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Originally Posted by Yokuutsu
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39-17-1302. Prohibited weapons.
(8) Any other implement for infliction of serious bodily injury or death which has no common lawful purpose.
Which all seems stupid to me because a lot of things fit under that. I mean, a bat can fit under that minus no common lawful purpose.
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That's the point of the "common purpose" line. Enough people use baseball bats for sport that it's unreasonable to restrict them because you could hurt someone.
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(1) "Club" means any instrument that is specially designed, made or adapted for the purpose of inflicting serious bodily injury or death by striking a person with the instrument;
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So take your bat and wrap barbed wire around it. NOW you have yourself a club, because barbed wire is not a common thing to have on a piece of sporting gear.
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That's the thing....if I were to have to use it in defense, you better believe I'm going for serious enough injury that the person leaves me alone.
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Well, yeah, but the problem with self defense things like a stabby cat is that they are
intended to cause harm. That's the important part. Again, the mag lite is a flash light. It's really a matter of convenience and improvisation that you defended yourself with it. You didn't (presumably) walk out the door with it thinking "I'm going to bash someone over the head with this!"
Fun fact! This is a good part of Canada's gun laws. Guns owned by the general public are tools or sporting equipment. Only police and game wardens own "weapons." Hunting, target shooting, skeet, etc. would all fall under that "common purpose" line. However, if you walk into a gun shop and say that you want to buy one because you want to defend yourself, you won't get one because that shows intent to use it on a person.
And soooo many pokemon today. Not as many stops though. Lots of fire guys around again. I'm at 30+ magikarp candies again, not using my candy boost berry. The seem to come in clusters of 2-5.