My dad actually told me about how to do that. I always carry a lighter with me in the car and some kind of spray. He said if you need too, just use that as a get away weapon. I do not need it, seeing as I know how to wrestle and know how to box. And also I carry a small wooden baseball bat in the car with me.
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I have done things like that. But I don't aim it at anyone or anything
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Quoth powerboy View PostMy dad actually told me about how to do that. I always carry a lighter with me in the car and some kind of spray. He said if you need too, just use that as a get away weapon. I do not need it, seeing as I know how to wrestle and know how to box. And also I carry a small wooden baseball bat in the car with me.
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Quoth Andara Bledin View PostFYI, (and I'm not sure this hasn't changed) if you have a baseball bat and no baseball glove and maybe a ball, too, you're breaking the law here in California. I can't remember if it's a misdemeanor or a felony, but having just a bat by itself is not legal to just carry around with you because there's no other purpose than mayhem.
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You register what it is, how long it is, and if you're trained in how to use it. Then, to be seen carrying a blade bigger than 1 1/2 inches long, you have to have a liscense to hold, and a permit for the three days you're allowed to carry it. Bleh t-_-t
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Quoth unholypet View PostIn Tennessee, I had to register all of my axes, swords, daggers, staves, etc.
You register what it is, how long it is, and if you're trained in how to use it. Then, to be seen carrying a blade bigger than 1 1/2 inches long, you have to have a liscense to hold, and a permit for the three days you're allowed to carry it. Bleh t-_-t
It used to be that in California, any bladed weapon beyond a certain length (either 6" or 8", I can't remember) was legally classed as a dirk. And carrying a concealed dirk was a felony. A dirk in a sheath worn openly could be considered concealed because more than 50% of the dirk was hidden from view. Switchblades and any other type of blade that could be opened quickly or mechanically, as well as any double edged blades were strictly illegal.
But a concealed gun is only a misdemeanor ticket.
The city of Lakewood, CA, however, had a law on the books that any bladed weapon that did not have an actual sharpened edge to it was not a dirk, but legally classed as a probe, which was perfectly legal to carry.
That all changed in 2001.
The law as it currently stands makes a whole lot more sense.
Any fixed blade weapon that can be used as a dirk or stabbing weapon can be worn, but only as open carry. There is a separate line that specifically states that a sheathed blade is part of open carry.
If you wish to carry a concealed blade, it has to be a folding blade that requires effort to open and some device that makes it so that even if you can flip it open using centrifugal force, it will have a tendancy to want to close when not locked in the open position.
There are no longer any restrictions regarding blade length. There are also no longer any restrictions based on number of edges.
As for switchblades, they are still illegal unless they are less than 2" (which was how it was before as well). But they are illegal to import into the state, so there is quite an industry in California for the manufacture and sale of 1.9" switchblades.
More on the baseball bat thing. Checking around a little more, it looks like carrying a baseball bat is pretty much not legal anywhere unless you have the rest of the gear or can reasonably show that it was not there for use as a weapon.
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Quoth jerkface11 View PostTanasi are you in the USA? If so did you have to register your flame thrower as a destructive device?
Quoth iviles View PostHy Tanasi you need to get with my husband! Hes in the army and one day while bored they figured out how to make cs gas with their MRE's. Between that and the air riffles him and his brothers cleard out the back yard last thanksgiving. He says that you and your flame thrower would be a welcomed addition.
Quoth unholypet View PostIn Tennessee, I had to register all of my axes, swords, daggers, staves, etc.
You register what it is, how long it is, and if you're trained in how to use it. Then, to be seen carrying a blade bigger than 1 1/2 inches long, you have to have a liscense to hold, and a permit for the three days you're allowed to carry it. Bleh t-_-tBow down before me for I am ROOT
Preserving precious bodily fluids sine 1952
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Quoth unholypet View PostIn Tennessee, I had to register all of my axes, swords, daggers, staves, etc.
You register what it is, how long it is, and if you're trained in how to use it. Then, to be seen carrying a blade bigger than 1 1/2 inches long, you have to have a liscense to hold, and a permit for the three days you're allowed to carry it. Bleh t-_-t
.....come to think of it, I think I should probably register the rifles.....Now a member of that alien race called Management.
Yeah, you see that right. Pink. Harness.
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Quoth RetailWorkhorse View Post.......................that's news to me............I'm in deeeeeeeeeeeep crap if I gotta register all my swords....
.....come to think of it, I think I should probably register the rifles.....
The edge-weapons requirement that UHP referred to is unknown to me but I'll try searching TCA later.
Within a certain group of friends I'm packing the least amount of heat. One friend has helicopter gun ship, another has mini-guns (yes real honest to gosh mini-guns just like in the movies only real), another friend has a British Challenger Tank. I can no way afford the armor I would like to have.Bow down before me for I am ROOT
Preserving precious bodily fluids sine 1952
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When I was 16 years old and driving my first car I was stopped at a traffic light. In the car to my left there were a couple guys I recognized from school that were nothing but trouble. Anyway I basically ignored them and just before the light turned I noticed something moving in my peripheral vision. As it turns out, they had loaded up a Redneck Cannon* and set it off directly facing me. My window was down and I took the direct brunt. To this day. some 38 years later, I have a constant ringing in my left ear and it has gotten increasingly loud as I've aged. I also have a 20% deminishment in the hearing in that ear. The audiologist says that there is nothing that can be done.
The moral? Don't let dickheads have access to flammables and/or fire.
* Redneck Cannon: Take 3 or 4 large metal coffee cans (these were back when a large coffee can held 3 lbs. of coffee) cut the end off one and poke a hole in the intact lid. Cut both lids off the remainder of the cans. Tape together with duct tape to form your cannon barrel. Squirt lighter fluid liberally into the barrel. Shake vigorously covering the hole. Aim at will and stick a flame to the hole. The resulting explosion is not that large visually, but the sound is deafening.
Disclaimer: In no way did I describe this so anyone can go out and do their own experimentation. This is meant as an explanation of the term. We also used to call the same contraption a different name but in the interest of decorum I choose not to degrade people from any particular country in Eastern Europe that begins with "P."This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.
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Quoth Andara Bledin View PostFYI, (and I'm not sure this hasn't changed) if you have a baseball bat and no baseball glove and maybe a ball, too, you're breaking the law here in California. I can't remember if it's a misdemeanor or a felony, but having just a bat by itself is not legal to just carry around with you because there's no other purpose than mayhem.
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Just when I thought I'd heard it all - California makes it illegal to have a tire gauge in your vehicle. Yep, those mini-bats are a common item at truck stops, used to "thump" your tires as a quick check that you don't have a flat.Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.
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Quoth Tanasi View PostNot many practical applications for a flame thrower in today's society
I could use it for a Spee-Dee BBQ place.Unseen but seeing
oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
3rd shift needs love, too
RIP, mo bhrionglóid
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Last fall our store tried to burn itself down. Once it was a fluorescent light ballast, then a cooler fan motor, then a CRT monitor, then a frozen sprinkler pipe that burst, then a sprinkler head broke with no one around it. Our GM got to know the local FF's on a first name basis.
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