"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."
I’ve seen letter openers that are more threatening than that thing.
Now I want a Master Sword letter opener.
You gotta play the jingle everytime you pull the sword back out of the now opened letter.
That IS a letter opener. I have one extremely similar but it’s a sword from an anime.
England
Well there’s your problem.
Yes. I am proud (?) to say that in my US state I could legally carry a full size functional Master Sword, or any other sword, on my belt or strapped to my back provided I didn’t brandish it at anyone without due cause.
It would technically be illegal to conceal without a permit, though, which raises some interesting logistical questions.
I’ve seen Highlander, you can conceal a full size katana in the inside breast pocket of a trench coat. You can even go for a run with it there and the coat will flap and move like the sword isn’t even there.
Yes, but you must:
- Be immortal
- Have inside you blood of kings
- Have no rival (no man can be your equal)
Sure, but Who Wants to Live Forever? There’s no chance for us, it’s all decided for us. This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.
This shit is not world fucking news.
It’s news because of how extreme it is. 4 months in prison for having a novelty toy letter opener? Seems absolutely absurd.
You can make stupid outrage news anywhere, out of any number of issues. It does not escalate to world news.
I disagree. When any government gets too heavy handed we should all pay attention and put them back in their place as public servants.
With a bit more self-awareness, Bray could have avoided contact with us completely.
He was arrested for being obtuse.
He was imprisoned for being a potentially dangerous moron. If he had the thing in a bag he would not be imprisoned for it, if it were found after a truly random search.
If we imprisoned every potentially dangerous moron, everyone would be in prison.
he also apparently has a history of crime, so…
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/nuneaton-serial-burglar-jailed-four-3033221
Why is this on my feed AGAIN???
I had this on my feed 3 different communities yesterday. One of which I could have sworn was THIS community.
Enough! We get it! It’s bullshit he was arrested for this, but I don’t need 7 different communities all pointing to the same source!
