• OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’ve never understood this.

    Seems so impractical, compared to carrying knuckles, a gun, and a knife.

    What are you supposed to do, start with the knuckles and flip the thing open into gun mode if things go south? It’s incredibly fussy.

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      4 months ago

      I’m thinking it’s mostly a weapon of intimidation, personally, but what I don’t know about pre-WW1 French gangsters fills libraries, lmao

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        4 months ago

        Seems like the kind of thing that might be created to circumvent a poorly written law. Like the Gandalf AK meme; ‘ANY knife under 6in is legal’ kind of nonsense.

        Amended: ‘ANY knife under 6in without a gun barrel is legal

        Response: (image)

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      4 months ago

      It’s probably supposed to be concealed so you get to carry one thing. Either knuckles a gun or a knife, this allows you to not have to choose before you gool out at least.
      Granted if you think you may need a gun, why not just bring a real one that you can conceal. I don’t know.