http://www.toronto-goth.com/culture/writing/policeprejudice.shtml


Under canadian SOR-98-462
Turns out that spiked wrist bands and any "finger ring that has one or more blades or sharp objects that are capable of being projected from the surface of the ring" became prohibited weapons in canada some time ago.

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cr/SOR-98-462/bo-ga:s_2/20090815/en#anchorbo-ga:s_2

further the police are empowered under the criminal code C-46 to perform a search without warrant and then get a warrant retrospectively by returning to the justice who would have otherwise issued a warrant.

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_III/20090815/en?command=search&caller=SI&search_type=all&shorttitle=criminal%20code&day=15&month=8&year=2009&search_domain=cs&showall=L&statuteyear=all&lengthannual=50&length=50#anchorbo-ga:l_III

The result is that goths buy these jewelry, get searched and have it confiscated and destroyed.

Something to remember.