How would you feel if instead of an American "gun culture" we could have an American "katana culture" instead?
It would prevent mass shootings, eliminate collateral killings in gang shootouts, still allow law abiding citizens to defend themselves and... heh... not to mention, it would be badass as hell.
Prove me wrong.
>PROTIP: you cant
>>79735160
Actually, what ARE the laws on carrying fuck-off huge knives in the various states?
>>79735377
I have yet to try and open-carry my katana in public for fear of scaring away the everyday common folk. Ive only concealed carry the sword underneath my black, leather trench coat for practical purposes, which hides it from plain sight.
>>79735160
Then they will use the short katana knives to stab and murder people like those 3 guys who stabbed people leading to 100+ injured and killed.
Mass stabbings happed usually with a decent high kill and injury rate.
>>79735377
try walking around with one and find out
Open carry of long blades is legal in most states.
>>79735946 this roleplay post is more likely illegal than just wearing it in the open.
Ok, but the government has to only use katanas when I'm combat with it's own citizens.
What if instead of a political party culture, we had a free thought and educated culture?
>>79735377
Ask that nigga who pulled a sword on some thugs in a subway.
>>79735160
Katanas are not for niggers
>milady
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-aL49F0Jc
>>79735160
Your proposal would eliminate the important equalization of force than firearms offer. I'm 6'0", 250 pounds, and 15% body fat. My wife is 5'4" and 110 pounds with her boots on. She is as likely to kill an attacker of any size as I am, however, because a 13"x.08" hole with 37.25" of surface area to bleed is going to lead to either organ failure or a massive drop in blood loss.
>>79735160
Yeah sure. Just get all the niggers in the inner cities and the drug cartel members and the Muslim terrorists to drop their guns for Katanas and then I'll switch my gun for a sword (no I won't tho).
>>79739743
>implying Katanas aren't the ultimate equalizer
Only true gentlemen would need to have the skill.
>girl is getting hit on
>teleport behind girls
>tough luck kid
>slash them
>rescue m'lady
>>79740059
This should be /pol/'s project. Get niggers to run around with swords and armor.
>>79735160
>Katana
>Not Estoc
>Not Saber
>Not Rapier
>Not Cutlass
>Not Katar
Seriously, you had to choose the most stereotypical of blades that people circlejerk over.
>>79739743
Spears are better murder weapons than swords, just spear some fag in the face and hes screwed and its easy to spear someone in the face because if they try to block it well they cant use that hand anymore forever.
>>79735160
If you can slice a bullet in mid air which is shooted from a gun brought in a black market by a criminal then you have my respect
*tips fedora*
>>79740078
Your English skills are so poor it sounds like you're killing m'lady. Tilt the fedora up so you can see, Zatoichi.
>>79740296
Spears and Lances also have range.
>>79740296
They're still strictly inferior to a modern pistol loaded with modern, high quality, self defense ammunition.
>>79735160
>PROTIP
>tip
>>79735160
i have a katana
was on sale
i regret it
should have gotten a mace
fragile yet sharp blade
>>79735377
Pa has the most retarded knife laws. They are all circumstantial. You need to give a good reason to carry besides self defense
This is how our culture would be. I can't stop cringing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGbE0L2zWbc
>>79739228
That's what you say. But I know there are some gypsyes here that have cheap chinese crap metal katanas and slice and commit crimes with them.
>>79740274
>not a claymore
wew
>>79740494
Dude, a katana can cut a World War 2 tank in a half. If you tried to shoot me I could just slice your shitty pistol and cut off your head with a one strike.
>>79740274
Bestoc
Euro swords are better.
>>79740629
Katanas are shit get a broadsword if you want to gore a dude, just aim for the abdhomen and back away as their intestines fall out of their body.
>>79740746
*cuts your argument to pieces*
>>79740605
Try living in Chicago. No dagger, no blade over 2.75", no double edges. I can carry a 10mm pistol with hollow points, but a utility knife? Thats a municipal offense, son.
Thankfully nobody gets charged for that shit alone. Unfortunately, that means whatever cop found it just added a piece to his knife collection.
>sword
>not using a spear
what
>>79740746
I have to admit, I wouldn't be prepared for you to squat instead of duck.
>>79740792
Hell even axes would be a better choice than Katana, you can throw them at people as well. One well thrown axe at someone's skull would be deadly.
>>79735160
>ywn be a knight walking around a city with a longsword
>>79740986
>spear
>not using best of both worlds war scythe
>>79740986
Be prepared when you miss that first jab and I clamp the haft of the spear between my sleeve of chain and my cuirass and then drive my bastard into your throat, foot peasant.
>it would prevent mass shootings
there would just be mass slicings instead
wait until r9k loners master bankai
>katanas
>useful anywhere other than open space
pic related would CLEARLY be the superior option for everyday use
>>79741107
Axes can easily get stuck in a person, you might as well just an iron bat and aim for their chest to really fuck them up.
>>79741221
Yeah, but it would be more awesome. Gunshots are anti-climatic as fuck.
I completely agree bro
pic related it's me
>Neckbeard gangs pop up everywere
>/r9k/ becomes the new Chiraq
I support Katana warfare
This would significantly reduce black crime because NIGGERS are too stupid to learn Iatjutsu and authortarian power-tripping pig cops won't be able to just pull a trigger and kill someone because that person didn't obey the state, instead he will have to beat me 1v1 in singular combat with folded nippon steel, which he will never do.
>>79741202
>not having a dagger in other hand to stab their hand off the non bladed blade of the spear.
Its a basic technique to bait the sucker into grabbing the harmless area then slice their fingers off.
>>79741375
>reduce black crime
>who is sho'nuff
>>79735160
>>79740274
>Not Gladius
stay pleb
>>79735160
>katana
Could you have picked a shittier weapon?
>>79739350
Oh shit, it's that character select screen guy.
>>79741375
A katana couldn't even beat a standard issue police riot shield.
I doubt if it could even cut through a metal nightstick.
You'd be like the dindu in the new star wars getting his ass beat by the tonfa stormtrooper.
>>79740748
>>79741564
I was just using some examples of blades that are better than weeb jerkoff fantasies.
>>79741375
Niggers in the Caribbean and Africa usually have most murders caused by bladed weapons not guns meaning nigger crime wouldnt even change at all infact unlike the gun shooting the murders would be actual murders. There would be 10 injured 3 dead drive by shooting no the niggers would get out of the car and stab the shit out of their targets killing them. Niggers in America in middle school and highschool already stab eachother with knives.
>>79735160
You need to be physically fit to use a sword effectively, I can't see it catching on.
>I am trained in the Katana culture
>>79735160
29 killed 130 injured in knife attack
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/01/world/asia/china-railway-attack/
50 killed in knife attack
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/01/at-least-50-reported-dead-in-september-attack-as-china-celebrates-xinjiang
22 children stabbed to death in knife attack
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/world/asia/man-stabs-22-children-in-china.html
>>79741633
Fair enough, the katana is shit. I really don't get why people like it so much. It cant cut through anything, it cant go through armour, it cant go through other swords. fucking weebs
>>79735160
You're such a weabo for suggesting this.
I mean to give you a picture of how shit you are: Imagine this:
14th Century Fuedal Japan. A well decorated palace with gaurds adorned with steel katanas folded multiple times on peaks of foggy mountains by aged master craftsmen.
And you run in, overweight drooling with a wooden club from the 5th century. You'd look like an idiot.
That's how you look bringing that shitty metal penis model into the 21st century.
is there any country where it's legal to carry swords for self protection?
>>79741564
Gladius is perfect with a big shield and stabbing moves. Short swords were good because you had more mobility when using it in formation, reducing friendly fire greatly.
Gladius would be pretty useless 1 vs 1 and without a shield
>>79735160
Katanas were (at the time) the best means of defending yourself on short notice from an attack, so people (nobles and samurai) carried them.
Now guns are the best means of defense, so we carry those.
People can, and have, and do carry out mass killings with katanas to this day. Usually they just suck with them, so the results are underwhelming.
Anyway, you wander around with your katana, unless you are top *teleports behind you*, anyone with a gun who's intent on killing you is going to wreck your shit; you don't know he has a gun, he definitely knows you have a katana. He has the initiative.
Lastly, the big secret is the guns aren't only to defend yourself from the thuggery of your neighbors, it's also to defend yourself from the thuggery of foreign nations and domestic usurpers. Neither of those will be strapping on katanas to fight you with. They're going to shoot you.
I realize this was bait, but fuck it.
>>79735160
*pulls out katana"
"teleports behind you"
*scoffs* nothing personal kid
>>79742040
1v1 without a shield yeah I suppose longer swords would be better, plus you can't really swing a gladius as it's fairly slow to swing, best for stabbing cunts though
>>79742241
*slashes you to pieces*
>>79742021
In Poland it's legal to carry them, but defending yourself is tricky, since you have to prove that the force you used to defend was not excesive. So I guess it would only work out if the other guy attacked you with also a sword, or a gun.
>>79741992
>implying wooden clubs aren't frighteningly effective weapons
English archers used them to take down French men-at-arms wearing $180,000 of plate harness.
>>79735160
"Gun culture" would be transformed into
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm2ud36dD-s
>>79735160
Then only the biggest and strongest people would rule
>>79735377
Anything under 3 inches is legal in my state, so I carry a set that connects 24 pieces into what I call my sephiroth blade. It only takes me 45 minutes to connect all the pieces. as you can imagine, no one fucks with me around here.
>>79742040
>gladius would be pretty useless 1 vs 1 and without a shield
Not if you're trying to kill someone, give a shit about mobility, and aren't dealing with an armored opponent. Look up the Fairbairn-Sykes.
>>79741992
think again son
>>79742348
no strength of armour will defend from overwhelming momentum.
>>79742021
England, if you've been given the freedom of the city, which is actually still awarded quite frequently to people for shit like charity work, or entire regiments from the Armed Forces..
That's an old law that'd be changed sharpish if anyone actually tried it though, a bit like how it's legal to shoot any Scots you see in York.
>>79742348
I think that hammer was a tool used for driving stakes into the ground - not really a weapon per se
>>79741266
>A FUCKING POINTY STICK
>and leaf
Come on Canadabro, you know that's not going to puncture kevlar. You need more force behind it. That's why war scythe is objectively best.
>>79742443
I think it's pretty impressive that the bottle didn't go flying off
>>79742632
only legal if you do it with a crossbow (and not on sunday)
>>79741992
>wooden club
>5th century
I realize they may have been stuck on wooden clubs in straya in the 5th century, but the rest of the world had a bronze age and an iron age.
And no, the Americas prior to colonization don't count either; they were abo scum also.
>>79735160
Yeah but then we'd have mass teleport behinds u and slices u in half
>>79742561
That mad bastard was pissed off when the yanks nuked Japan because he'd just got on a boat to the Pacific theatre and was upset they'd cut the war short. He was hoping for at least another five years.
Still the last English soldier to kill an enemy soldier with a longbow as well, in addition to capturing a German mortar crew armed with nothing but that claymore.
Mental.
>>79735377
In VA, if I'm reading the law correctly, any knife under 3 inches is fine. Above that and it has to be noticeable and identifiable, so sword canes aren't allowed but a sword in a scabbard on your hip would be.
>>79742348
I find a sweet irony that japs fold the blade so many times, only to have his tiny no milk bones crushed by a club.
>>79742021
You can carry them in the United States. You would just get laughed at (behind your back, since they would assume you are mentally ill and wouldn't want to provoke some sort of violent reaction)
>>79741611
>that pic
Reminding me of my childhood was so necessary?
>>79742892
native indian clubs were pretty bad ass
>>79742519
I see your point but i believe long swords are always better when going 1vs1, also against multiple enemies. The reach advantage is just huge.
>>79742945
>Mental.
Oh my old chap. You misspelled
METAL
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>>79740274
>>79740726
>>79740748
>>79741564
Not using a kriegsmesser? Shit taste all of you.
>swords
>spears
>guardless blades
fucking serfs when will they learn
>>79742945
>mental
I would say a true based warrior as fuck
Not like the trigger pulling softie faggots of today. Even a 10 year old can kill you with a 15$ ak47 variant.
The gunpowder jew just ruined everything based about war
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>>79743048
They didn't have that metal spike prior to encountering the white man, though. They had no metallurgy.
That's why those aztec "swords" used obsidian razors that had to be replaced when they shattered.
Still pretty cool, but inferior to actual metallurgy.
>>79742653
Yes that was it's primary purpose, they used it in the melee after they'd loosed all their arrows though since they inevitably would, arrows were always in short supply. Wealthier archers would have dedicated weapons for hand-to-hand fighting but the poorer and youngers ones, they'd just grab anything at hand.
French nobility weren't impressed at men of no value killing their peers with wooden mallets.
There's accounts from either Crecy or Azincourt (can't remember) of archers crushing armoured men's skulls with those mauls. They were monstrously strong, their skeletons have bone spurs you only see in professional strongmen these days.
>>79735377
New Hampshire you can carry anything. We have no knife laws or sword laws.
Comparing Katana vs Long sword is apples and oranges technically. Long Sword is way more versatile and can also cut better than a katana. Japanese weaponry got the job done though and that's fine. They were pretty advanced. But if you want to compare technology between Feudal Japan and Europe, it's not even close. Europe was ahead in nearly every way.
>>79741457
>Igottherefernce.webm
>>79743245
>not using a spear
bunch of fucking nerds,
>>79743339
look,he has -60 movement speed,lets throw rocks at him,just for fun
>>79743081
Longsword is shit against multiple opponents, give me a montante or a pole hammer.
>>79743604
That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Bastard Sword" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that's about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my katana.
Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.
Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.
Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering Japan? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai and their katanas of destruction. Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:
(One-Handed Exotic Weapon)
1d12 Damage
19-20 x4 Crit
+2 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork
(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon)
2d10 Damage
17-20 x4 Crit
+5 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don't you think?
tl;dr = Katanas need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.
>>79735377
>>79738984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGbE0L2zWbc
>>79735160
>ANOTHER white male just went on a slicing spree
>this wouldn't have happened if banned all the civilians from carrying swords
>I thought that the nightclub down at orlando was a swords-free zone, how could this possibly happen?!
>if only there had been a second individual at the scene to engage the lunatic in battle
>you may say that this gruesome deed could have been prevented by a second person with a sword protecting the other person, but this wouldn't have happened in the first place HAD we banned all civilians from owning swords
>he passed the background check and STILL went on a slicing spree, what now, saberfags?
>>79743738
Apologies anon, i meant long blade swords in general, not longsword.
>>79743873
holy fuck when that video promises cringe, it delivers cringe
>>79743726
Will shoot with my bow first, then if you manage to get close then you shall taste the blade of my kriegsmesser. Meet me in the proving field at 4:00pm.
>>79741266
Read up on how the Portuguese were banned from leaving their boats when in port in Japan.
The sailors were killing samurai with rapier/main gauche at an amazing rate. That's where musashi got the idea for his system.
>>79744155
hope you have shield penetrating arrows kid
nothing personal
>>79743789
wew lad
>>79742945
He was from a time when men were men.
>>79735377
I don't know about US, but here in Austria you can concealed carry swords, battleaxes etc. anytime.
>>79743894
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7331099.stm
No matter how stupid or absurd you think something is, chances are the UK has already done it.
>>79735377
in texas youre not allowed to carry a knife in public if the blade is over a certain length like 3-5 inches or balisong and switchblades
>>79744674
That's it. I'm sick of all this "+8 AC" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Gothic plate armour deserves much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine suit of Gothic plate in Hamburg for 2,400,000 Euros (that's about nine billion Pesos) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even absorb slabs of solid steel with my Gothic plate.
German smiths spend years working on a single suit of armour and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest armour known to mankind. Gothic plate is thrice as fluted as Asian lamellar and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything an ō-yoroi can deflect, Gothic plate can deflect better. I'm pretty sure a suit of Gothic plate would split a katana in half with a simple motionless stance.
Ever wonder why Japan never bothered conquering medieval Europe? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined knights and their indestructible Gothic plate. Even in World War II, Japanese tanks targeted the men in the Gothic plate first because their staying power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Gothic plate is simply the best armour that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Gothic plate:
+12 AC, immune to critical hits, counts as Masterwork, DR10/-
Now that seems a lot more representative of the defensive power of Gothic plate in real life, don't you think?
tl;dr = Full Plate needs more defense in d20, see my new stat block.
A friend of mine bought a katana a couple years ago, going on and on about the steel and the folding process and blahblahblah. And I was just working really hard not to call him a faggot.
>>79744796
virtually all weapons in the UK are illegal to carry, there are many weapons that are illegal to own
>>79743538
I remember when I finished high school, there were some rabid liberal feminists in my law class who actually took quite a liking to me for some reason. Anyway, they said they'd love to visit Europe and live there because of how peaceful it is. They asked me where I wanted to live so I point to New Hampshire and tell them the best place on Earth.
>Are you crazy? It's not safe there. People have such easy access to guns.
>Oh, I forgot. You're one of THOSE people.
Wait for me, New Hampshire. I'll be there some day.
>>79735160
fuck off weeb, I like shooting animals not trying to stab them like a fucking moron and never killing one cause they run faster
You go ahead and carry your swords
Guns were invented for a reason
>>79746352
succeeding despite being weak and unskilled?
>>79745407
Come to us, we are waiting.
>>79746352
There was actually a whole fight scene choreographed for this part, but Ford got a seriously bad case of the runs while they were filming in that shithole of a country. He cut the scene short to go to the bathroom and they thought it was pretty funny so they kept it in.
>>79747174
Succeed by living to fight another day without injury
>>79740274
>Estoc
too feminine
>Saber
do you want to look like a terrorist?
>Rapier
Even more feminine
>Cutlass
looks ridiculous
>Katar
limited range
the only good choice would be a black longsword mounted on your back.
>>79735160
>*teleports behind you*
>nothing personnel kid!
>>79747353
Lucas and Spielberg would sooner commit seppuku than allow a scene like this in a movie today.
http://knowledgeglue.com/man-uses-katana-stop-home-invasion-gory-aftermath-nsfw/
>>79735160
There's like 450 stabbings and like 650 beatings to death each year. They'd rise incredibly if guns were gone and people had swords.
>>79735377
Commiefornian here, swords must be openly carried, except in schools unless you're law enforcement
>>79740986
>being Literally a spear chucker
Ishiggydiggy
>>79742444
I want to punch that stupid cunt right in her doughy face
>>79748030
There was a parent recently that stabbed her 4 kids to death and that barely made the news
If they had been shot, it would have been another "mass shooting" in America's gun epidemic and would have been all over the front pages
>>79735160
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGbE0L2zWbc
>>79743873
holy shit thats funny
>>79735160
And Japan has had mass murders of defenseless school children and teachers by nutcases with blades in recent times.
So, fuck off weeaboo.
>>79735377
As long as it folds or is in a sheathe, you can carry anything no sweat.
>>79748849
Genji lowest skill cap
fun fact the reason katanas were folded so many times is because japan only had shit metals. pig iron type shit metals. same reason they didnt use metal armor as much as bamboo and other shitty armors. a period correct katana would be complete shit and shatter with use in almost all cases. calling a katana a perfect weapon is like calling a highpoint a well made firearm. truly nigger tier. disclaimer i have several swords including a cheap dai katana and some other shit. the only bladed weapon id ever consider using is the shitty knockoff uruk hai sword i bought which is basically a fuck huge cleaver with an armor spike on it. that would be after the handgun and shotgun ran out of ammo though so...family is crazy preppers we all have over 1k rounds for our personal weapons and parents have a stash of over 5k rounds. fucking crazies.
>>79735377
UK, you can't carry a machete or a katana and you get ID checked when buying butter knives.
You can, however, carry a Long Sword/ Great Sword
>>79749302
we know faggot, also kind of cringey that you own lots of swords
>>79742515
Underrated imagery
>>79749470
very fucking cringey to be honest. i fancied myself a "collector" when i was too young to buy firearms and thought i was a bad ass. now i have about 30 bladed weapons that are decently decorative enough id hate to get rid of em and since the only people who would buy that shit are young kids who shouldnt have them i keep them in basement. thinking of making a display case or something and trying to salvage some self respect. probably too far gone at this point.
>>79749789
just dispose of them somehow
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>>79735160
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-lDtCHFmvg
ITS CALLED A KNIFE CULTURE YOU MORONS
GOD DO YOU BITCHES EVEN KNIFE CULTURE?
DO YOU NIGGERS EVEN CULTURE AT ALL?
>>79740629
>"I'm more dangerous without it than with it, so it's more of a restraint mechanism"
>actual autism
