A leather slap-jack with a side of lead sewn in was a sure deterrent to bad behavior!
That seems more like a “surprise @$$hole” sort of thing to me.
That old hickey stick could work it's magic from a distance with just a little bit of swing in the palm.
I can just imagine the law suits ....
some people don't want an orderly society ...
Our founders knew we would only last as long as the people were good folks.
It looks like all that is going down the tubes now.
It's a shame ....
So was a ‘claw’.
My grandfather was a police officer for 25 years in a city suburb of a major city. He was also on vice squad..1920’ 30’s thereabouts.
I was an adult woman with children before I ever knew he had weapons of any kind, and I lived with them!
He gave all of it to the chief of police...they were close friends..as a donation for a museum of police weaponry. Some of what he had was no longer used by police due to high injury rate. That ‘claw’ in my opinion should be back and available if police are going to use dogs and guns. That thing will immobilize a person!