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   On 7/4/2024 5:17 AM, In Nanny Land wrote:   
   > A man was sentenced to four months in prison for carrying a six-inch   
   > Master Sword in public.   
   >   
   > As reported by Eurogamer, 48-year-old Anthony Bray, of Nuneaton in   
   > Warwickshire, England, was spotted carrying a replica of the iconic weapon   
   > from Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series openly in the local town   
   > centre.   
   >   
   > Warwickshire Police spotted Bray on June 8 via CCTV walking down the   
   > street with something in his hand. Bray was said to have approached   
   > officers with the item visible in his hand, at which point he was arrested   
   > as he was carrying a bladed article.   
   >   
   > Bray subsequently claimed the Master Sword was a “fidget” — something   
   to   
   > keep his hands busy — that he had bought online. But police said that   
   > because it was a sharply pointed item, it could be used as a weapon, and   
   > “put others in fear of it being used against them.” The police said the   
   > Master Sword was inside a sheath and could be released with the press of a   
   > button.   
   >   
   > Despite admitting that the Master Sword could be perceived as threatening   
   > if someone else saw it, Bray insisted during his interview that he would   
   > not have used it as a weapon, the police said.   
   >   
   > Bray was sentenced on June 28 and given a four month prison sentence as   
   > well as an order to pay a victims’ surcharge of Ł154 (approx $195).   
   >   
   > It is possible to find fidget toys that aren’t six-inch blades.   
   > “   
   > Sergeant Spellman of the Patrol Investigations Unit commented: “We take a   
   > zero tolerance to bladed articles in public, and Bray has fallen afoul of   
   > this.   
   >   
   > "It is possible to find fidget toys that aren’t six-inch blades. It is   
   > possible not to walk down the street holding them out in front of you.   
   > With a bit more self-awareness, Bray could have avoided contact with us   
   > completely.”   
   >   
   > https://www.ign.com/articles/man-sentenced-to-four-months-in-prison-for-   
   > carrying-a-6-inch-master-sword-in-public   
   >   
      
      
   Hard to believe stuff that is banned in the UK.  I once sent a   
   transformer type toy to a friend there because he could not buy it for   
   his son as it looked too much like a weapon.   
      
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