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Police tell people targeted by robberies: Fight back with an umbrella
standard.co.uk ^ | 06/21/2016 | BARNEY DAVIS AND SOPHIA SLEIGH

Posted on 06/21/2016 6:54:19 AM PDT by massmike

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To: BuffaloJack

Not in Britain, not anymore in an effective way. You cannot carry a weapon with you.

If you are targeted by multiple assailants, or people bigger, younger, tougher - well too bad, so sad.

The State’s desire for a disarmed population trumps all else.


41 posted on 06/21/2016 7:19:18 AM PDT by marktwain
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42 posted on 06/21/2016 7:19:53 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012 (q15.)
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To: silverleaf

Yobs without jobs


43 posted on 06/21/2016 7:22:15 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Sacajaweau
IIRC, no handguns in UK.

Effectively, yes.

And that's why I'm not in UK. In WV I can carry my SIG-Sauer openly, or concealed, without having to ask permission from Big Nanny Gummint.

44 posted on 06/21/2016 7:22:40 AM PDT by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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To: massmike

I hope they mean “stick the bumbershoot up the bad guy’s butt and open it”. Because that would actually make some sense.


45 posted on 06/21/2016 7:24:17 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: HiTech RedNeck

That’s how hubby uses wasp spray. He burns the nests when he finds one.


46 posted on 06/21/2016 7:24:43 AM PDT by sheana
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To: massmike

The non-violent people have been disarmed, while the violent criminals haven’t.


47 posted on 06/21/2016 7:39:23 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam mandates warfare against unbelievers and is absolutely incompatible with Western society.)
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48 posted on 06/21/2016 7:41:29 AM PDT by Heart-Rest (I'm right 97% of the time. Who cares about the other 4%?)
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To: massmike

Ban Umbrellas. Get those dangerous weapons off the streets.


49 posted on 06/21/2016 7:45:53 AM PDT by PAR35
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50 posted on 06/21/2016 7:50:55 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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If they are going to concede the point that the police can’t protect citizens and so citizens need to arm themselves, they’ve lost the gun control battle. Why should a 75 year old woman have to arm herself with keys and an umbrella to fend off a 200 pound 20 year old thug? Why shouldn’t she have the right to level the playing field with a gun?


51 posted on 06/21/2016 7:53:42 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: massmike

I have something even better to fight back with...my Glock 23, with two spare mags. That gives me 40 chances to neutralize any threat.


52 posted on 06/21/2016 7:53:51 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: massmike
Here's some "how-to" videos, for umbrella or cane self-defense...

How to Use an Umbrella as a Weapon | Self-Defense

Self-defense with everyday items: cane/umbrella

Self-defense: Unbreakable Umbrella from Real-Self-Defense.com

(Plenty more videos like that out there on youtube, and there are many books and dvd's on those subjects available on Amazon, for anyone who might be interested.)
53 posted on 06/21/2016 7:59:41 AM PDT by Heart-Rest (I'm right 97% of the time. Who cares about the other 4%?)
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To: massmike

Britain seems to have the worst cops in the West.


54 posted on 06/21/2016 8:23:46 AM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost, like tears in rain.)
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To: massmike
...they should arm themselves with “keys and umbrellas” after a string of street robberies.

Since this is New jersey and I'm not well enough connected to obtain a carry permit, when I am forced to walk through a sketchy area I hold my keys in my left hand with an inch or so of several protruding between my fingers. If I am assaulted the target is the side of the neck of the assailant, the brachial plexus.

Question: If I am attacked and respond as planned, and the assailant is killed, is it a case of premeditated homicide?

55 posted on 06/21/2016 8:46:53 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
No hunting umbrellas. In fact it's about time the animals were given umbrellas to fight back. Also if it is not raining umbrellas need to be locked at home in an umbrella safe. Except for light sun mshad umbrellas that can be allowed on a sunny day if one purchases a license.

the terrorists win unless we ban umbrellas. But the least we can do is make sure umbrella use is limited to the very minimum. If you are against that then your worse than Hitler.

56 posted on 06/21/2016 9:09:28 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: AndyTheBear

May some entrepreneurs should invent an umbrella that fires bullets!!! It could be a huge seller!!!


57 posted on 06/21/2016 9:12:08 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
It was a toss-up between the Penguin or Mary Poppins.....


58 posted on 06/21/2016 10:47:18 AM PDT by massmike (1969:Man walks on moon. 2016:Men can use the ladies room. That's progress????)
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To: Enchante
Yes - one of these:

They'll go down. Oh yes they will...

59 posted on 06/21/2016 10:51:32 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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