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ward · 29th June 2008, 05:49 PM

I feel this is a terrible idea. There are enough restrictions on ownerships of weapons. Now you want basically to have a seizure list compiled. Also many weapons are marriages. Indian swords have routinely had hilts changed from the original blade. Afghan pieces have pieces that are hundreds of years mixed with parts from recent history back to 19th century. Are you going to test every one. I do not see letting a lab tech cut into any of my ladder blades.Weapons collecting is not like coin collecting where you can look in a little book and go yes this is from 1820 and is in fair condition and comes from this country. It takes skill and research to collect in this field.

29th June 2008, 05:49 PM	#3
ward Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 637	I feel this is a terrible idea. There are enough restrictions on ownerships of weapons. Now you want basically to have a seizure list compiled. Also many weapons are marriages. Indian swords have routinely had hilts changed from the original blade. Afghan pieces have pieces that are hundreds of years mixed with parts from recent history back to 19th century. Are you going to test every one. I do not see letting a lab tech cut into any of my ladder blades.Weapons collecting is not like coin collecting where you can look in a little book and go yes this is from 1820 and is in fair condition and comes from this country. It takes skill and research to collect in this field.