Looks very similar to the Autolock I occasionally use- just has a bit more rubber on the end.
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Prevention of Crime Act 1953
Any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on him, has with him in any public place any offensive weapon shall be guilty of an offence
Offensive weapon:
means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, OR INTENDED by the person having it with him for such use by him .
So the steering lock is a legitimate article but when it is wielded about by a Chav in an incident of road rage intending to injure then it becomes and offensive weapon.
dvd
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I used to get turned out in the small hours to some pretty rough areas of Manchester. I used to carry a 2ft length of steel tube with a rubber handgrip. It was attached with tool clips horizontally to the drivers seat support next to the door. I was a lot more confident with it by me in some places I went.......It was only the handle to the trolley jack I kept under the seat. Just a tool... unless purpose changed with circumstances. I suspect the largest Magnalite torches have the same dual function.
Ted
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means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person OR INTENDED by the person having it with him for such use by him .
made... e.g. sword
adapted... e.g. potato with razor blades in it for throwing at a football match
intended...virtually anything, depends what you say and the circumstances of your possession
so the baseball bat in the boot, with gloves, kids in the car on the way to the park to play ball games...no problem
baseball bat by leg, in car, midnight, you're stopped doing your drug deal....well you've got some explaining to do
mind you the CPS will drop it and/or some Govt guideline somewhere will suggest a non custodial sentence anyway....so fill your boots
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Ever come across any baseball players in your years in the Job WP ?
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In the correct hands an umbrella is a better weapon than a baseball bat.
The technique for defending yourself is to hold it with both hands and thrust it into your assailant (choose something soft and squidgy), and withdraw it quickly - rinse and repeat keeping yourself on the back foot or advance as allowed - with a swinging weapon you get one shot, and if you have multiple assailants you lose.
Even a baseball bat is a better weapon used as a thrusting item than as a swinging club for the same reason - once you've swung, that's your 'shot' over.
Edit: I guess a Skoda Superb or a RR Phantom must be the most 'defensible' car then... ;-)
Edited by Lygonos on 18/03/2009 at 23:34
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Ever come across any baseball players in your years in the Job WP ?
loads....amazing that an American sport like that would be so popular over here...surprised we don't have academies and such like
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Leef - oldest 'defence' in the book. Don't count on it, loads of people have lost with that one.
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It goes with how you look-bought a pick-axe handle at a market in Bath and spent the next few hours wandering around the shopping centre and in and out of shops-no-one even blinked.Few months later bought an axe in Colchester;again no problems.
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