Proposed UK Sword Ban

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   Name: Richard Turner on Apr 25, 2006

   Comments: I completely support this petition and think the UK Government should can this ban immediately.

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   Name: Dr. Peter Bennett Klein on May 2, 2006

   Comments: Please do the appropriate investigation before you support this ban. It is inappropriate and harmful to those who value art and culture and will do little to no good in stopping any criminal from their activities. Please do not punish the many conservators for the indiscretions of a few thugs. Thank you for your considerations.

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   Name: John A Stuart on May 2, 2006

   Comments: To Whom It May Concern, Most violent crime is committed with weapons of chance or cheap replicas not legitimate antiques.

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   Name: Ron Rutkowsky on May 2, 2006

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   Name: Milton Ong on May 2, 2006

   Comments: why not put your affort and time to combat world hunger, diseases, global warming Those issues are more urgent than banning swords( Japanese or otherwise ), save lives in the hundreds of thousands........think big and the world will thank you.

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   Name: A. Melvan on May 2, 2006

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   Name: Robert W Patterson on May 2, 2006

   Comments: punish those that abuse the law not those that follow the law to the letter.i.e.: mandatory sentencing for those that commit a crime with a sword not a ban on swords.

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   Name: Thom Jason on May 2, 2006

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   Name: Danny Massey on May 2, 2006

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    Name: Danny Massey on May 2, 2006

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    Name: Kenneth Wilson on May 3, 2006

    Comments: It makes no sense to ban articles that have historical and artful significance. Banning craft such as ancient samurai swords is saying to the criminals, you won. I never understand the knee jerk reaction Governments take to an event. I don't understand why banning something is the default action. It seems at somepoint we will have nothing to ban.

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    Name: Darcy Brockbank on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Azadian on May 3, 2006

    Comments: I absolutely cocur with everything that is written in this letter : this ban makes no sense xhatsoever for real japanese swords, and other true art blades, and this will not prevent potential killers to use other readily weapons such as kitchen knves of golf clubs on their neighbours head.

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    Name: Bernard Alexander on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Michael Berkovitch on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Although Nihonto has cutting edge it is art and treated as such accordingly all over the world

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    Name: Anonymous on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Absolute madness, typical of this governement

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    Name: ANTHONY GOLDBY on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Brian Robinson on May 3, 2006

    Comments: A sword is an inanimate object. How much longer will we blame simple items for the deeds of men Carrying ANY offensive weapon is already illegal in the UK, so this move is just a lame attempt to bluff the public that something is being done about crime.

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    Name: Nicola Curtis on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Some of these art swords have survived 700 years of history, only to be seen as a threat to public safety by the UK govt Wake up or live as sheep!

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    Name: Martin Austwick on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Matt Easton on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Andrew Ickeringill on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Bob Morrison on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Robert Marsden on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Mark Curtis on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Why not punish those that abuse the law not law abiding people who happen to collect pieces of art for their own pleasure. After all hand guns were banned but gun crime in the UK is at an all time high

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    Name: Steve Hill on May 3, 2006

    Comments: As the old saying goes "swords dont kill people , people kill people. so in that case why dont they put a ban on people

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    Name: Anders Bystrup on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Don't turn the UK into a complete dictatorship - already well underway by banning guns...

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    Name: Doug Blain on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Ed Marshall on May 3, 2006

    Comments: The true Japanese Sword is one of Japan's representative Art forms. It would be a shame to limit the good people of the UK the right to collect, study and preserve this wonderful form of Art. Please reconsider a complete ban on Art Swords and consider permits or licensing for collectors. Thank you.

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    Name: Michael Bjarup on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Louis Skebo on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Do not ban antique or authentique collector Japanese swords.

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    Name: Warren Gibson on May 3, 2006

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    Name: David Moran on May 3, 2006

    Comments: The great art of sword construction and appreciation can never be alligned, in any way, with violence. To cross this line is to deny the unallieanable rights of freedom. Daliomi Moriashi

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    Name: Shaun Scott on May 3, 2006

    Comments: This is a shallow attempt at securing peoples well being. Knives dont kill people...people do!!

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    Name: Brian Simpson on May 3, 2006

    Comments: This idea of banning japanese swords is totally foolish. First off, most of the 'swords' that are available for $50-$200 are faux and not even capable of holding a honed edge, let alone survive any type of fight. A full contact sword costs at least $800 and are quite rare. Whats next for Britian, saftey scissors and a ban on sticks and rocks.

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    Name: Mark Jaillet on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Shame on the UK government.

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    Name: Stephen Baxter on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Criminals ignore the law anyway, so all any kind of weapons ban is going to accomplish is make it so that law-abiding citizens have less available means to defend themselves against criminals -- it won't reduce criminal violence at all. What's next, banning sharply-pointed scissors I thought I was deemed trustworthy enough for that when I graduated from kindergarten to first grade.

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    Name: Edward Williams on May 3, 2006

    Comments: I also suggest the government of the UK ban forks, spoons, and table knives, as they can be used as weapons. Additionally, fingers should be pared down to no longer than half an inch, as long fingers can be used to gouge eyes.

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    Name: Benjamin Cardoso on May 3, 2006

    Comments: I 'm french, that is normaly not my problem the britsih law, but it's enough of the nosens of some people who made the law. I'm with you english friend, again the dumb people which made no différence between criminal weapon and a wonderfull japanase sword. The most beautifull blade in the world.

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    Name: Uwe Sacklowski on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Looks like that they overshoot the mark. In my opinion this ban is absolutely senseless. In every respect !

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    Name: Kristian Brandt on May 3, 2006

    Comments: Preserve the right to study the art of Japanese swords by dumping this ban.

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    Name: Luca Rosi on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Ted Tenold on May 3, 2006

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    Name: Anonymous on May 3, 2006

    Comments: We are only passionate persons of cutting weapons, respectful, respectful of the human life in general and of other beings in particular.

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    Name: Joseph Dilling on May 4, 2006

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    Name: Scott Maynard on May 4, 2006

    Comments: Please do not punish those of us who collect and preserve antique blades of all types not just Japanese swords.

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    Name: Barry W Thomas on May 4, 2006

    Comments: I can't believe we are governed by people with such myopic and philistinic natures. Banning swords would the Western world's equivalent of the Taliban destroying the old Buddha statues in Afghanistan. Ignorance and prejudice are everywhere, it seems. Guilt by association is not a substitute for informed and fair lawmaking.

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    Name: Hayden McMaster on May 4, 2006

    Comments: Banning inanimate objects just because they are potentially harmful does not make sense, any hard or sharp object can be used as a weapon if someone wants to do some damage. Focus should be directed at punishing real criminals, not collectors of antiques and art.

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    Name: Xavier Scherbam on May 4, 2006

    Comments: It is already statistically obvious that the many bans in effect against various categories of blades have no effect on criminality in the United Kingdom. I see this law project more as another reach against the freedom of the law abiding citizens, rather than an appropriate response against crime-oriented attitudes.

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    Name: Anonymous on May 4, 2006

    Comments: A collector of twenty five years standing and volunteer Curator of a National Public Collection of Japanese art for fifteen years.

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