Britishland:
Brits: “If guns are banned, can we use swords?”
Britcops: “No.”
Brits: “How about crossbows, then?”
Britcops: “We’ll get back to you on that*.”
*The Home Office has launched an eight-week consultation to see if there should be a licensing system to control the use, ownership and supply of crossbows.
The Principality of Monaco plans to follow in the footsteps of its surrounding French neighbours by organising a national day dedicated to the collection of weapons and ammunition that have been found or inherited by individuals.
At the end of 2022, France managed to collect more than 150,000 weapons without inflicting legal or administrative proceedings on the weapons’ former owners.
The head of the Administrative Police Division, Rémy Le Juste, addressed the topic at the Monaco Police’s well wishes for the New Year, saying “this is a major subject which deserves everyone’s attention, given the somewhat troubled international context that we are going through.”
Le Juste admitted that “It still happens that our services intervene with individuals who find themselves owners through inheritance of undeclared weapons dating from the Second World War,” and added: “We encourage, from now on, all people who find themselves, despite themselves, possessing weapons to call on our services: either to have them destroyed or to make them unfit for their use, and this, without these people being subject to criminal charges, subject of course to the agreement of the judicial authorities.”
Only knights, the King’s men and the king’s favorites may own weapons of war. Peasants: non.
U.S.:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Australialand (this WA but they’re all the same):
Crossbows are a “prohibited weapon” and thus banned, with some exceptions.
“Limited exceptions will apply for genuine crossbow collectors and people engaged in crossbow events who belong to an Archery Australia club.
Producers of films and other dramatic productions can apply to WA’s police commissioner for an exemption notice in respect to prohibited weapons, including crossbows, under the Weapons Regulations Act 1999.Anyone with a crossbow who does not qualify for one of the three exceptions must destroy or lawfully dispose of their crossbows or surrender it to a police station.
Under the new law, retailers will still be able to sell and supply crossbows but only to customers in the exempt category.
The penalty for buying, possessing, selling, supplying or manufacturing crossbows outside the exemptions is a $36,000 fine and three years’ jail.”
In Western Australialand, a “gun buyback” starts next week and will run for 6 months until a whole new raft of restrictions on firearms ownership come into effect. The Police Minister is proud to say they will be the hardest and most rigorous laws in Australia. Firearms licences will only granted for two reasons: continuing membership of and support by a recognised sporting shooting club – a specified number of events must be registered per year — and, sporting shooting (hunting or feral pest eradication) BUT only with a letter of permission from a recognised (by police) and permitted (by police) land owner. There is NO public hunting land in Australia — it is designated Crown Land and belongs to the government. There are calibre restrictions and storage requirements (currently an approved gun safe) are to be increased. There are also medical and psychiatric tests for ownership.
If you choose NOT to surrender your firearms, and your licence is revoked, you must sell your firearms (lotsa luck with that) or they will be confiscated by the police and destroyed — with no compensation.
A minor quibble. There is NO public hunting land here in the states either. It all belongs to the .gov, benign naming notwithstanding.
Fair enough comment. Some States in Australia do have the concept of public hunting land; i.e. the land is owned by the government (still) but people can hunt on it (with permission, of course).
You know the Tree of Liberty needs watering when they come to take your guns. Use ’em or lose ’em guys.
Other people will NEVER dictate what I own.
Ever.
And I don’t give a shit about that “…goddamned piece of paper.”
It has nothing to do with me and everything to do with them.
“The head of the Administrative Police Division, Rémy Le Juste….”
Make that, Remy Le Unjuste.
“this is a major subject which deserves everyone’s attention, given the somewhat troubled international context that we are going through.”
i.e.: The serfs will kill us once they find out what we’re going to do to them.
Rémy Le Juste
I don’t know a whole lot of foreign languages, but I’ve got to think that this is a made-up name for the head of a police department.
Henri’s Mom; Take the MG42 and all that ammo down to Remy le Juste
Henri with a big smile and crossed fingers: Sure Mom, I’ll get right on it.
Absoluement!!
This part “people who find themselves, despite themselves” looks like an opening. What about “people who find themselves, and are perfectly comfortable or even happy with it”.
Imagine being such people. It’s easy if you try.
and we’re still in NATO,
attempting to defend the indefensible?
Is it OK to have a WW-1 SMLE made in 1917?
No exceptions.
That SMLE has modern military rifles beat in everything except ease of use and rate of fire.
10rds/min aimed fire is good enough.
In the Netherlands crossbows (and regular bows above a very low draw weight, basically everything useful for more than plinking at targets for sports only) are classified as firearms and therefore effectively illegal.
All blades longer than about 4 inches are also banned outside the home (you’re allowed to own them and transport them home after purchase, but only if contained in a sealed box or bag, etc.).
We Americans are the descendants of free men, and many of us still behave that way
Europeans, on the other hand, are the descendants of serfs, and most of them still have the mentality of serfs
As Charlton Heston said, they know nothing of freedom