• @tyler@programming.dev
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      342 months ago

      It was illegal to own one? I understand using it or carrying in public, but literally owning one???

        • @tyler@programming.dev
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          92 months ago

          Carrying it in public can mean literally displaying it in your front yard in many jurisdictions, so I don’t really agree with your assessment.

          • @yumpsuit@lemmy.world
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            132 months ago

            Katana are for courtyards; front yards should be festooned with the bamboo pikes of the ashigaru

          • SharkAttak
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            12 months ago

            That’s a pretty dumb legal definition. Carrying around =/= staying stationary on display.

          • @festnt@sh.itjust.works
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            102 months ago

            for self defense i’d give a very maybe. nobody is gonna try to rob a person who has a sword and the thing is not exactly hideable

            also a sword… for hunting? that’ll make the person wielding the sword in more danger than the animals themselves