• ComradePlatypus [fae/faer]
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    4 days ago

    To be fair it's weird in the USA where you might have states were open or concealed carry is completely legal but things like swords or knuckle-dusters are a crime to carry in public.

      • ComradePlatypus [fae/faer]
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        4 days ago

        Yeah I believe they were all banned related to various racial and national groups. Like knuckle dusters initially for Italians and now a perception around Black people. Nun chucks etc for the various Asian diasporas.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          3 days ago

          Yeah, all the kung-fu movie weapons - nunchucks, ninja stars, butterfly knives, were banned in the 80s because boomers saw some action movies and were like "woah a new way for me to be racist!"

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 days ago

      Legality of arms in the us is basically just "how white coded is this weapon?" The more strongly weapons are associated with minorities the less legal they are.

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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      4 days ago

      Which state is it where the only thing preventing you from open carrying a tank cannon is your ability to physically carry it?

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        3 days ago

        Heavy ordnance in many jurisdictions isn't regulated differently than small arms in most states if you have teh right paperwork.

      • ComradePlatypus [fae/faer]
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        4 days ago

        I think a lot of them because most cannon are smooth bore and black powder which in many state aren't even considered a firearm. So yeah you could have a swivel gun from a ship under your trench coat.