Thats it, im moving!

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Jebadiah_Smith

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I used to love michigan. Its not too hot, we have beautiful falls, and nice lakes. Its also a mecca for blackpowder shooters and there are quite a few Rendezvous each year.

A week ago, I was searching for a nice EDC knife. I looked for a long time, and decided to get the strongest locking mechanism the "fixed blade". I wanted a <3" blade with a kydex sheath for IWB carry. I searched all over and barring expensive custom neck knives, settled on a Spyderco Ronin. I then learned that fixed blades are looked down on here and are considered more dangerous than folders, and even if they werent illegal, I figure that a cop would bust my balls for having one anyways. I couldnt have carried IWB anways because that would be a concealed weapon.

That isnt such a big deal, but then I thought about all the other crap in Michigan: In many places hunting is illegal on Sundays. We just got a dove season after a long fight, but they sold us out and only have it in a few counties in south west michigan. We have a Canadian b_tch Jennifer Granholm as a governor. And recently, there was a proposed ban on leathermans and SAKs.

What the hell! I thought California was supposed to be the place where our rights were restricted and hunters and knife/gun owners were pariahs!?

I just wanted to tell you all that im tye dying all of my shirts right now, buying a Volkswagon MicroBus, getting a bong, and im gonna move to California! Adios Michigan!

P.S: I was thinking about carrying around a ball peen hammer, or a bat or maybe a mag-light in the back of my truck as protection since nobody wants me toting one of those "icky" knives. I think the hammer would be the best for all around utility, I could use it to hammer, loosen bolts, and finish off deer that I plow into. I was just wondering, what do you all have in the backs of your trucks?
 
Craftsman half hatchet, GI surplus Tri FOld, and a small fixed blade that I made from an old file(second knife I made).
 
A couple of pistols and a titanium crowbar. Sometimes a Cold Steel shovel instead of the crowbar.
 
Always sad when a good small town/rural/wilderness area gets bundled politically with big cities.

I used to carry an Enfield in my truck (easy in Texas, and a perfect slot for it with the rear seat folded up), but quit when the worry of truck being stolen was greater than worry of needing it. So instead just some ammo and mags for my carry pistol. When I get a new vehicle I'll probably go back to having a longarm.

Otherwise, there's pepper spray in the door pocket, fire extinguisher under the seat. E-tool (swiss 1-piece), medium-sized shovel, and sometimes a Pulaski tool (combo axe and hoe) in the extended cab. Aluminum rod about 6' long that I use for dumpster diving. Hard hat, clipboard, yellow vest, and flashing yellow light to get me where sometimes I shouldn't be :D
 
Jebediah, You're like 16 years old, right? Here's a hint from an old fart. Go to school and do your homework. Get good grades, stay out of jail. Graduate, go to college, study something you are passionate about, and then have a good life. It isn't that complicated, but it is difficult. Whew! :grumpy: Don't bother to thank me when you're 50 :)
 
Ooooh! This is kind of a ninjabear thread.
Secret weapons for the car. Some Ideas:

1. a 16" piece of 3/4 rebar makes a nice club/truncheon. Cover it with dirt or old rags or something, and who would ever guess/care? (dont wrap it with tape for a handle, leave it nude)

2. cricket bat. (wait til you get a close-up look, they are like heavy wooden swords)

3. one of those gigantic crescent wrenches.

4. a paper bag full of crab boil. (basically tear gas)
 
I can verify the hammer, Mag light, ball bat, rebar and crescent wrench. I've never concerned myself overly about knife and handgun laws though. I suppose that I'd rather face a trial than an autopsy.
 
As an Italian in NJ I am ashamed that my trunk can't hold 2 boddies, nor do I have a baseball bat in there :)
But I keep a 36" crowbar, a 6 D maglite, a Kabar, an 18" HI WW2 model khukuri, a break-down pool cue in a case, and a golf umbrella in there amongst the cluttered jumper cables, tools, etc :D
 
Bri in Chi said:
Go to school and do your homework. Get good grades, stay out of jail. Graduate, go to college, study something you are passionate about, and then have a good life.
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Oh come on, I cant have a good life AND a ball peen hammer? :confused: :(

Oh well, I guess its time for me to gather up my books, starch up my collars and straighten my bow tie, I hear the school bell a ringin'!

Thanks for the advice. Please dont worry about me. Im among the top five students in my class of 80 (thats right 80 :( , big accomplishment right? ;) ) And I have the top ACT score in the school (or one room school house as it may be). I guess I just have no idea what I want to do in college and until then would rather be a hammer swingin hoodlum who spends his time shooting deer with a flintlock and chatting on a khukuri forum.
 
well, they're more restrictive than MI when it comes to personal defense and weapons.

I have a ParaTech Pry-Axe in the back, along with an 18" AK. I like Nasty prolly carry a few "tools" on my person that would raise eyebrows in a place other than the midwest. I often carry the SOG Pentagon, or ASP collapsible baton on my person. Since I'm not a felon, and keep outta situations that may draw attention to the carry, i don;t get hassled. I ALWAYS carry one or the other of those when walking the baby in the stroller, and would play the 'concerned parent' card if hassled by 5-0. Here, they'd just lemme carry it back to my house, or car. In Indy, yoou can have just about any weapon stashed in yer car, and it is beneath the cops notice. Example--Trevor, buddy o mine, gets pulled over at a police checkpoint. They want to search his vehicle, as there was a crime committed and a van was used as the escape vehicle. In the search, they picked up the 15" AK villager that he had and replaced it without saying a thing. They let him go.

Keith
 
Bri in Chi said:
Don't bother to thank me when you're 50
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LOL!! :D

Ain't that the truth.....


I might be what you call an exception to that rule, Brian. I was raised the old fashioned way...taught to respect my elders rather than ridicule them. So, there's hope for the younger generation after all....perhaps a few others out there got it too.


And I did go to school, get good grades and a college degree too.....:D :p


Jeb - MI ain't the best place for knives right now....I think there's a battle going on with Buck and Spyderco.....(might just be the rumor-mill)

I like Sarge's policy on carrying knives:

Keep your nose clean and don't worry about what you're carrying.

Some of us have been carrying for years and have never been questioned about knives, while others seem to get hit all the time.....has more to do with lifestyle, than legality.
 
I'd suggest any rural state that doesn't have any really super big cities. When you put a bunch of people together in a small area it's like putting a bunch of chickens in a cage. They peck each other to death. Then, rather than realizing it's just the way it is when you put that many people together the legislators try to get into the act to stop the problems and end up screwing it up for the rural folks who just want to enjoy life and be left alone. Sad but true.

The greater the job loss in rural communities and the greater the concentration of jobs in urban areas the worse it gets. Also the greater the population gets the worse it gets also.

Isn't Ted Nugent from MI? What's he doing about all this ;)
 
don't come to california. The two crowing turds in Ahnold's punchbowl when he gets back to work this week are a bill requiring merchants to record ID with ammo purchases and a banning of Foie Gras(A process where poor little duckies are forcefed to enlarge their livers). Our elected reps are doing their utmost to make it a society built around serving them.
 
When I discussed this with a cop friend many years ago, he gave me this advice about using lethal force in a self-defense scenario: don't move anything, don't touch the body, don't lie to the police about anything, act cooperative, but don't volunteer anything that might be used against you. Remember, you're the victim. And, when the law shows up, make sure the weapon is not in your hand.

Any updates or comments from our LEO friends?
 
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