 Legality Codes, personal weapons, foci, and legality |
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 Sep 26 2004, 07:23 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 661 Joined: 23-March 03 Member No.: 4,322  |
I was flipping through my Rulebook when I noticed something, none of the personal weapons, knives, swords, whips, staves, shock gloves, etc, have a P in their legality code. This makes me confused, why is a staff illegal to own? Why is a survival knife illegal to own? There are legitimate reasons for people to own these things, and not one of them lets you have a permit, let alone is flat out legal.
I have a Mage with a Force 3 Katana-ish weapon focus, I realize since its above force 2 I need a permit, and thats fine, but can I even get one? She has a SIN and she has been known to hunt magical threats like Toxic Shamans, as an aide to Knight Errant investigations. The Character is totally legit, she even has Friends in High Places, though not in the UCAS. On the same note, she has a shielding focus of Force 3 as well, that should be no problem getting a permit for, but how about a regular Cougar Fine Blade? Is there a typo in the rules? Did I read something wrong? |
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Sep 26 2004, 07:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 16-September 04 From: UK Member No.: 6,671 |
I imagen its similer to nower days (for uk at least) have a knife or sword in your home, thats ok for display purposes, carry it on the street thats 5 years unless you have a ligit reason.
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Sep 26 2004, 08:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 897 Joined: 26-February 02 From: TIME OUT Member No.: 1,989 |
yea knives are always illegal to carry. just wierd like that
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Sep 26 2004, 08:24 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
The reason for that is, of course, that a staff or a knife or a sword can only be used for crime, while a burst-firing shotgun with a 50-round drum is purely a self-defence weapon.
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Sep 27 2004, 01:15 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 16-August 03 Member No.: 5,501 |
personally i think it falls into the stupid laws cataory.
however there isnt any monopoly on that particular item. every goverment has stupid laws |
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Sep 27 2004, 01:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 20-September 04 Member No.: 6,682 |
:: laughs :: Nice shot AE. As a liberal in the american south, I know exactly what sort of stupidity you're talking about. What's worse is when they justify high caliber assault weapons as...hunting..weapons. I don't know which part disturbs me more, that such a travesty is politically valid or that some people may be serious about it.
More seriously, that is really weird... edged weapons I could understand, but a staff? |
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Sep 27 2004, 02:02 AM
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Grand Master of Run-Fu Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,840 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 178 |
That would mean you'd need to get a permit every time you walked across a beach carrying firewood. Some items are just too common to regulate like that. |
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Sep 27 2004, 02:33 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Imagine all the legal hoops Gandalf will have to jump through... :D
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Sep 27 2004, 02:34 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
As one of the Istari, there's a bounty for him in Quebec :grinbig:
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Sep 27 2004, 04:31 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,073 Joined: 23-August 04 Member No.: 6,587 |
Firewood is not a staff. Just make shore the head doesn’t fall of your broom while the cops are there. And all those old codgers will not be impressed when there walking sticks get noticed (I have been known to hie a club and monofilament whip in a gentleman’s walking cane, weapon focus & power focus as well)
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Sep 27 2004, 07:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 16-September 04 From: UK Member No.: 6,671 |
The knives cant be licenced while guns can be does make sense, I cant explain why though...
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