The UK government will have their way and British sword owners won't do shit. The media will probably demoralize them to give up their swords, and dehumanize anyone who wants one. This is exactly what happened in the 90s when they banned handguns.
Yup. they will probably make exceptions for blunt swords so that they can keep their Olympic fencers. the HEMA and WMA communities might be toast, at the very least they can absolutely say goodbye to cutting competitions.
The UK government will have their way and British sword owners won't do shit. The media will probably demoralize them to give up their swords, and dehumanize anyone who wants one. This is exactly what happened in the 90s when they banned handguns.
Yup. they will probably make exceptions for blunt swords so that they can keep their Olympic fencers. the HEMA and WMA communities might be toast, at the very least they can absolutely say goodbye to cutting competitions.
Sword can be bought by anyone while handguns were mostly in the hands of tosspots.