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Once renowned as the mother of parliaments and birthplace of the Anglo-Saxon tradition of liberty under law, England has degenerated into a dismal socialist wasteland where law-abiding citizens are imprisoned for using firearms to defend their homes from armed robbers.
London's Metropolitan Police, not content to deprive innocent civilians of firearms, has mounted a campaign to take away their knives, as well. "For the next five weeks people will be able to hand in offensive weapons such as flick knives, butterfly knives and swords without fear of reprisal," reported the May 24 issue of the London Sun tabloid. Yes, in the scepter'd isle, the land of King Arthur, it is now impermissible for civilians to own swords, as well as any other edged weapon that the government doesn't like.
The "amnesty," patterned after gun turn-ins and buy-back programs, is backed by a 5,000 ...
Source: HighBeam Research, "Knife control" in England.(usage of firearms)(Brief article)