Samurai sword gang target pub (From Daily Echo)
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Hampshire police investigating armed raid on the White Swan pub in Southampton
8:20am Tuesday 12th June 2012 in Crime
Samuri sword gang target pub
A GANG armed with samurai swords threatened staff as they held up a Hampshire pub and escaped with thousands of pounds.
Workers ran to safety when three masked men smashed their way into the White Swan at Mansbridge, Southampton, late at night.
The landlord, who was confronted by one of the men demanding he empty the safe, needed hospital treatment for facial injuries.
It is the third armed raid on a pub in the area in the past three months – and detectives are not ruling out the possibility that the same gang are responsible.
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Comments(18)
For pity sake
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9:32am Tue 12 Jun 12
Huey wrote:Where does it say they were?
These robbers are not really samurais
hulla baloo
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9:55am Tue 12 Jun 12
For pity sake wrote:I think he is trying to be amusing about the double meaning headline. Boring.
Huey wrote:Where does it say they were?
These robbers are not really samurais
The Salv
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10:30am Tue 12 Jun 12
Georgem
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11:07am Tue 12 Jun 12
The Salv wrote:It's no longer legal to sell sharp swords in those shops. Imitation swords are not dangerous weapons, hence 'imitation'. I don't see what makes these people 'weirdos' though. Does 'weirdo' really mean "likes things I don't"?
Are these swords that you can but at those shops for weirdo's that like immitation guns and swords and similar items? Is it about time the Government got those shops closed down or prevented from selling dangerous weapons.
Jesus_02
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12:42pm Tue 12 Jun 12
@huey Echo Headlines are funny. #hulla baloo = Boring
Just add "with" and the words miraculously actually forma sentence!
sass
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12:58pm Tue 12 Jun 12
Huey wrote:Bloody immigrants!
These robbers are not really samurais
TheJoiners
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1:44pm Tue 12 Jun 12
sass wrote:Bloody Racists !
Huey wrote:Bloody immigrants!
These robbers are not really samurais
Georgem
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2:17pm Tue 12 Jun 12
TheJoiners wrote:I think it was a joke about them being allegedly Japanese.
sass wrote:Bloody Racists !
Huey wrote:Bloody immigrants!
These robbers are not really samurais
ShakeyWiffles
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3:25pm Tue 12 Jun 12
dango
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5:15pm Tue 12 Jun 12
Georgem
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5:20pm Tue 12 Jun 12
dango wrote:Nonsense. Any self-respecting ninja would have been in and out of the safe without anyone ever noticing them.
they could have been ninja. They have similar swords to Samurai and in the heat of the moment the landlord could have been mistaken. Better the police look for ninja and samurai, just to be on the safe side.
dolomiteman
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5:48pm Tue 12 Jun 12
Georgem wrote:You need to be a registered collector or registered in martial arts to buy a curved edge sword
The Salv wrote:It's no longer legal to sell sharp swords in those shops. Imitation swords are not dangerous weapons, hence 'imitation'. I don't see what makes these people 'weirdos' though. Does 'weirdo' really mean "likes things I don't"?
Are these swords that you can but at those shops for weirdo's that like immitation guns and swords and similar items? Is it about time the Government got those shops closed down or prevented from selling dangerous weapons.
It is not the sharpness of the sword (samurai swords are not razor shape) it is the way you use them that makes them a dangerous weapon.
I have several real Samurai swords as well as some imitation samurai and broad swords but have never felt the urge to use them for robbing pubs or shops!
Like guns or baseball bats it is not the weapon that is a danger it is the nutter who is holding it.
weall8leedscum
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11:27pm Tue 12 Jun 12
TheJoiners wrote:Bloody Feniens !
sass wrote:Bloody Racists !
Huey wrote:Bloody immigrants!
These robbers are not really samurais
Raxx
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11:56am Thu 14 Jun 12
dango wrote:It's not ninja M.O. I have a suspicion that it was actually pirates, masquerading as ninja in order to sully their reputation. I expect it was a less than perfect imitation, hence the belief that it was samurai.
they could have been ninja. They have similar swords to Samurai and in the heat of the moment the landlord could have been mistaken. Better the police look for ninja and samurai, just to be on the safe side.
stryker70
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11:25pm Thu 14 Jun 12
05bar76
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9:39pm Mon 18 Jun 12
dolomiteman wrote:You don't have to be a registered collector to buy curved swords. So long as the blade is handforged using traditional methods, anyone over 18 can buy one. I am not in anyway registered as a martial artist or sword collector but I quite legally own a handforged samurai sword.
Georgem wrote:You need to be a registered collector or registered in martial arts to buy a curved edge sword
The Salv wrote:It's no longer legal to sell sharp swords in those shops. Imitation swords are not dangerous weapons, hence 'imitation'. I don't see what makes these people 'weirdos' though. Does 'weirdo' really mean "likes things I don't"?
Are these swords that you can but at those shops for weirdo's that like immitation guns and swords and similar items? Is it about time the Government got those shops closed down or prevented from selling dangerous weapons.
It is not the sharpness of the sword (samurai swords are not razor shape) it is the way you use them that makes them a dangerous weapon.
I have several real Samurai swords as well as some imitation samurai and broad swords but have never felt the urge to use them for robbing pubs or shops!
Like guns or baseball bats it is not the weapon that is a danger it is the nutter who is holding it.
Straight bladed swords are available to any adult regardless of whether they are handforged or not.
05bar76
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9:42pm Mon 18 Jun 12
Georgem wrote:That's wrong. It is perfectly legal to sell swords in the UK to any adults without the need for registration, licences or criminal record checks. Curved swords must be handforged to be legal but straight bladed swords do not have to be.
The Salv wrote:It's no longer legal to sell sharp swords in those shops. Imitation swords are not dangerous weapons, hence 'imitation'. I don't see what makes these people 'weirdos' though. Does 'weirdo' really mean "likes things I don't"?
Are these swords that you can but at those shops for weirdo's that like immitation guns and swords and similar items? Is it about time the Government got those shops closed down or prevented from selling dangerous weapons.
Source: Offensive Weapons Order 2008 (Ammendment No. 2)
Huey says...
8:48am Tue 12 Jun 12