Props to the original poster--I've never thought about looking at a situation from this perspective before, and while it's not scientific, it's an interesting and unique way to look at a situation and certainly adds a new layer of dialogue.
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surely aluminium is the way to go?
An aluminum bat to the head would greatly increase the chance that the person will be killed rather than just knocked out. I certainly disapprove of the looters and rioters, but I don't think they deserve to die.
Looter in action does not deserve to die?
Why not?
If looter was caught and is on trial - then few years in prison would be enough. But being killed while looting when police is overwhelmed - that's only fair.
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#65Thank you to the original poster.
I too suspect this is mostly people wanting to protect their homes and shops.
I sincerely hope, though, that this is not used in pro-gun rhetoric here in the US.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
This isn't thousands, it's only a few hundred. Remember, the British don't play much baseball so they would normally only be selling a handful of any given bat per day.
So, we refuse to sell bats to people who want to play baseball in the middle of the summer (the item's main and intended innocent purpose) because other people want to use them for other purposes? If you don't explicitly do that, you need to figure out a way to identify the potential nefarious users from the potential good ones. Do we allow a bat as long as you buy a mitt and a ball too? Only to people over the age o…
I believe Britain already has restrictions on knife ownership.
This is sad. Honest people resorting to ordering baseball bats on a website for their defense. Imagine that that was your grandmother left with no other option.
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest." --Ghandi
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#67As of now, there's 7000% increase in the sales of military police telescopic tonfas.
Apparently they're out of stock of them and the link is no longer working on their site.
The original link to the item is here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Military-Police-Telescopic-Tonfa-21/...
You can search for the link in Google to check out a cached copy.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surely aluminium is the way to go?
An aluminum bat to the head would greatly increase the chance that the person will be killed rather than just knocked out. I certainly disapprove of the looters and rioters, but I don't think they deserve to die.
Are you sure? I thought the nice clean knockout was a TV myth, and that any blow to the head strong enough to knock someone out is just as likely to kill them or give them serious brain damage.
Basically, don't hit someone on the head with any baseball bat unless you're willing to kill them.
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#69The 2nd in the list has: "Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks"
That's no good, at least not for the implied use case!
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
An aluminum bat to the head would greatly increase the chance that the person will be killed rather than just knocked out. I certainly disapprove of the looters and rioters, but I don't think they deserve to die.
Looter in action does not deserve to die? Why not? If looter was caught and is on trial - then few years in prison would be enough. But being killed while looting when police is overwhelmed - that's only fair.
I find your comment quite disturbing. I can get behind leaving a looter (slightly) bloody and bruised, I suppose, but the nonchalance with which you proclaim these other humans "deserve to die", and state that it's "only fair" is ... well, disturbing. That's the best word. It's disturbing.
The whole damned thing is disturbing.