Weapons sold on the net!

With all the stuff happening recently like youngsters getting stabbed/shot, etc, do you think weapons being sold on the internet should be banned?

Personally i think it's encouraging people to get involved in crime/fighting and worse and it definitely should be banned. We've recently had a case in Halifax where i live, a 50 year old guy was set upon by 4 or 5 yobs aged in their early 20s, he was beaten with various items including some kind of a martial arts weapon, i can't remember the name of it but it's one of those sticks which on the end has a metal ball attached to a chain, and there are metal spikes coming out of the ball. This poor guy was beaten round the head and body with this weapon, among other things, had his head trodden on several times, and he died. Now apparently these martial arts weapons are available to buy on ebay for £12.99, and they're probably easy to get hold of on other sites too. How can all this crime and murder be stopped when things are so easy to get hold of?? I think it's about time that sites such as ebay took more responsiblity and banned this kind of thing.

Its the usual thing where some idiots ruin it for everyone else. I knew someone who collected swords and knives as a hobby. He sharpened them and displayed them, if he ever took a sword out of the house it was padlocked in the sheth so that it couldn't be used.
Even now at the country & western we hardly ever do any quick draw contests with replica guns as too many people take it the wrong way.
Selling them online has made the problems worse. When it was only in the specialist shops the traders got to know the real collectors and could tell with a bit of conversation which customers were the idiots just wanting a big knife.

if the authorities cant stop child ****, what makes you think they will stop people selling weapons?

not saying i dont agree with them being banned coz i do but the net is impossible to police so it will never happen, ebay cover thier own backsides by saying that account holders have to be over a certain age so they cant be held accountable, also on the licence front, in america its legal to hold your own arms, and we can easily access the american ebay and buy off of them, so they can get around it that way!

aww HC sorry to hear about what you are going through, my bro was put away for something similar so if you need a place to vent or a shoulder to cry on drop me a pm (((hugzzz)))