

[@mrkiky]

We can't have just anyone operating the bifrost willy nilly now, can we?

[@superseacrow9463]

It’s about time. I’m sick and tired of trying to walk down the street and seeing knights, pirates, 16th century gentlemen, samurai’s, Shao lin monks, hussars, cavalry soldiers all fighting in the streets with swords. Oh wait on😅

[@rickyj5547]

Useless laughing labour party at work

[@harrybrownrigg9057]

The core ethos of Labour is you should be prevented from doing anything unless the government first approves it. The core ethos of Conservatives is you should be free to do anything, unless told otherwise.

[@shaynestein9982]

Matt hits it in the head. The government doesn’t enforce the law nor do they want to. So they ban tools. This is akin to outlawing cars to prevent Drinking While Intoxicated.

[@deeznoots6241]

I mean banning cars would save lives and prevent drinking while intoxicated, banning swords doesn’t stop people stabbing each other with kitchen knives.

[@craig581]

@@deeznoots6241 I think we should ban people from driving who are driving dangerously. And most cases they're not intoxicated and just think that they own the roads.

[@ColonelSandersLite]

@@craig581 "And most cases they're not intoxicated and just think that they own the roads." I don't know about that. Maybe, maybe not. I was doing kind of a deep dive on traffic fatalities in my local area for a project that I'm not going to go into. I found out that about 2/3 of them are known to have involved an intoxicated driver. About 15% of them involved a hit and run. Those people are usually drunk, but it's generally pretty hard to prove that they were drunk at the time. Now I'm gonna put some caveats out there. These were *only* accidents with fatalities. Doesn't include any incidents with no injuries *or* incidents with serious injuries. And this was only in my local area. There's some serious bias in the way this information is handled, and I expect that would be true no matter how you care to slice it. I suspect that the only people that have a really clear picture on this are the insurance companies but hell, there's even bias there. For what it's worth, I do suspect that the bulk of the more minor accidents, where everyone walks away, are just caused by bad drivers and/or simple mistakes. The really serious ones though? They generally seem to me to involve a compounding series of bad decisions. I will say though, that I am in no way advocating for cars to be banned or anything like that.

[@Emppu_T.]

​@@deeznoots6241 but what if a bicycle runs over you, is that next? We have to allow some danger in life to progress. We have to address root causes and not ban the tool

[@bettysteve322716]

mobility device rage and "accidents"@@Emppu_T.

[@mencheperra3916]

It's not about fighting crime. The crimerates are used to justifiy more strict security measures for more control. That's all it is about.

[@smokedbeefandcheese4144]

UK people like being controlled though. Like on the whole you guys keep voting for it.

[@mencheperra3916]

@@smokedbeefandcheese4144 I'm no british.

[@antonstam1]

More senseless laws, means more sensible people need to give up their freedom and property or become criminals by doing what was legal for hundreds of years.

[@anomonyous]

Ban self-defence and basic freedoms for your safety. You know, because criminals are so well known for sticking to the law and shieeeet.

[@danfr444]

I love how people in this comment section seem to think that banning swords/knives is stopping people walking around with them on a day out as self defence, as if the majority of people were doing that anyway.

[@kudosbudo]

ue aont use knives or swords for self defence here. GANGs use them but normal folk dont.

[@eddi4821]

So if I kill a person with a brick ....will they now ban bricks ?

[@BangtaiL_WitcH]

You are being conditioned for the A.i total body scan system.Take a look at chin.a. and it's tentacle spread

[@54BiZZuRKS]

When they finally get down to banning "very small rocks" someone let me know.

[@matthewbooth9265]

I'm worried about the ban on pocket sand myself.

[@54BiZZuRKS]

@matthewbooth9265 It's like when someone rolls up to shore in a boat and starts to inquire about purchasing bulk quantities of mice to solve an elephant infestation on their island. The UK traded violent gun crime, for violent knife crime. One day when a legislator or a sufficiently famous person realizes that most of the legitimate uses for a knife can be accomplished with scissors, they will trade knife crime for scissor crime. Then what naturally beats scissors? Rock beats scissors. No one on that island with even a smidgen of power seems to realize that the problem that needs to be solved with violent "gun/knife/weapon" crime is the "violent crime" part. A criminal will use the most effective weapon available to them to commit a violent crime. The only effective way to stop them is to have a more well-armed victim or rather potential victim. What they should, and never will do, is legalize handgun ownership and sales to law-abiding citizens. Then legalize the carry and use of firearms for self-defense too. Guns are so scarce that only the new owners would have them and violent knife crime would drop to near zero seemingly overnight. They could even make the guns only transferable within families by will or dead letter. Otherwise, the firearm would have to be sold to a government authority. This will never happen, Soooooo... I'm looking forward to rock breaking scissors. Along with the eventual: Paper outlawing rocks due to uncontrollably rampant, violent rock crime outbreaks.

[@gallowglass3764]

​@@matthewbooth9265 🤣

[@disposabull]

They have already banned hurty words.

[@jimfarrar4925]

At least you weren't turned into a newt

[@brucetucker4847]

"The intention is to hurt people. The tool is incidental." If only more people could be made to understand this.

[@Riceball01]

I've always argued this whenever the subject of gun bans and mass shootings come up. The intent isn't to stab or shoot people, the intent is to cause as much harm as they can and the tool is irrelevant. If you ban guns or knives, or swords a potential criminal intent on going on a killing spree isn't going to go, oh damn, I don't have access to X so I guess I can't go on a killing spree. If you ban guns, they'll switch to knives, band knives they'll use baseball bats, machetes, or their car.

[@banhammer8510]

I do not agree - at least not completely. Some 'tools' make it far easier to hurt ppl then others.. I have been attacked with a knive and a baseball bat ( seperate incidents ) both times I was happy that they did not have a gun. However in that context I agree, Swords are not a criminals weapon of choice and havn't been since at least he 19th century

[@JS-fs9eh]

@@banhammer8510But the original point still stands. A tool, whether it be something designed as a weapon like a sword, or a tool as in a work tool for instance, is just an object. They both need someone with ill intent holding them to assault or kill someone else. The tool, no matter what, can NEVER be at fault. We don’t live in Toy Story, where inanimate objects come to life. If you understand this, then you do actually agree with the original point, yes?

[@oscaranderson5719]

@@JS-fs9ehclearly we can legalize howitzers and c4 since the tools don’t really matter.

[@pr0faker]

@@banhammer8510a knife or (short) sword/machete is easily easily made by almost any simple mind with 2 somewhat working hands, a grinder or file and a decent piece of steel. It doesn't even have to be hardened or anything but woud make it better. Sure a good knife or sword would work better, but still a sharpened piece of steel will do the job just as well. Put that to a firearm that needs precision made multiple piece system to fire it, you need bullets, at least a bit of knowledge how to use it. Also you can't buy it just anywhere, knives literally can be found in all manner of shops, from IKEA to supermarkets. If knives are banned, they will resort to other stabby things, icepicks, screwdrivers etc etc etc. its fighting the symptoms, not the cause of these problems. Remove the fuckers using them, then you solve most of those problems.

[@sciencebus3119]

Rural people have never figured in the thinking of Labour politicians. Hedge laying bills will be next.

[@RottenPineGames]

"Why are Americans so against a ban on firearms?" American motions to the UK...

[@jamesnicholson3658]

Inaccurate, Brits can own firearms if licensed, secured and ammo held separately by a responsible person with no record. Knives just get more attention as kids can easily grab a veg knife and go around armed

[@tylerschofield]

there are like 2 million gun owners here in the uk with 12 million guns under ownership, with tens of millions more sat in gun shops. Yet we have less than 5 deaths a year from firearms, so clearly the system works. You can have guns and not a daily mass shooting were dozens of children are murdered lol

[@kudosbudo]

@@jamesnicholson3658 p;us i love feeling safe. knife? i'm not in a gang and i can run fast. no way id wanna live somewhere where every random dickhead could have a gun.

[@thecrocandsweepshow611]

Because the Americans have Common sense.

[@batteredwarrior]

Honestly...this would be worth protesting to stop. Matt, you should be interviewed on national news about this, to be honest. The ignorance of politicians and much of the public is ridiculous! Shared!

[@jeremiahr7585]

I agree. You need to fight back against this. Reach out to BBC about this and offer an interview.

[@garrypettingale4314]

The Woke lefty pathetic BBC will be right behind this ban. None of the legacy media will allow a positive spin against this madness they are all part of the problem.

[@batteredwarrior]

@@jeremiahr7585 Exactly! None of us us in the UK want to see @scholagladiatoria pushed out of the country! The man is a national treasure!

[@DavidBrown-ft6ul]

100%, the more people that understand the facts, the better.

[@lm7012]

"criminals don't obey the law" too true, banning such things doesn't bother people that are breaking the law anyway - only the law abiding legal users are hurt by this

[@patrickoneill2726]

Ban guns Ban swords Ban free thinking Ban our religious freedom Ban our right to protest Invite and promote people to live in this country that mean us harm

[@pinkmustafa2699]

Lock up your workshops guys. They'll be after your screwdrivers next

[@ianwinter514]

how to increase knife crime: ban knives so every activity with knives is a knifecrime

[@CheeseBurgerXJ]

Makes them more money

[@kjeksklaus7944]

Ban everything, but not the people who do it.

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

Because that'd be racist. And every whitey is afraid of being called a racist. I wonder how that came to meXD

[@jamesbuchanan3145]

Wonder if there are some demographic reports on stabby people....

[@Jmcinally94]

​@@jamesbuchanan3145People who live in poverty, generally.

[@jamesbuchanan3145]

@@Jmcinally94 Yeah sorry dude that whole "muh poor people" shtick is bs. I think you'll find it's more likely to be....non-British people from enriching places like Pakistan, Somalia, etc....

[@HoldMyBeerBubba]

We've got "ethnic integration" to thank for all the knife crime

[@kski113]

Sounds just like the debate over AR-15's in the US......I shall now be referring to swords as "Medieval AR-15's" lol

[@anthonyhinton-west9944]

Not much similarity.... AR stands for assault Rifle, something that does not belong in the hands of anyone outside the nation's Armed Forces.

[@stevedenis8292]

AR stands for the name of the company Armalite rifle that makes them. The AR 15 platform is set up for civilian use it does not have select fire. So one pew per trigger pull. You have been misinformed by the media. @@anthonyhinton-west9944

[@wcropp1]

@@anthonyhinton-west9944actually stands for “Armalite Rifle,” the company who developed it-not “assault rifle,” those are usually fully automatic/select-fire.

[@RedAngryBadger]

@@anthonyhinton-west9944 AR doesn’t stand for Assault Rifle at all and the army doesn’t use AR-15s. Military rifles have select fire for semi automatic or fully automatic firing. AR-15’s are purely semi automatic and you need to go through a ton of vetting and paperwork in order to own any gun that is fully automatic. They also cost a lot of money to purchase

[@anthonyhinton-west9944]

@@RedAngryBadger fair play, I mis spoke. But I don't agree with any Civilian having access to a weapon that can fire on automatic, and actually I'm against the large scale civilian ownership of firearms .... it doesn't seem to help nake people safer if the statistics for the USA are accurate.

[@othernamesweretaken1871]

Definitely don’t ban the knife and acid wielding boat people though. The UK is lost.

[@daybertimagni4841]

Our politicians don’t care about actually solving issues, they care about looking like they’re solving issues. Every decision seems to be based on an ESG scorecard and or maintaining a strict framework of political correctness - even if that means the public are left without viable solutions. It’s very sad.

[@G1NZOU]

Same reason the Tories have announced their zombie knife ban 17 times now, the more the make announcements the more it looks to the uninformed like they're actually doing something.

[@Rodrifuuu]

It's all performative because they don't want to do anything that will upset the capitalist elites. When someone showed up promising to actually do something meaningful they accused him of being an antisemite and everyone fell for it.

[@NoName-lo9ym]

Completely agree, the importation and growth of violent crime prone demographics mean that the softly enforced laws of the UK are meaningless. Anyone could carry any knife in public in the 50s and crime was far far lower. Its an evil and deliberate policy to rob and abuse law abiding Britons

[@dashcammer4322]

They care most about re-election and monetizing their office to the benefit of themselves and their family.

[@thomasjames7568]

Without certain specifics this sounds like American politics.

[@johngreen-sk4yk]

As a collector of bayonets I often wonder when my collection will be made worthless by the next pointless pointy object ban. Designed to protect the public from its media induced phobias 😕

[@Khornedevotee]

Quick! Make your own island in international waters so no one can dictate what you get to do. Also stock up so you don't starve or thirst to death. Maybe you are a great fisherman too. :D Also make sure you can afford to make an island lol. xD That, or move to the Moon or Mars and have a habitat prepared there for you before you arrive. And make sure to have enough oxygen, food and water supplies to last. :D

[@azidal3755]

Don't worry. They'll go for the earliest weapons eventually. Sticks and stones. They're still trying to start that same process here in the US.

[@stevemayandleilaroehead870]

They might not be worthless, they may have to buy them back like with the pistols when they banned those. I wonder if you can have a wooden sword, for reenactments?

[@johngreen-sk4yk]

@stevemayandleilaroehead870 Pistol owners only got a fraction of the value of their weapons. They will probably go down the same route they did with replica guns by saying you can keep the ones you've got, but they are illegal to buy sell or pass on without special exemptions. That way it costs them nothing and they have killed the market .

[@_cyantist]

@@Khornedevotee sorry, fish hooks are now banned, too pointy!

[@lapiswolf2780]

If you ban a weapon to stop criminals, normal people will be barred from the weapons and the criminals will still have them illegally become they already had them illegally before the ban.

[@roninhood1027]

I’d rather they ban the people who’ve brought this increase in knife crime to our shores.

[@kd5inm]

Ban the chinese? I.e. cheap chinese knives

[@roninhood1027]

@@kd5inm No, the treacherous political class and their imports.

[@deeznoots6241]

Ban the tory party? That might be going too far but I like your style

[@Subtleknife12367]

This is the problem with our society. It is intent on punishing those who stay within the law rather than specifically targeting criminals.

[@mooncat7009]

also the criminals don’t tend to use rapiers and zweihänders😂😂😂

[@StormWaltz73]

It's easier. Just think how much less difficult it is when you don't have to deal with criminals, but with law abiding citizens you can bully and intimidate without much fear for your safety.

[@emilynelson5985]

What an interesting way to revive all of the traditional English words for “blunt instrument used to a criminal purpose”. I was just thinking that I haven’t heard anyone use the term “cosh” in ages.

[@JamesSmith-ny2gb]

Or sorting out the underlining social issues that breeds this kind of criminality

[@funkymunky7935]

But crime is illegal!

[@Serpsss]

Whenever I go out I see people just wandering down the street carrying various swords. Even worse, I can't walk into a dark alley or a car park without seeing a sword fight going on. Honestly this is so ridiculously stupid, I've collected for years & never once taken them out. The last thing you'd want to do is damage an expensive blade when you can just buy a cheap kitchen knife from Tesco.

[@crwydryny]

So it's you who was following me when I was going training

[@Daveed56]

well I do remember who I thought was Connor McCloud and a giant Kurgan duking it out with swords in an alley.

[@crwydryny]

@@Daveed56 did one of them look like a 6'6" ginger viking? Defiantly me and my cousin 😂 Joking aside when he started an aikido class I was the only kne to show up on the first day so we just did a few sword drills. After a while we joked about heading down to the local park enter from opposite sides. Then meet in the middle throw off our coats draw our swords and go at it then announce "hey anyone want to learn how to do this come with us"

[@Serpsss]

@@crwydryny we used to practice & have lessons in the park with our protective gear & bokkens & nobody ever complained. People obsess over sharp weapons but I've always felt that an assailant is more likely to panic when drawing blood than if using a blunt object like a baseball bat (or Bokken). These can do a lot more damage internally, yet it's often not so immediately visible & so people keep on hitting or overcompensate in their swing. Somehow I don't think the government will be banning rounders bats though, despite them being a fairly ideal weapon. Honestly this whole thing has the same level of intelligence put into it as the Rwanda scheme.

[@Serpsss]

@@crwydryny Do you carry it concealed? I remember when the katana ban came in & the police were a nightmare. I got stopped a few times as it was a 40 minute walk to the dojo & I was carrying my iaito. Eventually I thought I'd just get a stupidly long gym bag & put it in there with my gear & that worked for a while until I got spotted by a cop I'd been stopped by before came up to me. They claimed it was now a concealed weapon (the thing's blunt) & confiscated it despite me obviously having a liability slip from the club.

[@quasar8898]

I can see the future of the UK- No gardening or building tools allowed, no cooking knives, no sporting equipment, no collecting of blades etc, no canes/walking sticks...... Every person will be issued a single serial numbered plastic Spork, for use in eating.

[@carlstaurt5773]

Why don't they concentrate on why they're carrying the knives/machete !!!! Drugs!!!! But government doesn't want to deal with the drug problem !!!!!

[@user-mi3xo7lt1n]

The goal isn’t to reduce crime; it’s to increase control.

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

It never ceases to annoy me how alleged human beans can be so blind to this, then take the Soviet stance of apathy and pacishitism selling out their neighbors as the system shits in their soul. All this to avoid the elephant in the room. This is what your grandparents fought for, by the way.

[@inlandindieP35]

Winner, winner chicken dinner.

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

Imma speak for that painter guy here and say "Told you soXD"@@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537

[@pedromiguel3227]

This is ridiculous. The whole knife ban is ridiculous. Eventually they will come for your kitchen knives. Stop them now.

[@CollinKillian]

It's already over for them, once they gave up their firearm's, then allowed for the knife bans, it's inevitable that this sword ban will come into enforcement. Sucks for Matt, but he had zero issues sucking up to the social justice mobs, apologizing for appearing on Shad's show because "GASP" Shad said men can't be women..Now it's that same contingent of woke clowns who want to take his swords..

[@RB-wt6pg]

Now you know why wise people oppose all weapon control and bans.

[@102ndsmirnov7]

No, that's idiotic. There's a very good reason for restricting firearms, especially pistols. Needing licenses and such. Without any restrictions gun crime in Europe would be like it is in the US.@@RB-wt6pg

[@robinderoos1166]

You dont need to cook, your communist regime would prefer the lower classes to starve to death after all

[@randymouser3816]

Didn't the politicians in the UK already try that?

[@user-jg2nq6ll4c]

IF WE CLOSED OUR DAMN BORDERS YEARS AGO, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY🤬😡🤬😡🤬

[@jamesready5]

“No one needs a sword”, “If it saves just one life”, “Think of the children”, “If your against this law your against kids being safe”……etc, etc

[@lyndonwortley6329]

Matt, I'll add further to your list of people who used bladed "tools" when carrying out "everyday" activities. I'm a beekeeper. I use chainsaws, billhooks, axes and machetes when maintaining hedgerows on my land and on other people's land in the maintenance of my apiaries and access to those apiaries. You make a valid point in recognising that some people have no idea that an axe or machete are working tools. There is a mindset that they are only used in battle, be it against zombies, fictional vikings or politicians!!! Unfortunately it is part of politics that political parties seek out popular band wagons to climb onto.

[@Mtonazzi]

"We cannot enforce the laws banning certains objects, what can we do?" "Make laws banning more things, of course!"

[@TreeGod.]

The goal was never to enforce laws on criminals. It’s the same in America with firearms. They don’t care about stopping criminals. They care about suppressing law abiding citizens

[@TreeGod.]

Lord people can’t say anything without KZbin banning the comment anymore. Let me try again. They don’t care about criminals, they care about suppressing law abiding citizens. It’s the same in America with products that send projectiles out the front

[@alanfrost4661]

Just ban the people using them illegaly but they wont that would indicate blame and we cant have that

[@LiyemEanapay]

“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.” ~Karl Marx, 1850

[@formicapple2]

I remember twenty years ago, the BMA as part of a working group, recommended a ban on pointed kitchen knives. Idiots, the lot.

[@scholagladiatoria]

I agree it was a silly suggestion, for two main reasons. 1) there are probably BILLIONS of pointy kitchen knives in a country of over 60 million people, and 2) there are plenty of other point objects besides kitchen knives around. But I think the most notable thing about that campaign is that they openly stated that kitchen knives are responsible for the majority of stabbings. Any policeman or A&E doctor/nurse knows this. Banning machetes will achieve absolutely nothing, apart from removing a useful tool from gardeners and suchlike.

[@breid3492]

I use my machete for maintaining Gunnera heading into the winter, the perfect tool. In regards your points above, you could add 3) any angle grinder will quite happily turn a non pointy piece of metal into something very pointy.

[@formicapple2]

Good point. I’m a retired toolmaker. I can easily build a handgun, either single shot, revolver or semi auto. I can even build an assault rifle capable of selective fire. If I wanted to. All the materials and tooling are easily accessible. @@breid3492

[@rosemarielee7775]

You can do a fair bit of damage with a very unpointed cleaver.

[@Sillimant_]

A blunt knife does more damage than a sharp one, anyway. As alleged medical experts they should know that.

[@modarkthemauler]

Instead of banning swords they should make it mandatory for everyone to carry a sword at all times. Might make The UK a more interesting place to live.

[@xironbeastx8677]

In the US open carry states have less crime, just saying 🤷

[@Paul-bs5wl]

​@@xironbeastx8677This is true. But they also have less Democratic party governanace, which I think has more to do with that

[@jdwason1]

I would agree that the states that have less totalitarian gun laws with less majority of democrats in state legislatures lead to lower crime rates. Not all democrats, but many cite “public safety” as their reasoning for banning things they don’t like. California is an excellent case in point where you have significantly more democrat government officials. Look how that state has turned out.

[@makerealitygreatagain8809]

Whites know how to handle guns, non whites do not. This is reflected in crime. It's that simple

[@noah_hill]

Vermont and Texas, Arizona have less crime that California and New York, I carry a .357 and never had to use it but I know people who had to illegally brandish their carry just to de-escalate a situation, the law isn't perfect but taking your right to own defensive tools always leads to more problems for the common man.

[@jonsmith1162]

When I was a copper, screwdrivers were the number one stabbing weapon. Never had any calls to ban them.

[@agogecoach8790]

I hope y'all are able to get this overturned, or whatever needs to be done. Legislation like this never solves anything. And I suspect most politicians know it will not solve anything, it just allows them to say, 'we passed so and so' etc.

[@JohnyX8881]

Hello. I am from the Czech Republic. We're experiencing something similar regarding ex-military rifles. I have it as a hobby. I am collecting them. Politicians often do not care that they will ruin hobbies of hundreds of thousands people just to prevent some extremely rare cases of misuse. I hope people in UK will be able to defend their right to practice their hobby in peace. Do not let the extremist ideas to win.

[@smokedbeefandcheese4144]

Bro it’s already over rich people don’t want you having weapons of any kind. They don’t want you thinking of yourself at that level. Also most of you guys have already given up most of your rights. Now they are in the homestretch of it and they will probably be successful. If you want knives after the band you’re going to have to make them. Watch they’re going to band bows next and crossbows. They will even ban your pellet gun

[@Cre9000]

When Europeans laughed at Americans for refusing to give up our god given rights to self defense.

[@11C1P]

Trying to tie your right to have firearms to a hobby is a bad idea. It is an inherent human right to defend oneself, their family & property. Politicians here have tried tying firearms to only those used for hunting, which is absurd, but many gun owners bought into that & we call them fudds.

[@IronHorse1854]

@@11C1P I'm a member of my country's largest pro-gun organisation (not in the US), and the majority of members I meet tend to be fudds. It's the prevailing attitude here. They're not interested in trying to restore any of the rights that have been taken from us. They just want to maintain what we have. I hate to be pessimistic but I do agree with a lot of them when their attitude is "well they're never gonna give us semi-autos back anyway, and full autos? Forget about it!". I don't ever see that happening here either. It's a miracle we still have as many "gun priveleges" as we do, because the majority of the population who live in the cities absolutely hate guns and laugh at Americans for still having their 2A whenever a tragedy occurs (which is a disgusting attitude btw and I hate it when the media here proliferates that mocking attitude in the face of an absolute tragedy). But if you are talking to a member in friendly conversation and mention that you wish that something you saw in a youtube video or whatever was legal here, their response is so predictable; "Pfft, but why would you ever need that? You've got a .303 that's good enough for shooting anything we have here! Anything smaller you've got your .22! If you need more rounds you've got your lever action 30-30, that's fast enough, and if you want to shoot birds you've got a double barrel 12g, no one NEEDS anything else!" That attitude of "well why do you NEED that???" annoys me. It isn't about what we need, it's purely that we should be able to if the laws here were consistent. But if they insist on requiring a sporting reason, well, many disciplines of target sports can only be ran with semi-autos.

[@baph0met]

​@@Cre9000You already did a very long time ago, the world is fucked.

[@Kargoneth]

Just make crime illegal. That will make sure no crimes happen.

[@WompaStompaCyn]

That's a dumb idea. Everyone will just do all the crime before it becomes illegal. Then there will be no crimes left to ban.

[@kurtschmidt5005]

Politicians are criminals

[@allopez8563]

"I like commiting crimes, so if crime is made illegal I would become what I love being the most, a criminal!"

[@winterwatch8500]

If they were to ban swords, the compensation scheme would need to pretty significant. We’re not talking cheap items. My modern Nihinto cost £32k including tax.

[@tinkertailor7385]

Prohibition on an item doesn't work. Banning guns only affects the law abiding. It has Zero effect on the criminal. Sword bans will be just the same. Government always ends up collectively punishing the community for the actions of the few, because they are not interested in pursuing the few, but in controlling the many.

[@danfr444]

It effects the criminal because access becomes far harder. The comparison between US gun violence and UK gun violence shows the stark difference

[@Sigma-0007_Septem]

"The problem is the criminal, the problem is not the implement they choose to use" That is the heart of the problem right there. In Greece about 2 weeks ago (where everything i banned ) a Mob hitman was executed inside his armored car by people using AKs (that where actual assault rifles not just semi auto, so illegal in the US unless you have an FFL). And yet both Firearms and Melee weapons are banned in Greece, but the ban did not stop them from firing 97 rounds. But I guess it is easier to focus on the implement rather than the individual if you want to be seen doing something. Instead of doing ... Great video as always.

[@davidmorgan6896]

There is no problem. None. We have the lowest rate of stabbings in the world.

[@Sigma-0007_Septem]

@@davidmorgan6896 The problem is that politicians in this particular instance 🇬🇧 ones. Are trying to ban the implements of the crime instead of trying to figure out why the crime happens. Doesn't matter if the crime rate is high or low. It matters if they try to punish lawful citizens

[@Natural_law_lawyer]

If the American gun lobby could articulate as well as Matt does then they would have a much better pr

[@QualityPen]

@@Natural_law_lawyerMany people arguing in favor of gun rights articulate the arguments just fine. Like Matt, there are intelligent people who are extremely knowledgable and articulate about the subject matter. The issue is the mainstream media almost never brings on any of the more eloquent members of the gun community. When was the last time the media brought on an expert like Paul Harrell or Massad Ayoob? It’s almost always some media personality who doesn’t know the difference between magazines and clips.

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

Saying criminals are the problem is kinda racist:)

[@chinggiskhanvevo6589]

this is outrageous. the continued infringement on individual rights in this country is making me disillusioned with whether I consider this my "government."

[@chinggiskhanvevo6589]

frankly I'm exhausted with this two-party back and forth "democracy," the people have utterly no say. it's only there to make the rich richer and control the people by polarising them against each other and depriving them of a root.

[@CollinKillian]

Indeed, instead of recognizing the root cause of the knife violence..That being the rampant influx of millions of third world migrants, studies have shown that the vast majority of knife attacks are perpetrated by migrants or the children of migrants.. Instead of recognizing this, and dealing with it, they instead will enact this sword ban, of course it will do nothing to stop the violence or edge weaponry attacks. Matt spent his adult life working for the home office, where in some capacity he would have helped facilitate this influx and maintenance of mass migration..Yet, he never cared "Diversity is our strength" as he lived outside the consequences in his country home. Only now, he gets to experience the joys of diversity, as his passion, his hobby, and his livelihood is taken from him..

[@inlandindieP35]

I cannot tell you what to think, but if I lived in the UK, I would already see the government as my albatross.

[@boogiesparr]

As a stabbing weapon a Pen or screwdriver works as well as a knife. so ban everything pointy and harder then skin 😂

[@WoodoakWilderness]

what would happen if criminals started to use saucepans in crime. Bludgeoning people on the street. Would they ban them?

[@johnvannewhouse]

The UK has been a lost cause for some time now......

[@cristianl8709]

Reminds me of that Simpsons episode where they banned all weapons worldwide, and then the aliens took over the planet using a board with a nail in it.

[@0markvari]

Government doing anything except addressing the actual problem. Just enact ridiculous, and terrible, but easy, laws that give the appearance of doing something, while ignoring the, difficult to solve, source of the problem, and allowing it to get worse.

[@Elluem]

It's worse than that. Disarmed populations are more vulnerable to tyranny. It's about control under the guise of protection. Look at what happened in Australia only a few decades after giving up their guns.

[@Mausso]

I saw that interview with Idris Elba. As an American, it was such a strange thing to hear the exact same arguments they use in gun control being applied to knives. Like, the host even felt that it was necessary to justify why he was looking at knives on Amazon. It's so weird to me because you can actually make a case for why guns aren't "necessary" (I might not agree, but you can still make a case for it), but knives and large blades are so essential to everyday life that it's ridiculous to even consider bans.

[@Ann-on-a-mouse]

Yeah we have such a problem of SWORD crime in this country

[@GrifonSilva]

Clearly, the real threat to society is the potential for someone to unearth a mythical weapon and start rounding up a band of knights. We all know how these stories go - one minute you have a charismatic leader pulling a sword from a stone, and the next, there's a round table and everyone's gallivanting off on quests.

[@bookman7409]

@@michaelmurdock4607But if some moistened bint lobs a scimitar at me...

[@kalebsheridan9017]

Never give in to bans on weapons. If you can't be dangerous you can never be free. We're trying to protect our rights here in the US.

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

This. Be dangerous but peaceful untill you can no longer be peaceful. THe harmless will always be enslaved. It is nature's law.

[@gregmc8748]

Your critique is exactly right, it's madness, and a violation of our rights. Historical weapons are part of our culture, and sharp tools are used by workers like me every day outdoors. There is zero knife crime where I live in in rural west Lancs, and a whole load of folks with sharp things.

[@Elluem]

It's always about controlling the working class and preventing them from defending themselves from tyranny. History makes this very obvious.

[@leichtmeister]

Imagine banning objects due to a kids cartoon...as a government. 🤦

[@Ye_Boah]

Funnily enough, the US did something similar. The US government put heavy restrictions on the use of suppressors due to Hollywood movies having unrealistically quiet suppressors

[@Briselance]

Even worse: imagine keeping on voting for the pillocks who spouted this non-sense about guns back then and are now spouting it abiut guns.

[@ZimCrusher]

Hammers will be next. right after acid. Can't wait till they ban rocks, and sharp sticks.

[@rinsibledraco9787]

​@theomcloughlin7580 Close, but suppressors became regulated in the NFA of 1932, which also regulated SBRs and SBSs in an attempt to close a loophole to attempt to regulate handguns, which handguns were dropped from the bill.

[@Ye_Boah]

@@rinsibledraco9787 thank you for the correction, Internet sources are often unreliable

[@Lockke_]

Proof the slippery slope argument isnt always a fallacy

[@Kodeb8]

it was never a fallacy

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

Ever hear the phrase "smile on the face, knife at the back"? Same concept with gaslighting you into _muh slappery slop fallacy._ They were using it to loosen cohesive grip and slip stuff in behind your back as they lied to your face about the concerns of genuine opposition.

[@captaintimcurry1713]

But Brits will still mock American gun owners...

[@HorusHerotic]

​@@captaintimcurry1713spinless cuckold Brits will yes.

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

It never was.

[@londiniumarmoury7037]

I've got a sword next to me right now, but nobody in my house is being stabbed, how can this paradox exist. Gangs don't use nice swords, they use cheap knives you can buy in the super market.

[@joshuak2810]

Government: “Give us your guns and swords” The people: “why?” Government: “For your safety” The people: 🤔

[@Destro7000]

Turns out the opposite happens. Well, kinda - 'safety' is their name for slavery.

[@5fr4ewq]

As much as ban on swords is idiotic, are you guys really want to have uncontrolled market on guns? You can go and check out how that one went in USA

[@coltinallenscott]

​@@5fr4ewqYou really want the government, an entity that in the 20th century alone, has caused more death and destruction on their own civilian populations than any other force since the dawn of time, to have a monopoly on firearms?

[@citymorgue8462]

@@5fr4ewqYea guns stop millions of people from getting hurt every year

[@MrFox-qi3jr]

​@5fr4ewq yes because obviously they don't stop at guns, they want the swords too. We're just fine over here BTW regardless what hyperbole you've read.

[@mahadevovnl]

Swords are by far the biggest problem society faces today. This other day I was in the subway, and this callous youth pulled out a broadsword out of his pocket and started to threaten everyone to "Handeth Thy Moneyeth To Myself as in THIS person over Yonder, huzzah!" He pointed at his reflection in the window. It was clear: This was serious! When I handed him $20 he said: "Nay, I needeth no such currency! Giveth me $3,50!" Well, it was about that time I realized this kid was about eight stories tall and was a crustacean from the Plethazoic era. So I replied: "God Dammit Loch Ness Monster, I ain't gonna give you no tree fiddy."

[@GeoGyf]

Oh no, why did you put that despicable curse on him? You know, the one that shall not be named? XD

[@crueltyjuggernaut3912]

reference to "south park".

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

I didn't bring silver, but I brought steel

[@ManDuderGuy]

😂😂😂

[@scoot4348]

You should have had your Narwhal tusk with you.

[@chrismac2234]

I said in a previous video that. Can we not just enforce current laws, not create new laws. I was verbally attacked for it. I'm a soldier and was arrested for having a leatherman multitool the month I left. How has this helped knife crime. It only was used to tick boxes and meet targets not reduce knife crime. I should say, I was a specialist soldier. Having a multitool is kind of the same as carrying a pen. Why is this now a crime. No knife attack was ever from a multitool, it was kitchen knives. It's low level corruption.

[@user-ov2ur1ys4q]

I don't remember there being so many issues with knives and machetes before 1997. Tony Blair and his accomplices imported this problem.

[@geoffreyganoe5246]

"Arms control" is about Control, not about safety.

[@jdwason1]

agreed

[@pearseoconnor5507]

The people not the weapon commit the offence. The Govt can't admit a social mismatch.

[@Kallivakgames]

It's not knife crime... its just crime. The tool is just a tool.

[@novacorponline]

American politicians: "Just give up your guns! Europe did it and just look how well that turned out!" Europe: "Do you think we can finally end violence if we ban butter knives next?"