Do I need a gun permit to purchase a Japanese Samurai Katana in Vermont?
Katana is a superior weapon to any gun, but only for those who know how to use it. In close quarters, you would be wiser to go with a shoto and daito set, favoring the shoto for the halls and daito for the wide-open rooms. Get some instruction. An untrained man with a sword is more dangerous to himself than to his enemy. I will be looking up the issue on Vermont legal sites. I know the shoto that I wore on my shin, under my pants, to Jr. High school was very illegal in California, but also the only means of protecting myself for the walk there and back. I have been unable so far to find any statutes regulating the purchase of swords in Vermont. Don’t take the answer you get here. Just because I can’t find it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. If you are really curious, ask the police . . . no, here the police lie about things like that, so no . . . Ask a lawyer or a paralegal. The paralegal can’t give you legal advice, but he can tell you if he was able to find any laws regarding swords and
