LOL: Woolworths Stops Selling Lightsabers To Children Because They Look Like Guns

Posted on Saturday, December 20th, 2008 by David Chen

The next battlefront in the war against guns won’t be in the nation’s law books, nor will it be done through community gatherings. It will be at your local Woolworths. According to the Metro (via The Daily What),  Woolworths retail stores in the UK have decided to stop selling lightsabers because they resemble guns.

Last year, the UK made it illegal to sell imitation guns to kids. While lightsabers don’t fall into this category of toys, Woolworths appears to subscribe to the belief that it’s better to be safe than sorry. According to one industry insider quoted in the story, ” The act governing imitation firearms, says this would not be deemed to look like a gun, but Woolworths appears to not be taking any chances.” No kidding.

Discuss: Would you or your child ever mistake a lightsaber for a gun?

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  • Not my child, because he will learn the ways of the Jedi at an early age.
  • haha genious
  • Didn't anyone else see the old PSA where the kids where playing with a Lightsaber and it went off. That thing scarred me for life. Also loved the anti Death Stick campaign.
  • juno
    Woolworths are soon to stop selling ANYTHING in the UK
  • Nice! Less promotion to violence :D

    Everybody is going to hate me for saying that, but I dislike violence very much, and almost anything related to it.
  • Can I inquire as to why?
  • Of course you can!

    If what you're asking me is why I don't like violence. It is because I think that whenever it is used it doesn't lead to a fruitful solution, on the other hand most of the time it brings more problem. A lot of the problems that people want to solve with violence can be solved by talking and rationalizing.

    Now, please do not get me wrong, I not unrealistic and implying that if someone is attacking, lets say with a knife, that you should stay there and do nothing. If you cannot avoid it, by all means answer with force, but if you can avoid it there is big chance you may end up losing less than if you do engage in the violent act.

    I hope I made sense and I also hope it answered your question.
  • fruitful solution?

    FAIL.
  • His favorite movie is Fried Green Tamayos.
  • I would be scared if a kid came at me with a lightsaber. Just take my money.
  • WhySoSerious
    wait..Woolworths is still in business?
  • Steve
    Erm, Woolworths are in administration and are closing on Dec 26th so technically they are stopping selling anything.
  • how is a sword like a gun?
  • All the best foods are shaped like lightsabers...
  • All the best lightsabers are shaped like weiners.
  • Aha! This is the reason Woolworths went bankrupt!. The loss of the lucrative Lightsaber market proved to be their downfall.
  • Aha! This is the reason Woolworths went bankrupt! The loss of the lucrative Lightsaber market proved to be their downfall.
  • My son turns every stick he sees into a lightsaber. Adults know nothing about children.
  • Any child mistaking a lightsaber/sword for a gun is going to flunk highschool anyway. Taking away the sale of the lightsaber is not going to improve his quality of life or independent growth. Dumbasses.
  • it must suck to live in the U.K.
  • Why?
  • I guess you didn't even bother to read what the article was about did you. Go ahead and read the stuff up top about Woolworth's and light sabers and get back to me.
  • So your assertion is that it sucks to live in the UK because you can't buy lightsabers in one chain? I'd presumed that but thought it couldn't be true. I mean we CAN buy them at many other stores so why would that blight our country as sucky?
  • so first you don't read the article and second you assume I was being serious to say one country would suck more than any other. It's called a joke, I can understand if you don't get them, some people don't. But don't go around trying to bash other people for humor you can't find.
  • I had read the article actually and was simply querying whether you were serious as your 'joke' had a major downfall - it wasn't funny.
  • come on dude, if you expect seriousness throughout any of this area that's titled LOL, than you're in the wrong place. I understand you were asking if i was serious or not but come on, how many people do you see bashing other countries on here?

    That's all I'm going to say no this matter because this is old news and news that really isn't that important. Reply if you want, I really don't care.
  • cool
  • cib3k
    It's just plain stupid. They don't even look like an actual gun; there are no real life light sabers. They're not even that close to an actual saber, more to a stick.

    This is one of those stupid ideas that would lead next to banning Tom and Jerry or stopping kids for playing cowboys vs. indians - 'coz, you know, violence is wrong.

    I can understand people who are against violence, but banning ANYTHING that is only remotely related is fascist and just retarded. If you want to cure the evils of society there are other far, far better places to start with.
  • What? I do have a real life lightsaber. You must be a failed Jedi ;)
  • Ed P.
    Facism is a mental disorder.
  • Ant
    Woolworths has gone into receivership, and 30,000 people have lost their jobs before Christmas, so they are selling everything off. A little thought for those poor souls who have nothing to look forward to over the coming weeks.
  • It's sad, and surprising to an extent, as I expected atleast the majority of stores to be bought out, but it seems nothing is happening at the moment.

    On the 'lightsaber' issue, I'm not surprised at all...
  • i heard they were giving their leftover lightsabers to the laid off workers so they can at least fend for themselves this winter, whether its cutting into tauntauns for shelter, or to forage for wampa arms in caves for sustenance.
  • fatface
    good for them. Lightsabers could be mistaken for guns in the dark by that rookie cop who has been drinking on the job
  • This just in, Woolworths to stop selling "Knives" because they look like "Knives".
  • Smumdax
    The article says "better be safe then sorry".... uh, of what???
    What could possibly happen when a kid uses a plastic lightsaber? Maybe stick it up some other kid's ass... but no, it's retractable, isn't it?

    If you want to ban something because in your mind, it resembles a gun... then some other things that REALLY ressemble a gun should be ban first, like a drill or a hairblower (wich both are already more dangerous than a stupid light saber TOY).... but on the other hand, the lightsaber is cylindrical... so ban Saran Wrap, ban paper towel, ban shaving cream... hell, also ban xmas wrapping paper, ban microphones, ban pipes, ban...........
  • if the issue is deadliness... a lightsaber is a pretty pimp way to shoot someone's eye out. If Ralphie had wanted a lightsaber instead of a Red Rider BB gun, we would have a very different A Christmas Story. No near misses for Jedis.
  • if I was drunk, and I mean, really really drunk, and maybe it was the middle of the night and there were no street lights I could possibly mistake it for a firearm, but a firearm with a green barrel or something.
  • No. Lightsabers rule. I would give up my car for a lightsaber. In no manner or state of living would I mistake a lightsaber for a gun. That's pushing it.
  • J.D.
    Liberalism is a mental disorder.
  • Rob
    Uh, I think "Woolworths stops" would be a better headline, as they (and their distribution arm) have gone to the wall, and all stores will be closed by new year.. fairly major UK business & employment news story.
  • A truely sad day.
  • i guess this is the disturbance in the force i felt..
  • -sigh- Idiots.
  • They both kill.
  • So the principal comes in and tells me im possessed by some kind of dick devil.
  • I felt it too..
  • fruit⋅ful:

    –adjective
    1. producing good results; beneficial; profitable.

    so⋅lu⋅tion

    –noun
    1. the act of solving a problem, question, etc.



    Lack of Lexicon? FAIL
  • No i just thought it was funny cuz i thought you were acting fruity saying "violence is baaaaad sniffle lets all hold hands and sing instead".

    Then you went ahead and used that phrase and clinched it for me.
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