Reply #40: How often have you carried [View All]

[tburnsten]

a heavy six inch long tube in your front pocket? Sure you can find pants which you may be able to fit a closed baton into, but fitting it into your pocket is not equal to concealing it. big objects like the batons and pistols don't carry in pockets well because they have a tendency to swing freely and be very noticeable and uncomfortable, and that doesn't jive with the idea that they are banned because they are C-O-N-C-E-A-L-A-B-L-E, sure it is concealable if it is carried in a bag off-body, but either way, what is so inherently dangerous about a telescoping baton anyway? Why is it worse than any other blunt object?

UK laws don't seem to be heavily grounded in reality.