July 13, 2006
No swords in Scotland
Museum officials have been forced to withdraw swords from sale in the gift shop of the newly refurbished Kelvingrove just a day after the art gallery re-opened to the public.Full story here. Previous post on Scottish sword-banning here.Glasgow City Council took the decision yesterday to remove the swords from the shelves "in light of public concern".
Complaints had been received that it was inappropriate for the city's flagship museum to be selling swords less than two weeks after the end of a nationwide knife amnesty during which police urged members of the public to surrender similar weapons. . .
Last week it was revealed that more than 12,000 bladed weapons were handed in to police forces across Scotland during the latest knife amnesty.
Swords accounted for 474 of the 12,645 weapons surrendered between May 25 and June 30. . .
A council said the swords on sale at Kelvingrove were ornamental replicas, but they were being withdrawn nonetheless.
Posted by David on July 13, 2006 10:08 AM
Next they'll be witdrawing cricket bats, stones, and motorized vehicles, which are all deadly and intimidating evil weapons in the hands of an evil person. How about wire coat hangers and shoelaces...they make excellent garrottes. Silk neckties? Glass beer and whikey and wine bottles? they can all be used to kill.
Scotland the Brave is now Scotland De-Praved, and
Great Britain is no longer Great...
Posted by: doug in colorado on July 13, 2006 6:22 PM
I'll bet a haggis lunch that the weapon of choice quickly becomes the glass bottle. Cheap, easily obtained and disposable, it immediately becomes a dangerous stabbing and slashing weapon when smashed on a curbstone. Dinnae fash yersel' aboot tha blade. Tis the daft laddie wieldin'it tha shood be in nick.
Posted by: MP on July 18, 2006 6:15 PM
My God, I hope they don't sell postcards, you can DIE from a paper cut, you know.
"knife amnesty" indeed...
Posted by: Glenn Bowen on July 22, 2006 9:27 PM
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