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Posted on 03/25/2014 7:55:35 PM PDT by Noremac
In Maryland, a carpenter was charged with a concealed weapon for having a hammer under the seat of his truck. If they want to get you, they will get you with SOMETHING..
I once was ticked for ‘avoiding a speed bump’..
I like that stick - there’s a lot of utility there, bundled into one device. I’ll be checking it out for sure.
In writing the piece, it struck me as remarkable that
when you look at any of these knife / edged weapon mass killings in Asia or elsewhere, it becomes obvious that in any crowded area - transit terminal, theme park, airports outside of the security area, schools, shopping malls, sporting events - you name it, a crazed individual with a knife could wreak every bit of deadly destruction as an assailant with a firearm.
A deranged individual will improvise if a gun is not available. In one of the knife attacks in China, the killer first drove his car into a group of people before he commenced to attacking them with a knife.
When they focus in on guns rather than the actus reus and the mental state itself, it becomes obvious that it is all about politics, not about finding solutions.
I also have the Tanto as well as the SRK. For several years I had their large Bowie style and I can’t recall it’s name right now.
It sold for $275 back then and I traded it even for a Maadi AK-47 type rifle.
I have a bunch of Ontario spec plus knives. They are a little cheaper than Cold Steel but are pretty good knives. Ontario’s military surplus machetes are the best I have found.
When I went through police training as a civilian policeman at an Air National Guard base after I left the Army, we practiced facing an assailant with a rubber knife. It is surprising how quickly a person 25 feet away can get to you with that knife. Even with a pistol in your hands.
It’s important to always carry at least one decent knife at all times. If auto-openers are illegal where you live, there’s a good chance that assisted-openers are still legal.
To be a decent fighter, the blade should be at least 3.5” and it should have a hilt of some kind to keep your hand from slipping up off the handle toward the blade.
BFL
I have seen a copy of that pamphlet. Published between 1836 and 1860, obviously.
Do you have a link to an image of it on the net?
Kniferights.org.
They correctly call it the second front in the war for the second amendment.
Sorry I don’t have a link. I do have a copy of MAN AT ARMS published by the NRA, August, 1997 page 12 that has a photo of the pamphlet.
I saw it published in a book about weapons. I used to have it, but the last I remember it was 30 years ago...
NRA may still have back issues of MAN AT ARMS.
I know a guy who was stopped at the gate of Fort Carson for having a softball bat on his front seat. The MP’s told that that since it “was within reach” it was considered a weapon.
Sometimes you just can’t make up stuff this stupid.
And you learn the basics of firing a shotgun, bow, and rifle, too. I wonder if they need to hype Boy Scout alumni as a terrorist threat?
Sound "Wreckless"....
I certainly find a knife more useful on a daily basis than the others.
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