A Bat'Leth And The British Police

[EAS_Intrepid]

There are things that you only believe on the second look, like a bat'leth during a police investigation! Or is that some kind of British humour?

http://www.trektoday.com/news/280506_02.shtml
By Michelle
May 28, 2006 - 12:54 AM

British police have confiscated a replica Klingon bat'leth during a raid on a home in Gloucester.

The Sun Online reported that "this five-foot martial arts sword capable of beheading a man was recovered by shocked cops" and put on display at the start of a national knife amnesty program, encouraging owners to turn in illegally owned blades.

"It is a particularly nasty weapon which could easily take someone’s head off," said inspector Mac McGarry of the ritual Klingon weapon, said to be identical those from the Star Trek films (in the photo it appears to have some differences from Worf's weapon of choice) and sharpened to make it possible to kill a combatant.

The police in Britain are hoping for tens of thousands of knives, swords and other weapons to cut down on crimes involving blades, though a campaigner from the group Victims of Crime labeled the knife amnesty program a futile publicity stunt and said he expected law-abiding citizens to be punished rather than criminals.

It was not reported why the bat'leth was taken, nor whether it was ever used in any sort of combat or criminal activity.

Here in Germany one of our super-experts on everything would raise the question "Does Star Trek lead to illicit use of weapons?"


Must have been like in a CSI episode directed by Quentin Tarantino! A few cops search an apartement or a house, and they find a real-size bat'leth... oooh.

 

[Paul]

i know read it in the paper about a week ago . hell ive got a few blades . and im not given em up . they took the bat'leth , it wasnt handed in .

 

[Cylon]

yes i saw somthing about it in a newspaper in the school libary