[marktwain]

Most bans on weapons should be revoked. The Supreme Court, in Caetano, ruled that all "bearable arms" are protected by the Second Amendment.

[ronnie raygun]

Un arming the civilian population so the thugs and Gangbanger illegals can have their way, just look at the EU

[Red Badger]

(C) a short-barrel firearm??????????...............

[familyop]

Brass knuckles? I thought, “Don’t legalize those!” Then I read, “He gives...an example of a young woman who is arrested for a keychain devise that fits the definition.”

Oh, okay. Legalize them!

[VietVet]

Unless the items on that list are more specifically defined elsewhere in the law, everything on that list is unconstitutionally vague and unenforceable. “explosive weapon?” Does that include firecrackers? Blanks? “Machine gun?” Define machine gun. “Short barreled firearm?” How short? Same length for handguns and shoulder fired guns?
“chemical disperser” Like spray cans of insecticide, cleaning fluids, bear spray, cooking oils, hair spray, whatever? “Knuckles?” Would that include any weight/rigidity reinforcement for the fist, like a roll of nickels or protective backs of work gloves? And so on...and on...and on.

ANY thing can be used as a weapon/force multiplier. You can't ban them all, and you really don't want to give the Law Enforcement Agencies and their Officers discretionary powers to decide on the spot what is a prohibited weapon and what is not.

I mean, come on, a “tire deflation device?” Every portable tire gauge includes one; any sharp pointed object IS one.

[reed13k]

Tire deflation device??? so knives, hatchets, chainsaws.....basically anything you can use to puncture a tire?

[smokingfrog]

[Beagle8U]

“a tire deflation device

Huh? That little nub on the tire gauge?

[Theodore R.]

Whenever it says “Texas Democrat”, hold on to your wallets!

[Fhios]

Brass knuckles? You ever seen somebody worked over by a brass knuckle wielding thug? The damage is medieval and permanent disfiguration is likely. Multiple jaw breaks, orbital sockets. Multiple teeth damage knocked out. Eardrum damage, permanently deaf. If they know what they’re doing they’ll know how to do maximum damage without killing you. Makes it effectively torture.

It’s worse than pistol whipping. There is no place in society that has carry and concealed carry law for brass knuckles being made legal.

[bert]

My knuckles are cast iron I believe. I also posess an excellant sap and two black jacks.

I lost my switch blades but have three or four daggers. I have a derringer with two, that is only two rounds. The are very old and might not discharge.

If the SHTF, I will saw off the barrels of one of my shotguns, probably the 16 ga but I can’t make up my mind.

My seldom used tire deflation tool is also a never used ice pick.

[wildbill]

Might as well since lots of folks are carrying nowadays. Maybe they could be weaned from pistols and go back to the weapons of olden days,