In the week prior to November 21, 2025, Leamington police, part of the Warwickshire police, confiscated a collection of 129 antique bladed weapons from a single household in Whitnash, England. The police posted a photograph of the antiques which were confiscated. It was a sort of trophy photograph. The price of an average house in Whitnash is reported to be £364,457 or $488,372. From msn.com:
A spokesman for Leamington Police said: “Now we can’t claim to have seized all the knives pictured through proactive patrols during this #OpSceptre week however after concerns were raised to us earlier this week we have seized 129 bladed articles from a property in Whitnash which clearly in the wrong hands could have caused serious harm.
Later in the article, the police added this:
The police spokesman added: “This means that in most cases it is an offense to possess any of the above articles anywhere. If found guilty of possessing a weapon like this you can face up to 4 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.”
There is a problem with the police actions and the statement above. None of the items pictured are illegal to possess, even with the recent changes in English weapons law. An excellent synopsis of the problem has been posted on Youtube. From Youtube video by antique dealer and expert in edged weapons, Matt Easton:
The UK police seem to have wrongly seized a collection of antique weapons. So Leamington police, part of Warwikshire police earlier this week, proudly boasted on their socials that they had seized 129 edged weapons from a property in Witnash. The problem is that all of the items pictured are completely legal to own.
Posts on Facebook in reply to the Leamington Police post are universally critical. Not one comment defending the police was observed at the time this article was written. Here is a typical comment:
Respectfully, these are all clearly historic and/or antiques, all of which are exempt under the Offensive Weapons Act 2019. If the owner was not fit to be in possession of them then I can understand but I beg of you not to destroy these items, they’re of historic significance, they could be auctioned off to support the constabulary or donated to a museum or suitable collector.
The number of antique swords or other bladed military weapons used in crime in the UK is so close to zero, this correspondent has been unable to locate an example.
When legislatures assume a problem is caused by an inanimate object, rather than by voluntary actions of individuals, they pass laws based on a false notion of causality. Weapons do not cause crime. People use weapons as tools to facilitate both defense and crime. When the focus is on the weapon in stead of individual actions, crime is not reduced.
Alternative weapons are easily found or constructed. Weapons are easily constructed out of everyday items. The most commonly used knives in British crime are kitchen knives. A camera on a strap becomes a slung-shot. Sharpen the point on an umbrella, and it becomes a deadly weapon. The inanimate object is not the problem. The problem is the mind behind the object.
About Dean Weingarten:
Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.
Typical police state protocol. Even when there’s already nothing. They then crackdown on that!
I can’t believe that the leader of Australia or whatever was blaming right wing supremacists for the murders. I guess now Islamist terrorists are right wing.
thats what happens when govered by a bunch of pussys.
Typical Low IQ coppers.
Ok, I didn’t watch all of the video and I cannot figure out how the police found out about the swords and why they came to confiscate them? What started this mess. Oh, and while the cops are doing this, are they still not going into the Muslim populated areas because they are scared which is where they should be? Ok, maybe this isn’t one of those area’s, but do they really know that? If they can’t tell the difference between what is documented as a legal arm and an illegal one, how the hell can the poor brits expect… Read more »
Along with typically British food, this also serves to reconfirm my stance that George and the Revolutionary soldiers we so very wise in severing our relationship with the monarchy.
They must fully disarm the peasants for the tyranny.
If you live in Canada, my advice is to leave now.
Canadian Gov.: “To Avoid Being Harmed By Car Thieves, Leave Your Car Keys on the Front Door”
Seems the Brits have become sissified. Look at the results in Australia, not even the police returned fire for 20 minutes. In most American states, there would have been 20% the citizens firing back.
There will always be an Englandstan.
Shows how far down the mire and quicksand no-longer-Great Britianstan has sunk.