[Brooklyn Attitude]

A lady’s self defense keychain. Possibly the lamest assassination weapon ever.

[libstripper]

“A lady’s self defense keychain. Possibly the lamest assassination weapon ever.”

Not at all, it’s really a very effective concealed stabbing weapon. The ears are about an inch and three quarters long and are sharpened on the inside so that it can go very easily into a victim’s neck and be used very quickly to cut his carotid artery. Also, being made of resin, it’s undetectable by an ordinary metal detector and is not likely to be spotted as a weapon. That’s what would enable any perp to get very close to his potential victim. Here’s a picture of one of them that’s currently advertised:

https://poshmark.com/listing/Pink-and-black-cat-resin-selfdefense-keychains-618eed4b800f64913dbe5e62?gclid=bb35e587571b1c3e39bf875b14b6f575&gclsrc=3p.ds&utm_source=bdm&campaign_id=412848048&utm_campaign=412848048&ad_partner=bing&msclkid=bb35e587571b1c3e39bf875b14b6f575

[Howie66]

I don’t think that today’s Army is allowed to carry real fighting knives.

[piytar]

Oh I don’t know. Back when I was in college (long time ago), a campus area rapist broke into a friend’s apartment. She was maybe 105 lbs soaking wet. What he didn’t know was she was also a retired Marine who’d seen combat (in technically a non-combat role). She was deceptively strong to boot. Let’s just say when I got over to her place immediately after she called me and the cops, two things were apparent: (1) she was a bit shook up, and (2) all the blood spattered everywhere wasn’t hers. Bastard ended up in the hospital then a nice long stint in jail. Probably still there.

Her weapon: one of those cat keychains. And yeah she could have killed him with it. Easily.

[hanamizu]

A lady’s self defense keychain. Possibly the lamest assassination weapon ever.

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Yes, but he had his fingers through the holes like one would with brass knuckles. I have no idea what kind of damage it could inflict if he had been able to get off a solid punch.