next, we ban cutlery

[David Honig]

At 03:52 PM 7/17/01 -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
>On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Harmon Seaver wrote:
>
>>         I was looking at archery sites this morning, looking for a
>>light recurve targe bow, and hit an Australian page that also had
>>crossbows -- was shocked to see that you need a permit to buy these
>>"prohibited weapons" there.  Doesn't take much to make a crossbow,
>>folks. Must be those Aussies watched Mad Max movies a few times too
>>many, eh?
>>
>
>No fed statutes on crossbows, but does anybody know how many states 
>have permit restrictions on them?  
>
>				Bear

I believe Calif. has crossbow restrictions.

What a surprise.

No sword-canes or nunchucks, either.