In one case the punk backed off when I had it cocked back for a good two handed swing and I told him " Come one step closer and I'm going to break both your knees!" he obviously felt his kitchen knife was not up to open combat. both times itactually never came to blows because of the cowardly nature of criminals. In the 36 years I've been carrying a blackthorn I've twice used it too defend myself. So I carry a stick and some pepper spray and hope for the best. Yet I am not about to walk the streets unarmed just because some bleeding heart politicians feel an armed citizen is a threat. I have lived in a place where there is no chance of a CCW, and I doubt there will be in my life. Do we care what others may think if we feel the need to defend ourselves in these P.C. But then we have to ask ourselves a practical qestion. I admit I may have felt a bit different, if at age 30 I did not have a severe injury to my right ankle that was gong to be long lasting in effect. The hell with it, lets find some old fogy. Two heck, thats not a cane, he's carrying a head knocker and it looks like he can give us some trouble. One he looks kind of young to be on a stick, and that does not look like a normal cane. They will look and think one of a couple of things. People are not as observant as one may think. At 45 you may have pushed it a bit too hard in a hot handball game. One, like you said, when you see someone younger with a cane you think maybe sports injury. That said, I don't think you would look as out of place with a blackthorn as you may think. An old person on a cane does not offer threat of resistance as a healthy younger adult. A child does not offer the same possable threat of resistance as a adult woman. They are looking for a quick easy target that is no threat to themselves. I'll have to think about it.Ĭlick to expand.I'm inclined to believe that criminals are just like wolves or any other preditors. I might even be less likely to surrender my wallet to someone holding a gun. I think if I had a blackthorn walking stick and were approached by a mugger holding a knife, I might be less likely to surrender my wallet. Such people look very vulnerable to me, even though they're carrying what could be a very effective weapon. Many of the elderly I see with canes can barely move, let alone walk. I fear a cane would look out of place, though I must admit, when I see someone in their 30s walking with a cane, I just assume they've sprained something, or torn something, or whatever. There's a bit of gray in my hair, but no hint in my movement that I would need a cane. I'd love a blackthorn walking stick, but I fear it just wouldn't look right. Maybe someone can chime in with the lowdown.īut back to sticks. It made me wonder whether there are more pedaphiles than there are rapists who prefer adult women, or whether children are simply easier victims. When I checked my local sex-offender registry, it seemed to me that the overwhelming majority of crimes were against children.
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