Weapons do you carry them?

[Kapitan]

Does anyone want to openly admit they carry a weapon?

I have done so in the past both 3 inch and 6 inch knives and also a CO2 pistol fully loaded 16 round repeater .177

I some times do carry a weapon my 6 inch knife being the one i choose the most to carry only for defence i dont carry the weapon often it depends on where i am going and what time im out till.

Normaly im unarmed, and wear steel toe boots which if i kick you hard enough can fracture your skull or break ribs.

I dont go out looking for a fight, if a fights going to happen it will come to me and then il defend myself.
I dont condone the use or carrying of a weapon however i live near a very rough estate and also have experance as i used to live on one of these gang land estates, and i do have a few problems behind me.

Weapons are good for defence but i dont support anyone carrying them because they want to attack.

What about you guys?

[TLAM Strike]

I once modified my watch like that assassin’s in ‘From Russia with Love’ (the watch with the thin wire to choke people with). Came in useful once in school when someone was beating on a friend of mine.


The name is Strike... TLAM Strike... :|\

[Konovalov]

I don't carry any weapons in public nor do I own any.

[Ducimus]

I used to in high school, primarly for self defense. We had alot of gangs, a few drive by's shootings, i had someone sort of "mug" me once and held a knife to my throat. So i took to caring a 6 inch folding buck knife. It was nice and flat, and carried it inside my jean jacket i used to wear at the time. I really felt i had no other choice.

In the service i used to carry a survival knife on my LC gear, and also kept a gerber made knife that much resembled a british fairbane dagger on my person. It was about 8 inchs long, double bladed, solid metal from tip to pumbel, galvanized black. Was a good solid pig sticker. I wore that inverted on my BDU pants belt, underneath my BDU "blouse". The top of the case would be just below my armpit. The tip of the handle would be concealed by my shirt. I could produce this knife with one swift downward motion. I kept that with me when i went to some not so kind places we werent welcome. Again, self defense, although i took a little ribbing from my brothers. Anyone who strapped a knife immediatly got the "rambo" comments. Other then that my primary duty weapon was an M16a2.

As a civlilian, the only gun i own is a shotgun for bird hunting. I dont carry anything on me anymore. Unless you want to count "the car club". Ive always figured i'd use that for a noggen bopper if need be. The knives i kept with me in the srvice, are now in the bottom of a box, shoved way in the back of a closet. I don't care to see them anymore, and don't like being reminded of why i felt the need to have them.

[GreyOctober]

Bout the same story. I used to carry a 2 and half inch folding knife back in high school because of street gangs. Now i have a baseball bat in my car (to tenderize any abnoxious bastard who thinks he can "road rage" at me :|\ ) and a tear-gas spray, which btw i think its been long expired Ive never gotten into a fight though i punched a dude back in school. Ive been threatned with a knive once though but managed to escape.

[scandium]

Why would I carry a weapon? Up until a few years the police in the city I live in (population 180,000) didn't even carry sidearms. Why would I?

[Polak]

Ay, I carry tear-gas spray and sometimes a knife, have to watch out for all the young arab-gangs here in Sweden, they are always armed.

Now i have a baseball bat in my car (to tenderize any abnoxious bastard who thinks he can "road rage" at me

That's the beauty of Eastern Europe , most of my mates back in Poland have baseball bats, golfclubs or metal-pipes in their cars.
I've got a nice metal-pipe back in Poland too.

[jumpy]

I have carried a swiss army knife everywhere in my trouser pocket since I was about 10 years old.
It's not a weapon, it's a tool; and a very useful one at that.
Besides, discretion is the better part of valour.

[GreyOctober]

Oh darn..i forgot to mention that i used to collect pocket knives when i was a kid.

Originally Posted by Polak

AThat's the beauty of Eastern Europe , most of my mates back in Poland have baseball bats, golfclubs or metal-pipes in their cars.
I've got a nice metal-pipe back in Poland too.

Yep, same here mate. Cars made for eastern europe should have those things included ..or even better a :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Polak]

Originally Posted by GreyOctober

Oh darn..i forgot to mention that i used to collect pocket knives when i was a kid.

Yep, same here mate. Cars made for eastern europe should have those things included ..or even better a :rotfl: :rotfl:

Oooo, I want one of those, would save me a lot of problems.

[DeepSix]

Concealed Carry Permit. Mainly for use in the car.

[Onkel Neal]

Not me, I'm a lover, not a fighter. Plus I can run like the wind

[Bill Nichols]

I carry my wit about me 24-7.

[Happy Times]

I often carry a Leathrman tool.I have allways a piece of electric cable under my car seat, and a baseball bat on the back. Its just a habbit i learned from my grandfather. Both can be explained if asked by the police. Sometimes i have forgotten my shotgun on the back also, just have to be carefull were i leave my car when i forgot it there... Thats also legal. At one time when i got threated by these criminals that i beat up, (they said they would kill me and burn my house) i had 9mm Glock also under my seat.

[GreyOctober]

Didnt i read somewhere that Finland has the lowest criminalitty rate in the world? You dont fit in the statistics HT