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If someone starts trouble at my house, I send the dog out. If he can't handle it, I do.
If I'm out matched I tell them who I married.
Its hard to be awesome, when your playing with little plastic men. Welcome to Fantasy 40k
If you think your important, in the great scheme of things. Do the water test.
Put your hands in a bucket of warm water,
then pull them out fast. The size of the hole shows how important you are.
I think we should roll some dice, to see if we should roll some dice, To decide if all this dice rolling is good for the game.
Corpsesarefun wrote:I carried a 2" knife for a year or two but now I don't bother, it's easier to just avoid the rough parts of Swindon at night. Also I figured if people carry knives for protection then the fight is far more likely to escalate, if you don't carry a knife then perhaps others will come to similar conclusion and also not carry a knife.
Plus these selections from directgov:
'If you carry a knife to protect yourself or make yourself feel safer but don’t intend to use it then you are committing a crime.'
'it is a crime to carry a knife in public without good reason – for example, if you work as a chef'
'any sharp instrument – even a screwdriver – can be viewed by the police as an illegal offensive weapon if you do not have a good reason for carrying it'
And a list of weapons banned for sale:
flick knives - knives where the blade is hidden inside the handle and shoots out when a button is pressed; these are also called 'switchblades' or 'automatic knives'
butterfly knives - where the blade is hidden inside a handle that splits in two around it, like wings; the handles swing around the blade to open or close it
disguised knives - where the blade is hidden inside something like a belt buckle or fake mobile phone
gravity knives
sword-sticks
samurai swords
hand-claws
foot-claws
belt-buckle knives
push daggers
kubotan (cylindrical container, holding spikes)
shuriken (also known as 'death stars' or 'throwing stars')
kusari-gama (sickle attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kyoketsu-shoge (hook-knife attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kusari (weight attached to a rope, cord or wire)
"How do you feel when you have killed a man?"
"Quite jolly, what about you?"
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Polonius wrote:Also, GW products aren't movies. They can't be "spoiled."
I suppose the surprise can be spoiled, but still, nobody is paying for the surprise.
Like any responsible adult I have a Five Year Plan. It culminates in me becoming Batman.
Meh, I have an issued 3" flick blade for survival purposes. I'm actually supposed to wear it in uniform, but I rarely even do that. I don't think I've ever carried a weapon on me in public. I've taken advanced self-defense classes and basic MMA, so I'm confident in my ability to deal with a hairy situation should it arise.
Alternatively, I could always carry a sock.
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Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
TermiesInARaider wrote:Screw the stereotypes! Subvert the preconceptions! Prove that nerds can, in deed, fight.
I, personally, walk with a folding knife, (A three inch framelock with a clip-point and a false back edge), a collapsing baton, and belts in American Kempo and Koga Ryu Ninjutsu.
Either you live in Somalia or you suffer massive paranoia.
Does that mean a cops is paranoid because he caries a gun, even though he is less likely to be attacked than a non LEO?
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Lux_Lucis wrote:
Corpsesarefun wrote:I carried a 2" knife for a year or two but now I don't bother, it's easier to just avoid the rough parts of Swindon at night. Also I figured if people carry knives for protection then the fight is far more likely to escalate, if you don't carry a knife then perhaps others will come to similar conclusion and also not carry a knife.
Plus these selections from directgov:
'If you carry a knife to protect yourself or make yourself feel safer but don’t intend to use it then you are committing a crime.'
'it is a crime to carry a knife in public without good reason – for example, if you work as a chef'
'any sharp instrument – even a screwdriver – can be viewed by the police as an illegal offensive weapon if you do not have a good reason for carrying it'
And a list of weapons banned for sale:
flick knives - knives where the blade is hidden inside the handle and shoots out when a button is pressed; these are also called 'switchblades' or 'automatic knives'
butterfly knives - where the blade is hidden inside a handle that splits in two around it, like wings; the handles swing around the blade to open or close it
disguised knives - where the blade is hidden inside something like a belt buckle or fake mobile phone
gravity knives
sword-sticks
samurai swords
hand-claws
foot-claws
belt-buckle knives
push daggers
kubotan (cylindrical container, holding spikes)
shuriken (also known as 'death stars' or 'throwing stars')
kusari-gama (sickle attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kyoketsu-shoge (hook-knife attached to a rope, cord or wire)
kusari (weight attached to a rope, cord or wire)
Sooooo you guys pretty much cannot own a pointy stick
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Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
QFT. LEOs go looking for trouble. It's basically their jobs. And while they may be at less risk of being attacked, their certainly more likely to be in a dangerous situation, which may require a firearm or some other sort of weapon.
QFT. LEOs go looking for trouble. It's basically their jobs. And while they may be at less risk of being attacked, their certainly more likely to be in a dangerous situation, which may require a firearm or some other sort of weapon.
A: Cops aren't legally required to protect, at least according to the supreme court (Warren v DoC) B:Sometimes trouble is unavoidable C: I would like to defend myself by the best means possible
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QFT. LEOs go looking for trouble. It's basically their jobs. And while they may be at less risk of being attacked, their certainly more likely to be in a dangerous situation, which may require a firearm or some other sort of weapon.
A: I have just as much a right to defend myself as a cop does.
B: Cops aren't legally required to protect, at least according to the supreme court (Warren v DoC)
C:Sometimes trouble is unavoidable
Nobody is bringing that into question. Rights to self defense are clearly outlined in American law. But I can't honestly say that my need for a firearm is equatable to that of a police officer's. It's just not the same.
A cellphone to call 911 with.
Teeth to bite with.
Nails to claw with.
Feet to kick crotches with.
Fingers to pull hair with.
Mouth to scream with.
I like this format
I have the following things:
An ugly mug and a brawlers chin that dissuades mere mortals
An unhealthy love of violence, particularly fisticuffs.
A cellphone to call the police
A flashlight to blind an assailant while I move to cover, and/or to positively identify my target.
A semiautomatic handgun
probably a knife...I have one of those mini leather-man with the scissors and knife that have more or less taken over for carrying a folder.
An accurate and similarly armed wife. (minus you know...the face and violence stuff).
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Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
I'm not a fighter, have never been in a fight, don't want to be in one & try to stay away from places where they happen.
That said, I'm smart enough to know that trouble can sometimes find you wether you want it or not, so for that reason alone I do have a couple of folding knives that I have mainly for use at work, but I keep them handy when I'm out. & about. I have never yet had need to use them, hope I never do, and absolutely WOULD NOT use them to threaten someone with, I would only use them for defence if there was really no other choice - I'd rather go down fighting than just go down.
At home I have a pick axe handle in a cupboard, and a small hand axe handle next to my bed, again never had to or want to use them, but they're there.
Fighting on with dignity,
In life and death we deal,
The power and the majesty,
Amidst the blood and steel.
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Indubitably.
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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I travel in a group with my friends. I usually don't travel alone. I have a gun(licensed) which I do carry around sometimes. Most people don't have the confidence to do something to me because they know they will utterly regret it. If someone attacks me, they will remember it. I go by this quote in a fight: Success is measured in blood, that of your enemy's or your own.
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