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Extendable Baton

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  • 08-04-2015 11:49am
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    Fuseman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 158 ✭✭


    Hey Folks

    Just wondering if someone could point me in the direction of where I could purchase one of these. Had a visitor from a burglar the other night. Just want to have it close in case it happens again.

    FM


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    empacher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭empacher


    as far as i know their illegal to have. i suggest a hurly or a baseball bat.


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    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Why does it need to be extendable? :confused:


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    Gulliver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭Gulliver


    Unfortunately, they're classed as an illegal weapon: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=82200402.

    Maybe a big ol' hurl might be better?


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    Gulliver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭Gulliver


    Bambi wrote: »
    Why does it need to be extendable? :confused:

    For the psychological effect of it snapping open, maybe?


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    Fuseman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 158 ✭✭Fuseman


    Easy to store/hide? As far as I know its illegal to have them as a weapon? Practically every taxi driver has one in his car


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    pah
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    Of you clobbered someone with a bat and accidentally caught them in the head, they fell and died - you would have grounds in relation to self defence.

    If the same thing happened with a metal extendable baton you might still be able to prove the self defence but you might have to answer to a charge under the offensive weapons act. It's an indictable offence so on conviction bye bye foreign visa or any form of vetting of you are involved in martial arts.

    Forget about it.


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    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Gulliver wrote: »
    Unfortunately, they're classed as an illegal weapon: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=82200402.

    Maybe a big ol' hurl might be better?

    Kids hurl, big ones are a hoor to swing indoors


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    wiskyjack
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    I personally have one which is purchased a long time ago in spain. But as stated if it used you will face charges.

    Best advice is can give is find a club like ornament object. Hang it on a wall, and if you ever need it you can easily explain it. Ie you heard someone in the house and grabbed the nearest thing for the protection of your family.


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    Gulliver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭Gulliver


    wiskyjack wrote: »
    I personally have one which is purchased a long time ago in spain. But as stated if it used you will face charges.

    Best advice is can give is find a club like ornament object. Hang it on a wall, and if you ever need it you can easily explain it. Ie you heard someone in the house and grabbed the nearest thing for the protection of your family.

    Or the *ahem* wobbly melee weapon from GTA and Saints Row. Y'know the one I mean - sure most people have one lying around :pac:.


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    wiskyjack
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭wiskyjack


    Gulliver wrote: »
    Or the *ahem* wobbly melee weapon from GTA and Saints Row. Y'know the one I mean - sure most people have one lying around :pac:.

    Lol.

    I know when sempreit tyres was in Dublin, the lads used to get the extruded rubber and make clubs out of them. You could bend it in two but when hit with it it felt like a solid bat. My father was given one years ago and I had the pleasure of using it across the back after a scum bags legs as he was jumping over my back wall.


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    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭cletus


    Buy yourself a 4 D-cell Maglite and keep it beside your bed. It's practical, and I'd you do ever have to use it, it doesn't look like you grabbed a weapon, just a torch to have a look around when you heard a noise.

    Grabbing a Hurley or bat, shows intent afaik


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