RTKDCMB
Senior Master
Well there's one, but if you take it out in the presence of a police officer you will be in some trouble.There is no magic weapon that all cops will give you a pass for if they happen to find it in your pocket.
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Well there's one, but if you take it out in the presence of a police officer you will be in some trouble.There is no magic weapon that all cops will give you a pass for if they happen to find it in your pocket.
Yes you can. But because cops aren't stupid and there are actually some places in the U.S. which have enshrined into law size limitations on flashlights. ...because, as stupid as lawmakers often are, they're not THAT stupid (usually). It hardly takes a genius to heft one and go, "I bet I could club someone with this."You can't go wrong carrying a large Mag-Lite in your car. Hey, it's a flashlight, right?
You think, but... no. There are still a number of places, even in the U.S., which have laws against the general concept of "going forth with the intention to be armed." They actually will sometimes, in law, state things like, "used as a weapon."The fact that you can "light someone up" with it is immaterial.
Generally believed now to be a popular myth.If I'm not mistaken (experts chime in) most of the martial arts "weapons" were improvised farming tools due to the tight restrictions places on weapons.
Cops aren't stupid. If you have the tire iron in the spare compartment, under a lid and a rug, in your trunk, then, yeah, no one believes it's real purpose is as a bludgeon. Stick it under your front seat, or in the foot pan of the rear seat, where you can easily reach it, and no one is fooled. No one.Have a spare tire? Then having a tire iron makes sense.
Unless it's winter.A baseball bat by itself, in your back seat is suspicious. However, a baseball, a bat, and a catcher's mitt in your back seat will raise few eyebrows.
Generally believed now to be a popular myth.
Okinawan kobudō - Wikipedia
Cops aren't stupid. If you have the tire iron in the spare compartment, under a lid and a rug, in your trunk, then, yeah, no one believes it's real purpose is as a bludgeon. Stick it under your front seat, or in the foot pan of the rear seat, where you can easily reach it, and no one is fooled. No one.
Unless it's winter.
Again, cops aren't stupid.
A few years back, I had to go pay a traffic ticket. I knew I couldn't take my knives in, never mind my firearm. But I carry a cane with me a lot of the time. So I go in with my cane. I have to go through the metal detector and all my pocket gear, bracelets, etc. have to be x-rayed, including my cane. The cop working the checkpoint looks at me and says, "Do you need help standing or walking through the detector, sir?" I look healthy-ish and don't limp. No need to lie. "No thank you, sir," I reply. He smiles, gives me a knowing look, x-rays my cane which he is perfectly aware can be a beating stick if required, hands it back to me, and goes back to being bored.
No offense to anyone in particular in this thread, truthfully, but I'm just constantly amazed that martial artists and self-defense interested people seem to think they've figured out a way to hoodwink the cops with "improvised" weapons. Cops are generally pretty smart, well trained, and even if they didn't already think of it themselves, have probably seen it 100 times last year alone. It's not as if they don't talk to each other. Even if that cop hasn't personally seen it, a dozen of his buddies have and told him over lunch.
Peace favor your sword,
Kirk
Agreed. Anything can be seen as a purpose-carried weapon, even by cops. And many things can be made excusable by context. It takes a bit more work than it once did to build the context that makes it excusable. Once, a baseball bat in the car would be given a pass. Then, you had to have a ball and preferably a glove.Generally believed now to be a popular myth.
Okinawan kobudō - Wikipedia
Cops aren't stupid. If you have the tire iron in the spare compartment, under a lid and a rug, in your trunk, then, yeah, no one believes it's real purpose is as a bludgeon. Stick it under your front seat, or in the foot pan of the rear seat, where you can easily reach it, and no one is fooled. No one.
Unless it's winter.
Again, cops aren't stupid.
A few years back, I had to go pay a traffic ticket. I knew I couldn't take my knives in, never mind my firearm. But I carry a cane with me a lot of the time. So I go in with my cane. I have to go through the metal detector and all my pocket gear, bracelets, etc. have to be x-rayed, including my cane. The cop working the checkpoint looks at me and says, "Do you need help standing or walking through the detector, sir?" I look healthy-ish and don't limp. No need to lie. "No thank you, sir," I reply. He smiles, gives me a knowing look, x-rays my cane which he is perfectly aware can be a beating stick if required, hands it back to me, and goes back to being bored.
No offense to anyone in particular in this thread, truthfully, but I'm just constantly amazed that martial artists and self-defense interested people seem to think they've figured out a way to hoodwink the cops with "improvised" weapons. Cops are generally pretty smart, well trained, and even if they didn't already think of it themselves, have probably seen it 100 times last year alone. It's not as if they don't talk to each other. Even if that cop hasn't personally seen it, a dozen of his buddies have and told him over lunch.
Peace favor your sword,
Kirk
I was thinking of getting in to some of the weapons form and I wanted to learn something that I can actually carry. The problem I have found is that a lot of states(military, I move around a lot) have made laws that prevent you from carrying most weapons.
A stick is often lumped in with a blackjack and is often only allowed to be carried by Police(baton). Knives seem to be the least restricted from what I have seen, but I would prefer to bind or lock someone over cutting them. Even a Kubaton is often outlawed under a fist pack in a lot of places. So are there any weapons forms that can be used most places?
Still currently not legal in the vast majority of U.S. Bases. All he'd need is for someone to call Charlie or Delta for any minor reason, or to be picked for a "random search" and he's be hosed.Or get a concealed weapons permit, and carry on base anyway. Keep any opinions of weapons to yourself, and don't mention it to anyone. Don't give the clowns the rope to hang you with.
Generally believed now to be a popular myth.
Okinawan kobudō - Wikipedia
Cops aren't stupid. If you have the tire iron in the spare compartment, under a lid and a rug, in your trunk, then, yeah, no one believes it's real purpose is as a bludgeon. Stick it under your front seat, or in the foot pan of the rear seat, where you can easily reach it, and no one is fooled. No one.
Unless it's winter.
Again, cops aren't stupid.
A few years back, I had to go pay a traffic ticket. I knew I couldn't take my knives in, never mind my firearm. But I carry a cane with me a lot of the time. So I go in with my cane. I have to go through the metal detector and all my pocket gear, bracelets, etc. have to be x-rayed, including my cane. The cop working the checkpoint looks at me and says, "Do you need help standing or walking through the detector, sir?" I look healthy-ish and don't limp. No need to lie. "No thank you, sir," I reply. He smiles, gives me a knowing look, x-rays my cane which he is perfectly aware can be a beating stick if required, hands it back to me, and goes back to being bored.
No offense to anyone in particular in this thread, truthfully, but I'm just constantly amazed that martial artists and self-defense interested people seem to think they've figured out a way to hoodwink the cops with "improvised" weapons. Cops are generally pretty smart, well trained, and even if they didn't already think of it themselves, have probably seen it 100 times last year alone. It's not as if they don't talk to each other. Even if that cop hasn't personally seen it, a dozen of his buddies have and told him over lunch.
Peace favor your sword,
Kirk
You and both lolThank You, I like to think we are as well
Unfortunately, a lot of my co-workers have made me doubt that, on occasion.