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what do you carry in your vehicle for SD ? what alternative weapons do you carry other then knives to look unarmed when you drive ?

mine currently is an OC spray with a 6 C Maglite.

thanks in advance.

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Nothing. I carry lots of tools in my car, but they're tools, not *weapons*. Why do I have a huge Maglite in my car? In case I get a flat tire. It's the same way I don't carry a knife to "Cut up somebody in self defense", I carry a knife to open boxes and letters, or to cut rope. .

Where do you live? What are the regulations as to what you can carry from the get-go?
 
Ohio. i don't think your allowed to carry anything here according to the police and courts. anything you get caught with is considered a concealed weapon and they don't believe in SD. the courts like to charge you with the heaviest offense they can and jam you up, like Russia only warmer. thats why i am interested in alternatives, i drive about 85 different cars a day at our test facility and everyone has something:

all size maglites.
hammers.
wrenches.
tire irons.
butcher knives.
meat clevers.
baseball bats.
canes.
OC.
pocket knives.
billy clubs.
broom handles.
axe handles.
huge screwdrivers.
metal pipes.

it's amazing what they carry, you know it's intended for SD cause it's always right next to the drivers seat, ready at hand.
 
What city? I've not found any problem with state laws on carry. In fact, I've shown off bowie knives and hatchets to local police and only been met with compliments. While the Ohio laws on knives are vague, I carry just about every kind of knife and have never had a problem.

You do know that Ohio passed a concealed carry bill, right?
 
100 pounds of living chainsaw.

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My dog would just get 'em wet. Never met a stranger.
My truck is a weapon depot.... :eek: I can't avoid finding something to discourage aggression. Off the top of my head... and not counting whatever fixed blade I bring along....
INSIDE:
Tire irons (angled and 4-way)
Removable stick-shift
Open toolbox with tools
Old coffee and/or soda
2' heavy chain with padlock
Short walking stick
Small pick axe
Rock hammer
4D Maglite
24"x18" steel carpenter's angle
Camp axe
Oil (quart bottles)
2' of 1" PVC pipe
Buck 110
Aluminum tent stakes (3)
Crossman BB pistol (dances like a .45, stings like a bee)

IN THE BED:
Dirt, leaves and assorted rocks
Old broom
Heavy duty jumper cables
Bag of tow-chains
5' section of 2x4
2' piece of 3/8" rebar with hooked bend
1 gallon milk jug of water

I am sure I could find more if I actually went and looked but it is cold-ish outside. Only about 40° with an expected high of only 74°. These brutal Central Texas winters....I bet I won't last another 60... they will be the death of me :D .
 
Very funny Merek, i live in Ontario(Canada), and we are having minus 35 degree weather. Computer says thats
-31 Fahrenheit but that sounds wrong, i would think somthing like -5 to -10. Which leads me to the point of this thread. Because its so cold, I have an ice scaper in the car, could easly kill somone with mine, both plastic and Metal blade.
 
I just tossed the plasic one we've had kicking about. Either the tool or my technique sukked. Not enough practice. For the occasional ice conditions we have I use a few gallons of water... or I wait til the sun comes up. ;)
Having grown up in the °F world, °C still gives me a chill.... :eek:
 
I have thought about this for a while. I was stopped for a routein traffic (speeding) stop and I did not put my window down before I turned off my car, so I opened the door. I did not remember that I kept a Cold Steel Bushman (cheapie) between the door and the car seat. The officer took it and looked at it and read me the riot act. The old, "I use it to open boxes" did not work. Afeter about 10 minutes of talk and running my tags and license, I guess he thought I was "ok" and put the knife in my trunk. I spoke to my dad, who is a detective, and he said I was pretty lucky.

I do not carry "large" fixed blades, in plain sight, in my car now. I have been practicing with an ice scraper. Using the car door as a weapon is a good idea. An old CD or CD case could be used to cut or even disorient and adversary. Pretty much anything in the console could startle someone, and that may buy you the time you need to leave or mount an offensive. BUT, you need to practice! David
 
Old thread but thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. IMHO the old saying "it's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6" , comes into play.
I live in the Peoples Republik so you may know how silly the 'laws' are here , but when it comes down to 'go time' who other than you is going to protect you and yours ? I carry a custom baton behind my truck seat along with a 3 cell mag , my glovebox contains a Mora knife and then theres whatever I happen to have in my pockets.
 
I dont think I have one thing in my car that could be used as a weapon :(


Of course when you drive a 1993 Geo Metro people naturally fear you :D


I guess I should up my roving arsenal a bit but im pretty much fixed for weapons on me,we have CCW permits so I usually have my pistol on me and always a knife,we can carry any knife up to a 4" blade so I carry a Cold Steel Pro-lite tanto with exactly 4" blade,we might be moving to Texas which I was informed will let me bump that up to a 5" so I can carry my big honkin Gunsite.
 
I carry 255 horses and a 2800 lb. metal club. Weapon enough to kill over 50,000 Americans annually without even trying.
 
Wait I forgot about the rabbits foot,it could cause a nasty scratch and possibly an infection. :p
 
Apologies to Monty Python
TIM:There he is!
ARTHUR:Where?
TIM:There!
ARTHUR:What, behind the rabbit?
TIM:It is the rabbit.
ARTHUR:You silly sod!
TIM:What?
ARTHUR:You got us all worked up!
TIM:Well, that's no ordinary rabbit!
ARTHUR:Ohh.
TIM:That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!
ROBIN:You tit! I soiled my armour I was so scared!
TIM:Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!
GALAHAD:Get stuffed!
TIM:He'll do you up a treat, mate.
GALAHAD:Oh, yeah?
ROBIN:You mangy Scots git!
TIM:I'm warning you!
ROBIN:What's he do, nibble your bum?
TIM:He's got huge, sharp-- eh-- he can leap about-- look at the bones! :D
 
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