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IF YOU OWN A NINJA SWORD… BEWARE
AS OWNING ONE, EVEN IF ITS IN YOUR OWN HOME COULD SOON LAND YOU BEHIND BARS, IF YOU LIVE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING FROM U-K PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER AS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT TO COMBAT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED A CRISIS OF “KNIFE CRIMES.”
STARMER SAID, “KNIFE CRIME IS AT EPIDEMIC LEVELS AND IS RUINING LIVES ACROSS BRITAIN.”
BEGINNING ON AUGUST 1ST, OWNING, POSSESSING, PRODUCING, IMPORTING OR SELLING NINJA SWORDS WILL BE ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE NEW RULE INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT THURSDAY AFTER CONSERVATIVES REJECTED A NINJA SWORD BAN LAST YEAR.
OPPONENTS OF THE LAW SAY LAW-ABIDING SWORD OWNERS SHOULDN’T HAVE TO GIVE UP THEIR WEAPONS.
CITING THEIR USE AMONG HISTORIANS, COLLECTORS AND HOBBYISTS.
CONSERVATIVES ALSO POINT OUT LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF DEATHS BY KNIFE IN THE NATION CAME BY WAY OF NINJA SWORD.
NOW, ANY PERSON CAUGHT WITH ONE BY AUTHORITIES FACES UP TO SIX MONTHS IN PRISON AND THAT SENTENCE COULD GO UP TO TWO YEARS DEPENDING ON THE FATE OF A NEW CRIME BILL IN PARLIAMENT.
A LAW ENFORCING A SENTENCE OF UP TO FOUR YEARS FOR CARRYING A WEAPON IN PUBLIC IN BRITAIN IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
AS THE NEW MEASURE IS IMPLEMENTED, SWORD OWNERS WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR WILLINGLY HANDING OVER THEIR WEAPONS AS A WAY TO GET THE SWORDS OUT OF THE HANDS OF CITIZENS.
THE LATEST SWORD BAN IS PART OF RONAN’S LAW, WHICH IS MEANT TO PREVENT ONLINE SALES OF KNIVES.
THE STATUTE IS NAMED IN HONOR OF A 16-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN AN INCIDENT OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY IN 2022.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TWO TEENS WHO KILLED RONAN, PURCHASED THE SWORDS USED IN THE STABBING ON THE INTERNET.
THE BAN ALSO COMES AS OFFICIALS SAY KNIFE VIOLENCE IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH.
THERE WERE REPORTEDLY AROUND 55-THOUSAND SUCH INCIDENTS IN WALES AND ENGLAND LAST YEAR.
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