Re: Legality of stun guns and shock knives

Colin Smith wrote:
On 27 May, 03:16, "Janitor of Lunacy" <gh...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

1. Articles *manufactured* for the purpose of causing physical harm;
guns, tasers and swords clearly fall within this definition.

ok

This is I guess my problem. The shocknife is specifically designed and
manufactured to avoid causing physical harm. It's a training aid; if
you hurt yourself training, you can't train. It's important that
training is safe even within the requirement for as much realism as is
possible. Sure, you could poke someone's eye out, but it even comes
with goggles to prevent that. If you look edge on to the device in the
photos on the web site, you'll see it's blunt and made of plastic. The
device itself is physically no more dangerous than any of the existing
plastic or rubber knives which are already available. The difference
is solely the ability to apply a painful electric shock when the
"edge" is touched.

One of the prime users of these devices are the police in the US.

Thanks for the pointer to the act. My next question is so who
interprets the act, apart from the courts? I don't really fancy going
to court over the use of one of these devices, but they could be very
useful.

I suppose I should point out that it's possible to pick up a whole
load of other training gear which might be interpreted as an offensive
weapon, or not, depending on the circumstance; tonfa, sai, nunchaku,
bo and jo staffs etc.

Regards,
Colin.

Some of the above I am sure are illegal to carry in a public place (nunchuks
come to mind) in any circs. others would depend upon intended use.


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