Obviously we're not legally allowed to carry weapons for self-defense. But if you were to be questioned by the OB on what item you used to defend yourself from a public attack, there are only 2 things I've ever carried, a pen (aim for bare skin), and a door-closer (temple shot is best).

What would/do you (hypothetically of course) carry?

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Yes Tommy, exactly those, but smaller. The bigger side is very heavily weighted, and when swung with practice, can easily break most things it connects with. I used to carry one in my pocket.

fare enough.

ga2g, how on earth would you explain carrying a door closer around to the police? :P

asm, as long as whatever it is that you used to defend yourself cannot be deemed to be a weapon carried for that purpose, then anything is fine. If I were askd, I'd say I needed to get a new one, and I was carrying it to show a lock shop the one I wanted. "Coincidence" that its heavy and metal. But no judge would say it was a weapon, of any type.

Women could carry salt in their pockets to throw at an attacker. The salt, being a natural product, could not be construed to be a weapon. The fact that salt in the eyes would make anyone have to stop what they're doing, so as to try to get the salt out, still can't be used against the "victim", as if they used a chemical attack on another person. Anyone can buy a small bag of salt, and keep it in their pockets.

A lemon. In a sock.

A correctly folded newspaper will do serious damage....

the bag of salt becomes a weapon if you carry if with the intention of using at a weapon.

It also depends on context; if someone came at you with a knife and you used your door closer, fair enough, reasonable force, but if they attacked you with a spoon: ya going down.

Best off using a yale key into an eye.

a d-lock, no questions asked

i'm abit more old school than that.
the chain on my wallet is on old bike chain. and when i'm riding i happen to have a spare with me.

Preferably frozen in a Sainsbury's bag.

apart from Hippy's arse, my fists are the most dangerous things in south london, I don't need weapons.

unless chuck norris is in town.

(Not one for the weight weenies)

Just my rapier-like wit.

why not just have a thread that says "how to commit GBH and get away with it"?

an anvil??

The world is my weapon.

d lock, seatpost?

yeah, d-lock's all you'll ever need.

I can see you've played knifey-spooney before

specialized wedlock

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A: this is what HKLB stuffs down his jocks?

last one there touches my ball?

ooh er, it's soo big and hard!

A couple of tyre levers. Deadly in the hands of a master.

no one fucks with me since i started keeping a custard pie in my back pocket...

those park ones...

nasty!

I usually distract them with some balloon animals.



look closely and you'll see two yoots walking away empty handed.

The pen and the door closer
Daft name for a pub...

thats cause everyone thinks you have shit yourself

i have a concealed carry permit, any legal hand gun, up to 12 rounds on my person, any thing legal in my vihical up to 20 rounds. and the permit was free.

You want shooting for that alone...
;-)