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   On 04 Jul 2024, Frank <"frank "@frank.net> posted some   
   news:v66c69$2ps55$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > 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-fo   
   >> r- 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.   
      
   That sort of thinking is why they had to be bailed out in WWII.   
      
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