Raistlin
02-05-2005, 21:46
There, now that I have your attention..... ;)
I've been thinking about buying a sword (one of the nice decorative samurai ones).
I know that there are regulations (or, laws if you prefer) about knife sizes, and where you can and can't carry/use them. I also know that if you want to keep a gun at home you need to have a licence and it needs to be stored in a certain way.
Are there any similar laws regarding the ownership of swords? I appreciate that it's probably not legal to dance around in the street waving it around like a loony...... But are there any laws regarding storage/security at home? And.....getting to the formation of the subject question.....do these laws change as the swords get bigger? I have seen some that are about 20" long and others that are approaching 4 foot.
Anybody got any experience with sword ownership? Anybody care to recommend an online retailer? Anybody simply want to berate me for my choice of subject line ;) ?
Cheers all.
I've been thinking about buying a sword (one of the nice decorative samurai ones).
I know that there are regulations (or, laws if you prefer) about knife sizes, and where you can and can't carry/use them. I also know that if you want to keep a gun at home you need to have a licence and it needs to be stored in a certain way.
Are there any similar laws regarding the ownership of swords? I appreciate that it's probably not legal to dance around in the street waving it around like a loony...... But are there any laws regarding storage/security at home? And.....getting to the formation of the subject question.....do these laws change as the swords get bigger? I have seen some that are about 20" long and others that are approaching 4 foot.
Anybody got any experience with sword ownership? Anybody care to recommend an online retailer? Anybody simply want to berate me for my choice of subject line ;) ?
Cheers all.