Forthcoming catapult ban?

[ghillieman]

My government bans everything from catapults to fatbikes wich terrorrise the streets ,but they lack police to enforce these bans, so whats the point ? Missing in these times is commen sence ,decency en responcebality.

 

[ghillieman]

made them as a youngster from a forked branche, two elastic seals from a weck pot en a piece of leather, they where pretty accurate........

 

[ghillieman]

My government bans everything from catapults to fatbikes wich terrorrise the streets ,but they lack police to enforce these bans, so whats the point ? Missing in these times is commen sence ,decency en responcebality.

 

[forrestdweller]

somehow this looks like someone is step by step disarming the population to me...

 

[Pattree]

I wont be giving up my catapult

Neither will anyone else.
This is conjecture without basis.

We always leap about and yell when someone suggests that we might have to give up toys/tools.
I’m going to need a law-maker’s statement before I break sweat on this one.

 

[Falstaff]

It is indeed conjecture, based on past events and how similar the current suspicion matches past experience. As Ghillieman observes, there is precedent for it already in Europe.

 

[TeeDee]

Seriously - the thing we should ban if we can...

Tik-Tok... Just no need.

 

[ghillieman]

hay forks and torches ??

 

[ghillieman]

Hay forks and torches banned to ????

 

[ghillieman]

I fear a ban is coming. I have noticed a thread of negative catapult stories being put out by the BBC, one on there today. Kids being naughty with catapults and breaking windows etc is nothing new but now its on mainstream news. I've noticed that when the Govt want to ban something they lead with a series of BBC negative stories, e.g. crossbows.

There seems to be a persistent drive to ban and remove anything seen as a potential weapon, based more on prejudice than factual data. Never let the facts get in the way of a politician or newspaper. It's not just an anti-hunting thing, maybe its a fear of social unrest/collapse.

Living abroad it just exact the same here ,works the same way .

 

[CLEM]

Incredible but entirely predictable , I mean wow just wow. How pathetic, this is not a serious country anymore, I don’t like it and i no longer recognise it. Our forefathers, ancestors definitely wouldn’t too.

 

[Herman30]

Funny when you talkabout catapults; this is a catapult in my language:

And this I call a slingshot.

 

[Keith_Beef]

So... if I am reading you correctly... you are advising to get full sized Trebuchet??

Say no more!! You had me at Siege warfare and flying goat carcasses!!!

Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.

 

[ijohnson]

As I said before, never let facts get in the way of a politician or newspaper. My understanding is that they intend to apply the age checks to our children not the adults.

How will they know which is which if they don't age check everyone?

 

[Pattree]

Can someone point me to a statement of intent from anyone who might be or could be, involved in the imposition of a catapult ban?

I’d be interested even if it was a law maker just musing on the subject.

ANY official statement of distaste/opinion?

I suppose if we all shout and protest loud enough we COULD bring the subject to someone’s attention and thereby start an opposition to catapults but I’ve not seen anything yet.


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The box rubber elastic on my little Milbro ‘gatty is seventy odd years old. Like the trebuchet, as likely to harm me as hit a target.

 

[HorseGuy]

It is indeed conjecture, based on past events and how similar the current suspicion matches past experience. As Ghillieman observes, there is precedent for it already in Europe.

I heard somewhere (I forget where) that there are some kind of restrictions on slingshots in France now because they were being used to successfully harass the police during one of their riots.

 

[HorseGuy]

How will they know which is which if they don't age check everyone?

Elon Musk summed it up well when he said "This censorship law is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The real goal is to enable the UK government to track everyone."

 

[nigelp]

What censorship law?

 

[Broch]

Elon Musk summed it up well when he said "This censorship law is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The real goal is to enable the UK government to track everyone."

Really, you believe that?

Anyway, I believe this thread is getting political - and we know what happens then

 

[HorseGuy]

What censorship law?

The new law they are introducing to limit youngsters from having access to digital social media.