if knives are illegal to carry in Europe what about walking sticks like shillelagh or tasers and pepper spray for defense? Or is it just illegal to defend yourself?
>>221664388We don't really need to defend ourselves, we have a working police system and generally people don't randomly attack eachother here
>>221664388the UK is not "europe".
>>221664388imc:>knivescan carry with reasonable excuse (going to the forest, fishing, working in construction etc.)>walking stickno restriction, but you can't carry something for the purpose to use as a weapon.>taseryou cannot carry in public. actually you can't buy, produce or import it as a private citizen, but weirdly it's not illegal to own one or have one in your home.>sprayyou can buy sprays which are much milder freely. the real pepper spray/bear spray is highly regulated, in fact there was some story that it might be easier to buy a firearm than on of those.>self defenceYou are always allowed to defend yourself with equal force to the attacker, however it is your duty to always attempt escaping first. And if you escalate it's no longer self defense. So you can't stab someone if they simply punch you, you can only use a weapon if they also brandish a weapon.but yes >>221664576self defense isn't a concern. 99% of crime happens between people who know each other, not with strangers on the street.
>>221664722What about wasp injector knives? injects compressed air into the body cavity.
>>221664388Knives are not illegal to carry THOUGH.
>>221664852What is the reasonable excuse for such an item? it's not a knife you use in construction.it's not a knife you use for bushcraft.it's not a knife you use to cut fish.Self defense is not a valid excuse.you can probably have it in your home but you can't carry it around town. I think the compressed air part might be considered a weapon if it's powerful enough and thus you need a license.
>>221664576Most cucked and wrong response ive ever read lmao
>>221665268It was made for underwater welders to fight off sharks. It shoots out CO2 gas at 850 PSI
>>221667194how secure is the gas can? at which depth does it pop?
>>221667273It does not have a strict maximum water depth limit; its proprietary mechanism is engineered to self-regulate. It automatically delivers high-pressure gas relative to the ambient water pressure, ensuring a successful discharge at both shallow depths and deeper scuba ranges
>>221667194then I think it's just a knife with some gas releasing mechanism and not a "weapon" legally speaking. but still, imc you cannot carry it around town. there are no sharks to fight. a normal knife is much more excusable than that
