@Wilshire@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoSword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 othersapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down14cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1174arrow-down1external-linkSword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 othersapnews.com@Wilshire@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-square@illi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish29•edit-28 months agoI don’t want to undercut the tragedy of lost life here, but I pity people doing HEMA fencing or similar hobbies in UK. As I understand it the government was already stupid about some anti-sword/knife laws and this won’t help…
minus-square@MataVatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•8 months agoSwords are already pretty regulated in the UK last I learnt about this topic. Matt Easton from Schola Gladiatoria has a video on it somewhere
minus-square@illi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish8•8 months agoYeah, Matt Easton is why I know about it. My point being, if they were paranoid about swords before, what will they do now
I don’t want to undercut the tragedy of lost life here, but I pity people doing HEMA fencing or similar hobbies in UK.
As I understand it the government was already stupid about some anti-sword/knife laws and this won’t help…
Swords are already pretty regulated in the UK last I learnt about this topic. Matt Easton from Schola Gladiatoria has a video on it somewhere
Yeah, Matt Easton is why I know about it. My point being, if they were paranoid about swords before, what will they do now
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