Reply to: Unsettling story

[RichardCranium]

If only young Mr Walker had had an ice axe, he might have been able to improve the human gene pool by getting rid of both of those inbred pieces of tulipe.

Oh, don't start that old "ice axes don't kill people, people do" argument again, pur-lease. Just 'cos Stalin got away with it...

[Mich the Tester]

Unless the intruder is a Communist, in which case you'll be fine.

Or in Merseyside, where it is a weapon of choice, which brings us back on-topic.

If only young Mr Walker had had an ice axe, he might have been able to improve the human gene pool by getting rid of both of those inbred pieces of tulipe.

[RichardCranium]

I have an ice axe under my bed. I don't know how a Dutch judge would view my using it to defend myself and Lady Tester against someone breaking in, but I suspect I'd be in some trouble.

Unless the intruder is a Communist, in which case you'll be fine.

Or in Merseyside, where it is a weapon of choice, which brings us back on-topic.

[Sysman]

I've never carried a knife except when going off trekking, and then tucked away in a rucksack.

Having done some mountaineering, I have an ice axe under my bed. I don't know how a Dutch judge would view my using it to defend myself and Lady Tester against someone breaking in, but I suspect I'd be in some trouble. Perhaps not as much trouble as the intruder though;

Now you mention it, I used to have a poker under the bed. It found its way there when I was ripping up floorboards to pour a load of cement in as part of anti-meeces measures.

I'm not sure that argument would have gone down well with a judge either. I think the best advice I was given for dealing with a break in while you're in bed was to put some shoes on so that the burglars don't think of stamping on your feet, plus you can either chase them or leg it.

[Mich the Tester]

I used to carry a Swiss Army knife, simply because it was a handy tool for getting into computers, opening wine and beer bottles and cutting finger nails. I never came across a boy scout stuck in a horse's hoof, so found that attachment superfluous.

i didn't carry it as a means of self defence, but once when in an iffy situation I realised it was just the right size to wrap my fist around to add a bit of weight to a punch.

I've never carried a knife except when going off trekking, and then tucked away in a rucksack.

Having done some mountaineering, I have an ice axe under my bed. I don't know how a Dutch judge would view my using it to defend myself and Lady Tester against someone breaking in, but I suspect I'd be in some trouble. Perhaps not as much trouble as the intruder though;

[d000hg]

But on a serious note, the lady of the CS residence frequently takes a fork into work to eat her salads and other various rabbit foods. Could she get pulled over and arrested?

There have been cases where a builder has been done for having a stanley knife in his glove-box or similar. So in theory... probably. But you can be pulled over and arrested for anything, it's what happens after that's more important.

[Sysman]

I mean, hands up all those here who have ever carried a knife or similar for self defence

I used to carry a Swiss Army knife, simply because it was a handy tool for getting into computers, opening wine and beer bottles and cutting finger nails. I never came across a boy scout stuck in a horse's hoof, so found that attachment superfluous.

i didn't carry it as a means of self defence, but once when in an iffy situation I realised it was just the right size to wrap my fist around to add a bit of weight to a punch.

[Mich the Tester]

This is nicely paranoid:

Be safe and stay safe - Practical personal safety tips by Andrew Greenslade M.Ed. | Crimestoppers UK

Even more so that I am.

Most fights are won before they start and aggressors will back down if you maintain eye contact and are not intimidated by them.

In other words, 'be a big, muscular hard looking b'stard and it's unlikely anyone will attack you'.

[Ignis Fatuus]

I carry an umbrella.

Which is, under common law, not an offensive weapon.

It is if you carry it with the intention to injure someone with it. R v Petrie [1961].

[lukemg]

Steering wheel lock would be just perfick... Might be a crackdown on taxi drivers rather than normal motorists, only need a few to be made an example of...

[Dearnla]

how about forks, are they banned?



But on a serious note, the lady of the CS residence frequently takes a fork into work to eat her salads and other various rabbit foods. Could she get pulled over and arrested?

With something like that? Probably.

Unless she could demonstrate conclusively that she is in the habit of eating whole lettuces and needs a fork that big to be able to do so.

No, that doesn't work, does it....

[BlasterBates]

Well a first offence will automatically be suspended, if he were to get 3 months in the first place, which I would doubt more like a fine or community service.

If he did have a conviction that might be why they had an eye on him.

Isn't the 3 months the max they can give you.

It'll probably be a fine, even if he had a conviction, cab driver sleeping with a steak knife, not really the same as a hooded youth caught fighting in a night club.

[CheeseSlice]

how about forks, are they banned?



But on a serious note, the lady of the CS residence frequently takes a fork into work to eat her salads and other various rabbit foods. Could she get pulled over and arrested?

[EternalOptimist]

I didn't say they're perfect.

hehe

good recovery

[Incognito]

wrong. the desk sergeant wanted to let him go

I didn't say they're perfect.