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Q: Are minorities allowed to be armed?
Weird rumor from a friend of mine's Chinese professor: If you are a Chinese minority you are allowed to carry a concealed weapon. I think that's total nonsense, but if anyone would like to confirm or deny, please go ahead!
11 years 42 weeks ago in Health & Safety - China
If by "armed" you mean to have concealed firearms, I would say your teacher friend is totally wrong. In China, private persons can't even have a bow and arrow, much less a firearm. As danielmarino said, only members of the Arm Forces, and some divisions of the state security apparatus can carry firearms. For example, traffic policemen can not.
One of my Uyghur students says he is allowed to carry a knife in Xijniang, but not in Beijing. And you see old people, especially in parks in the morning, walking around with swords. But that is about it.
According to a couple of tourist sites, the Basha minority tribe are the only minority legally allowed to carry rifles in China. The village they live in is remote, and contains about 1,000 people.
Here's a link to one article I read:
No, that would make them dangerous, this way they are 'armless.
btw. carrying a pocket utility knife is legal? Isn't it?
I've seen a man who carries a stick with a tennis ball attached to it on a string which he swings rather threateningly when he's out walking his duck. Does that count?
Sure 
this is deadly weapon, moreover it is not for close combat, but could be count as a homing miss.. ehem... ball
