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Irish authorities seize 7,000 samurai swords

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KENNETH HAYNES,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Thursday, November 5, 2009, 11:20 AM
Updated Thursday, November 5, 2009, 12:03 PM

 

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7,000 samurai swords were seized in police raids in Dublin last Monday.

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Gardai (Irish police) carried out several smash and grab raids in Dublin's north inner city last Monday and confiscated 7,000 Samurai swords.

The raids were instigated by the Crime Prevention Unit in tandem with the Neighborhood Policing Unit,  District Detective Unit and Divisional Crime Task Force, and rank as one of the largest hauls of banned weapons ever.

Two Chinese men were questioned but released without charge as further investigations continue, and the Director of Public Prosecutions has been sent a file on the case.

Samurai Swords were banned in Ireland on September 1

"The minister has been on record in recent years about the dangers posed by samurai swords. They have been used with very damaging effect on our streets,” said a spokesperson of the Minister for Justice, Mr. Dermot Ahern.

"Because of that he introduced legislation banning the swords.

"The seizure of such a vast quantity of samurai swords should reduce significantly any threat these swords might have proved to the public."

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Posted by IrishAndProud on Nov 09, 2009, 06:14 PM EST
So, let's see...Eire has cracked down on guns, and now swords...I wonder when they'll go after fists, hands and limbs? After all, those can be used as weapons, too. Imagine it...we'll all be reduced to a bunch of harmless torsoes sitting around, with no limbs...
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Posted by chris1951 on Nov 07, 2009, 09:52 AM EST
When Samurai swords are banned, only ronin will have swords.
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Posted by Madeleine on Nov 07, 2009, 03:26 AM EST
I take it Ireland has a gun ban. I think I'd rather get shot than cut up with a Samurai sword. Next it will be Machetes, you'll ban those and out will come the Bow and arrows, they have some very streamlined bow and arrows now, deadly. Its always something, if someone wants to kill someone there is always their bare hands or a piece of wire. If you had guns you wouldn't have to worry about being attacked by a Samurai. Just kidding...sort of.
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Posted by olarryob on Nov 06, 2009, 05:12 PM EST
Next go after big sticks. Next maybe big stones.
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Posted by jimmy12003 on Nov 06, 2009, 03:50 PM EST
7000 samurai swords! whats the bets, it was 7500 they got, but are holding on to some to sell back when the heat dies down! thats what they do with drug seizures! but if you are 80 years old and get robbed, no danger of them catching them dudes! it would involve police work!!
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Posted by Fitzlicious on Nov 06, 2009, 03:03 PM EST
5,000 of those are mine.
 


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