So it's illegal to carry a big stick in California.

[MadHound]

I've been working in a truck stop in order to make ends meet(last day is Wed, I've got a teaching job:woohoo:).

One of the items we carry is a tire thumper. It is essentially a big stick, about three-quarters the size of a baseball bat. It is used by truckers to determine if their inside tires are flat. I've seen them here in Missouri all of my life, carried one in the glove compartment when I was driving a school bus twenty years ago.

Today I found out that they are considered to be billy clubs in California, and are illegal.

I find this to be a bit bizarre. Really, what is the purpose of outlawing a big stick? It's not going to prevent people from beating on each other, since they can still use a baseball bat, pool cue, iron pipe, length of doweling, a big stick, a 1X1, 2X4, etc.

So what is the purpose of this? It just seems like more silly nanny statism running amuck.