Ulukai on 28/2/2006 at 17:58
Leathermans are great things to have in a drawer. I have the (
http://www.leatherman.com/products/tools/core/default.asp) core, but I find it too bulky to carry around when I'm wearing smart trousers.
Were anyone to attempt to repel attackers with it first they'd have to ask if they'd kindly wait whilst the knife blade is coerced out of its hidey hole.
Offensive Weapon Rating
3/10Chimpy Chompy on 28/2/2006 at 18:49
Quote Posted by Phydeaux
law-abiding citizens are left helpless victems, and criminals can do almost anything they want with impunity. And god forbid someone breaks into your house, if you whomp him on the head with a baseball cricket bat, you go to jail.
The (
http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/prosecution/householders.html) first helpful guide I came across on a quick search suggests that's not true, unless you demand the right to, I dunno, hold the criminal down and batter his skull repeatedly with a brick.
Anyway that tangent aside: I have a swiss army knife with a 2-inch blade. And I very rarely need anything bigger. I'd find the idea of someone carrying around a great big blade, just on the off-chance they might find a use, to be a bit worrying. But I think Naartje had a good point earlier on; our whole culture is just more oriented against weaponry than America.
Agent Monkeysee on 28/2/2006 at 19:15
Quote Posted by Chimpy Chompy
I'd find the idea of someone carrying around a great big blade, just on the off-chance they might find a use, to be a bit worrying.
But again what's a "great big blade"? If your laws limit it to 3" then you're not all that far off from our laws. I think Seattle prohibits >3" and the suburban areas prohibit >3.5". We're not talking bowie knives here, we're talking utility folders that you can find in any hardware store.
Do some areas allow larger carry? Yeah but they tend to be the rural areas, farmland where concievably a 6" fixed-blade would actually be useful out in the field.
SD on 28/2/2006 at 19:29
totally not clicking a site called leatherman
Mortal Monkey on 28/2/2006 at 19:44
You guys carrying knives around are pathetic. You need a pair of pants so loose that you can hide a sabre in them. Or if you don't like the idea of sharp objects in your pants (or don't have a sabre), bring a long beating stick.
Also I'd rather go to jail a few months for threatening a mugger with a blade than wasting the rest of my life by being dead. And you don't even need to pull the knife on a mugger, you can save it until some happyslappers come along.
thefonz on 28/2/2006 at 19:44
or alternatively i could be like mr ekko in lost and carry a bloody great big stick around with me all the time.
aside from that one experience, my time in london has been fine and good - even late night on the subway coming home from leiscter square
Myoldnamebroke on 28/2/2006 at 20:04
Quote Posted by Agent Monkeysee
But again what's a "great big blade"? If your laws limit it to 3" then you're not all that far off from our laws. I think Seattle prohibits >3" and the suburban areas prohibit >3.5". We're not talking bowie knives here, we're talking utility folders that you can find in any hardware store.
Do some areas allow larger carry? Yeah but they tend to be the rural areas, farmland where concievably a 6" fixed-blade would actually be useful out in the field.
I guess the earlier description of the UK as some kind of knife-oppressing dystopia by an American would lead us to assume you've got much more lax laws on the matter, and if we were repressive then you must be allowed to carry around giant knives o' death.
Ulukai on 28/2/2006 at 20:21
Quote Posted by thefonz
even late night on the subway coming home
TUBE, man!
There's no shame in it!
thefonz on 28/2/2006 at 21:20
its a subway, its a mall and its a goddamn tomatOE.
:laff:
Headphones on 28/2/2006 at 21:36
dude I'M gonna fucking mug you now
;)
