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One right answer. . . .
Your right there is not "one right answer", but there are things to consider when using a "weapon" for self-defense/protection, and knives are considered weapons by most, if not all, municipalities.
I teach all-around the country and face this very subject in every location I hold classes/seminars. While I do teach weaponry classes, which include, knives, firearms, etc., I extensively go over the governing laws, rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of using objects that are classified as "weapons", as well as, the use of lethal force.
Every state, every municipality, and every jurisdiction (P.D.) have their own laws/regulations for the use of "lethal force" (which also encompasses the use of weapons).
Nowhere does the use of a "stick" (wood, aluminum, steel, or otherwise) under 7" fall under the classification of a "weapon". Kubotans, Yawaras, or whatever want you call them, are not classified as weapons. Especially if they are attached to keys as a "keychain or key fob".
Now, on the other hand, the commercially made kubotans with the 2 spikes attached to the side, those are considered weapons, and look like a weapon.
This is legal. . . .
So is this. . . .
This is not. . . .
So, think carefully and wisely about your choice of personal defense "weapon" or, more appropiately, "tool". While it may save your life initally, it could end you up in jail or prison!
Just a little food for thought. . . .
Dankichi wrote: "I don’t think there is one right answer, unless it is carry what you are willing to use. It is a bad idea to pull out a weapon you are not committed to using 100%.
When it comes down to it, why not carry both? Or carry a gun? Or carry flexible weapons? Better yet, why not practice skills like conflict negotiation and sprinting? (arguably as important for a martial artist as fighting skills)"
When it comes down to it, why not carry both? Or carry a gun? Or carry flexible weapons? Better yet, why not practice skills like conflict negotiation and sprinting? (arguably as important for a martial artist as fighting skills)"
I teach all-around the country and face this very subject in every location I hold classes/seminars. While I do teach weaponry classes, which include, knives, firearms, etc., I extensively go over the governing laws, rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of using objects that are classified as "weapons", as well as, the use of lethal force.
Every state, every municipality, and every jurisdiction (P.D.) have their own laws/regulations for the use of "lethal force" (which also encompasses the use of weapons).
Nowhere does the use of a "stick" (wood, aluminum, steel, or otherwise) under 7" fall under the classification of a "weapon". Kubotans, Yawaras, or whatever want you call them, are not classified as weapons. Especially if they are attached to keys as a "keychain or key fob".
Now, on the other hand, the commercially made kubotans with the 2 spikes attached to the side, those are considered weapons, and look like a weapon.
This is legal. . . .
So is this. . . .
This is not. . . .
So, think carefully and wisely about your choice of personal defense "weapon" or, more appropiately, "tool". While it may save your life initally, it could end you up in jail or prison!
Just a little food for thought. . . .
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