Why is this weapon on public sale?
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa_NC-_fvKs

These so-called WASP-knifes inject compressed air into the body the blade just had cut into. Originally, the idea is coming from anti-shark-sticks, and was meant as a tool of defense against attacking dangerous animals close by, namely sharks. It now is on public sale, as far as I know, and gets promoted as a hunting knife and self-defense weapon. Pardon? Anyone iditoic enough trying to chase bears with a knife in his hand should be forbidden to carry a weapon. and for self-defense you do not need this always lethal weapon - a normal knife would do very well. In Germany and Britain it is feared now that these things get shipped over the Atlantic.

I say they should stay were they come from - from the tip of anti-shark stick, long enough that you cannot carry them in your pockets and cannot hide them under your coat. I could imagine that divers would prefer detonating anti-shark-capsules anyway. Underwater it may prove to be difficult to get a knife through a huge shark's thick skin.

This weapon has nothing to look for on the shelves of public shops. I doubt it'S underwater-value. I even cannot see a purpose for them with special commandos and the military.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ms-organs.html

100% agree.

best weapon to deal muggers scum. They cross their boundary, they deserve this treatment deep in their asses.

Um What? You promote murder and mob justice? Is this correct?

This is a murder weapon. You can't reasonably prove in a court of law that you used this to defend yourself when there is no chance this will not kill.

I don't care if criminals have these things. I have a gun.:D

However skybird, I pity those who do not have weapons to defend themselves from air-knives or guns or rocks or flying elephants or whatever.

Let's make a little bet. You guys make these knife-whatevers illegal and then we'll see someone gets murdered by one anyway.


My point is; who cares if someone invents an air-knife or lethal bananna-launcher or whatever they want? You can't stop people from inventing them, you can't stop criminals from using them to commit crimes, and you can't make a reasonable argument for honest citizenry to be prohibited from having the same weapons as their assailants. Whether they are cruel weapons or not is irrelevant. The people whom your law against "WASP-knives" affects are the same people who would never murder someone with one. All you are doing is needlessly pecking away at personal freedom, and inhibiting an industry which could potentially produce jobs and tax revenue.

Just for arguments' sake, let's say your law does totally remove all WASPs from any kind of public or criminal arsenal. Now they kill each other with regular knives, swords, clubs, heavy objects, bare hands, or candlesticks in the dining room.

I totally do not understand this "weapon control" logic.

And I cannot understand how a person claiming the right for self defense - needs military equipment, machine guns or an assault rifle for that.

If this knife would not get produced, it would not be used, wether intentionally, nor by accident. A weapon that does not exist, could not fall into wrong hands, could not beocme an object of prestige at school, could not kill ba accident, and could not make some dumb people behave like idiots with testicles having wandered into their heads (not generalizing, but I have seen enough such imbiciles).

Isn't this circular logic? To claim one invents a weapon just becasue one needs a defense and has a right to defend against such weapons that just got invented?

This weapon is a killing tool, more than a normal knife, or a firearm. It is as uncompromised in it's killing intrention like a grenade. What for do ordinary citizens need this ...? And why the obession with some people to not just fight off and overthrow a criminal attacker, but to see him getting killed for sure - and making a loud mouth about it like Foxtrot just illustrated?

Another reason why I dislike fire-arms and such a knife is, they are so simple to use that every idiot can use them. It is too easy, but wielding a weapon should not be easy. the easier it is, the more bad will happen. and the more unsuited dumbheads will have weapons. And bang - you are lost in the circular logic I explained above.

Since when did people start carrying machine guns on the street for self-defense?:hmm: What would be the purpose of that knife any way? Why would he want to freeze someones organs?

We had enough weapon-threads in the past where such claims were made. Or hunting wild animals with Kalashnikows, etc. Well, i assume such minds also do not get irriated by criticism of dynamite fishing.

Dynamite fishing! I wondered if people really do that..maybe I should sit in a deer stand..wait for a bunch of em to pack together and throw a dynamite..hopefully I'll get a good kill!

Let me put it into a clearer perspective. Weapons ARE invented. Since the dawn of mankind they have been used to force people to do things they would not normally do. If all weapons disappeared I can assure you that I would invent some kind of a weapon and use it to subjugate everyone else. Eventually I would have to fight with other a$$holes like me. I might even use my weapon to make people like you fight those other guys with weapons so I don't have to.
It's just human nature. There is no eliminating the "weapon" factor. However, if YOU had a weapon as well, I would not attack you because I might lose. I would build a weapon better than yours so I could attack you if I wanted to. But then you see me building a better weapon and make an even better weapon.........blah blah blah

As far as your argument that weapons are to easy to use goes, so are cars. Millions of people worldwide are killed by automobiles and no one cares because no one wants to see them get banned since they rely on them. But for gun-haters it is easy to hate guns because the vast majority of them have never used one. Cars kill more people than guns, why don't we ban them? Clubs are also easy to use; swing at target's head with maximum force. Care to ban blunt objects?

I will make no argument against the fact that my gun (Walther P38) is for killing people who attack me or another person. Sometimes I shoot cans with it for fun.
The only thing that would stop me from using a grenade or a machine gun (if they were legal) is the potential for collateral damage. A crimninal would have no such objections, which is why I need a weapon to defend myslef.


If anything I would argue only for more training in the use of firearms so that we do not have as many accidental shootings.

How about we have a contest where I am armed with an illegal gun and am intent on killing you and stealing all your stuff and you are armed with anti-gun rhetoric.
I bet I can kill you and steal your stuff well before the police ever arrive to protect you. :D


As noble and theoretically noble the ban on any kind of weapon may be, reality says that you will regret not having said weapons.

Great. Just what we need. A farting knife. :nope:

I looked on their website but could not find charges for a refill on the gas cartridge. However given the cost of this knife it would be reasonable to suspect they are quite expensive, I wouldn't be surprised if it was 10 to 20 dollars for a single use cartridge. Meanwhile in America a box of 50 bullets is only $2.50. Clearly American criminals can operate their business very cheaply compared to UK criminals. You just can't afford to kill a guy when it's $20 a pop ya know. Now as an American I like to hear that type of news, it's nice to know there's at least one US industry that can compete favorable against foreign competition.

The Citizens of the UK may want to consider this carefully though. You have entertaining criminals like Guy Fawkes who are grand and noble and dared to dream big things. America has Charles Manson. Clearly Americans are a lower class of criminal than brits. Now as dashing as Guy Fawkes was keep in mind he failed. Manson didn't. Americans have an innate superiority in their ability at illegal actions. Besides how could England's criminals compete when it's a knife with one shot vs an American with more ammo in his car than was used during the entire US Revolutionary War. You guys would get your ever loving ass kicked by the yanks. Again. What you limeys have got to ask yourself is, do you want to lose your fine home grown criminal element in place of US thugs? Clearly the only sane response is no, you'd want to keep your own criminals and continue electing them to Parliament as usual. I mean honestly, Ted Kaczynski in the House of Commons? Sure the news would be amusing for a few days but after awhile it'd just get to be a tired old pathetic joke.

So I propose that the UK put a subsidy on the exploding gas knife industry. Any criminal who purchases one should get an automatic rebate from the government that is enough to cover at least 50 gas cartridges. This might seem excessive and expensive to some but really, it's a small price to pay to not watch your tradition of the football hooligans lifestyle replaced by some yank blasting rap and ranting about how George Bush hates black people.

good grief, you just wasted at least 10 mins of your life writing this nonsense

@ orwell---- What!? I started to kind of see your logic but then I lost it. Maybe a more "Barney-style" explanation?




@joegrundman--- Don't you think it a bit harsh to dismiss someone's views as "nonsense"? I didn't understand him either but maybe some clarification would help.

I honestly thought orwells post was hilarious.

Oh, and the knife is called a WASP? Lol...

Seriously, what is that thing good for?
I suppose in order to make that injection thing work, you really have to ram it into the target full lenght.
Who would want to do that with either a bear or a thug or whatever? And who actually can do it? I mean ramming cold steel full lenght into the guts of somebody might have been easy for a roman legionary, but even most professional soldiers of today could not do it on a flinch.
I mean if you're attacked by a bear you're pretty much dead if you let him get so close that you can use this knife. You might kill the bear as well, but I don't know if that is a consolation for your next of kin.
The only way I could imagine this thing to work as a defense weapon would be as some kind of lance, but not as a knife.
As a weapon of attack, why? I mean if you get this close to a man you can slid his throat or stab his heart or whatever just as easily. Same goes with animals. Why should anyone go big game hunting with a knife when he can use a .50 cal rifle??

This thing looks cool and will be the new superstar of every Ghangsta Rap video in the next 20 years and will be the new main weapon in Grand Theft Auto 5.
Perfect Ghangsta toy.