Did you never hear of chemical warfare? Swedish fire a deadly weapon in the Viking arsenal.
Bushcraft tools that could be classed as weapons?
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Trangia = environmentally friendly alternative to Molotov cocktail ie. no broken glass
Not sure of weapons, some of the food I’ve cooked in the field, could be classed as chemical weapons, especially the curries!
Clearly. You have yet to learn to stomp an Esbit stove flat in two seconds, fold it into a star shape using your origami skills and then fling it at your victim's throat like a ninja's shuriken.
Now this apparently is partly a question of semantics; "weapon" in legalize means a purpose built thingy and something that is used as. Or so I have been told. Also apparently "offensive" weapons exist but not "defensive" ones, a major lack of logic.
Mmm.... every dictionary I have looked at includes defence as a use of weapons. Also, animals are listed as having defence mechanisms - so not necessarily manufactured as a weapon. Many peasants fought battles using farming implements, I doubt their foes worried much about the semantics of the fact that the tools weren't made as weapons
There isn’t a difference between an ‘offensive’ or ‘defensive’ weapon. The matter of whether it is offence or defence is irrelevant in this context when considering whether something is intended to cause harm. Something can only be useful for defence if it is capable of offence.
This is strictly not true as an example shows: would you really consider a targe and a sword equivalent both in attack and defense.
I guess even a walking stick could be an offensive weapon if used that way. So perhaps all pensioners, walkers, and disabled people should be arrested for carrying an offensive weapon.
We could go even further and ban cars as they have been used as an offensive weapon to kill people intentionally,
Carrying stones aught to be banned as well. I'm sure our primitive forebears were very worried about that sort of thing.
We could go even further and ban cars as they have been used as an offensive weapon to kill people intentionally,
Carrying stones aught to be banned as well. I'm sure our primitive forebears were very worried about that sort of thing.
Only if you change the meaning between the two weapons.
I must say that I totally disagree.
yes you can use anything as a weapon but it does not become a weapon untill you threaten someone with it.
but that is not true for a knife. any fixed blade knife is illegal to carry without having a genuine reason for having it in your posesion. But that genuine reason is subject to the judgment of others just because you say you have a good reason to carry it does not make it legal.
I was looking for real life examples of people having to justify having bladed articles in their possesion. But I guess the lack of examples must show if you are careful the chances of being questioned are very small
but that is not true for a knife. any fixed blade knife is illegal to carry without having a genuine reason for having it in your posesion. But that genuine reason is subject to the judgment of others just because you say you have a good reason to carry it does not make it legal.
I was looking for real life examples of people having to justify having bladed articles in their possesion. But I guess the lack of examples must show if you are careful the chances of being questioned are very small
Not sure about the targe but the buckler is very definitely an offensive weapon when used correctly, especially when paired with a bossed cutlass. Have to say tho that I've not got around to putting the counterweight boss on my own cutlass, too many more important things to do
They'll be banning walking sticks and umbrellas next. which is pitiful as some of us old men really need that third support leg, especially while waiting for my next hip replacement
No. I've been questioned a few times while traveling to jobs, because a cooks knife case looks like a knife case and not a briefcase. After the second or third interrogation [ because that is what they were] I bought a rigid attache case to keep my chefs tools in. I couldn't carry my steel lockbox because it was too damned big and heavy to move between casual jobs. Stupid laws made by stupid politicians.
Stupid laws indeed.
They are put inplace for well intentioned reasons but criminals tend not to care for the law. It only seems restrict thoes that want to stay lawfull
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