China Enacts "Assault Knife" Ban - Commie Bastards Eh ? Oh, Wait, Just Following ENGLANDS Innane Example ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSPEK13099220080506?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=22&sp=true

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese citizens must register their
identities when they buy potentially deadly knives, Xinhua quoted the
Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday as saying.

The new regulations come as China steps up security ahead of the
Beijing Olympics.

The targeted daggers include those with blood grooves, lock-knives,
and knives with blades measuring over 22 centimeters, the ministry
said in a circular posted on its website, www.mps.gov.cn.

Police departments at all levels should check knife manufacturers for
illegal production of deadly weapons, it said.

Regulations concerning knife tools used by China's ethnic groups are
to be set by local autonomous governments, the re****t said.

All parcels addressed to Olympic athletes, dormitories and s****ting
venues will be subject to X-ray checks, media re****ted on Tuesday.

China, whose Communist rulers value stability above all else, has come
down hard on anyone they fear could upset the Games, from people
protesting against the demolition of their houses for venues to the
country's sometimes restless ethnic minorities.

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   Wow !

   JUST what we'd expect from a TOTALITARIAN COMMIE COUNTRY, right ?

   Oh wait ... try THIS one on for size :

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From The Times
London, UK
January 14, 2008

Government crackdown on knife crime in cities

Philip Webster, Political Editor

Anyone caught carrying a blade will be prosecuted and will not be
allowed to escape with a caution under a crackdown on knife crime
promised by Gordon Brown.

Police must prosecute those of any age who are found in possession of
a blade in areas where knife crime is high. London, Liverpool,
Birmingham and Greater Manchester are among the 12 priority areas.

Mr Brown is bringing forward a Violent Crime Action Plan which will be
announced by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, early next month.

The Government may also introduce an outright ban on some hunting
knives.

In an interview with The Sun today, Mr Brown says: “You cannot be
casual or cool about knives. Society cannot cope with people carrying
guns and knives and threatening to use them.

“There are boundaries you cannot cross and one is this country’s zero
tolerance on knives. It is neither cool nor does it make you safer to
carry a knife. We must ease people’s fears. They deserve freedom from
fear about their safety on the streets.”

Faridon Alizada, 18, from Bexley, southeast London; Bradley Whitfield,
16; and Nassirudeen Osawe, 17, were all murdered recently in
stabbings.

Mr Brown wants the 12 worst-hit areas to receive a zero-tolerance
message. In the interview he says: “It is completely unacceptable to
carry a knife or a gun. We are to step up action. Where the police
have previously been cautioning people there now has to be a
presumption of prosecution. We will charge, not caution.” 

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   Speaking of "totalitarian commie countries" .....

   The tremors from Orwell spinning in his grave may soon
   reach an intensity that threatens national landmarks  :-)

   What's next, a ban on sharpened pencils ? Can't have THOSE
   after all - a threat to civilization !!! 

   Citizens will then have to wear thickly padded mittens in
   public at all times ... to reduce the incidence and impact
   of those civilization-threatening fistfights at the pubs ... :-)

   Rule of thumb : Anytime a government seeks to banish 
   something that might be used as a weapon - it ain't
   the health and welfare of the PEOPLE it's really
   interested in.