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HipChick

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5. Exactly....

Reply to EarlG (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:51 AM

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Want to defend yourself in the UK? [View all] B2G Jun 2017 OP

That the terrorists were using knives and vehicles kinda emphasizes their options were limited too. Pholus Jun 2017 #1

You cannot even carry PEPPER SPRAY B2G Jun 2017 #3

No, it isn't if you don't want it to be. Then again, I am trying to picture the situation and Pholus Jun 2017 #6

They really should make it much easier to buy guns EarlG Jun 2017 #2

This isn't about guns B2G Jun 2017 #4

You can't possess a knife? A chunk of brick? A bat? No hands or feet? uppityperson Jun 2017 #34

No knives, bats, pepper spray, etc. nt B2G Jun 2017 #37

Wrong. Pocket knives are legal. uppityperson Jun 2017 #38

Exactly.... HipChick Jun 2017 #5

Some of you are missing the point of the OP Calculating Jun 2017 #7

Thank you. B2G Jun 2017 #8

Strangely the terrorists had no access either.... Pholus Jun 2017 #9

AND the UK does NOT have even HALF the murder rate of Gun-totin, pepper sprayin' rustydog Jun 2017 #10

* A factor of 4 lower murder rate. Pholus Jun 2017 #11

Violent crime in the UK is up 27% B2G Jun 2017 #12

And yet still vastly smaller than ours. LanternWaste Jun 2017 #24

Duh, they need a smaller murder rate. They have fewer people Bucky Jun 2017 #32

I like UK's gun laws. If for no other reason, criminals seldom have access to handguns. Hoyt Jun 2017 #13

They also have that nasty trend recently of acid in the face attacks Bucky Jun 2017 #30

defend yourself in the UK? mitch96 Jun 2017 #14

Pepper spray is illegal in the UK sarisataka Jun 2017 #16

Ok, bug spray it is... mitch96 Jun 2017 #23

Yeah, but there are things just as good a pepper spray folks can carry, if they actually feel the Hoyt Jun 2017 #28

I'd Carry A Cricket Bat Everywhere JimGinPA Jun 2017 #15

You would be facing two years in prison sarisataka Jun 2017 #18

Then carry this, it's also useful for UK weather. Hoyt Jun 2017 #29

And they get to make that decision. It's their country. politicat Jun 2017 #17

My daughter is in London, still she feels safer there than in the gun-wielding states of the U.S. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #19

I've never felt unsafe in the UK. cwydro Jun 2017 #20

Lucky You MosheFeingold Jun 2017 #31

The fact that you feel the need to go armed for self-defence... Spider Jerusalem Jun 2017 #21

They seem to get by with their fists pretty well Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2017 #22

Here's what you actually do: RUN AWAY! MineralMan Jun 2017 #25

Great advice, even when carrying. SQUEE Jun 2017 #35

It's important we believe your tough shit about other countries LanternWaste Jun 2017 #26

And yet, look at their homicide rate. DanTex Jun 2017 #27

Small spray bottle full of ammonia. JoeStuckInOH Jun 2017 #33

Pepper spray and knives release my inner berserker. hunter Jun 2017 #36