Old 12-18-06 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by damnable
Sorry, I should have been correct and said pinch bar, they are much more compact and easier to handle.
I didn't mean have one in your hand. But one say...in the little map pocket in the side of your door. Only for self defence purposes of course. I would never think of actually attacking or threatening someone with one.
We refer to them as "persuaders" as in persuading someone to see our point of view and yes I have a similar device handy in my vehicle too. Unfortunately in the good ole USofA some people have escalated this to carrying firearms and will use them with little or no provocation. There have been several recent reports of people being shot over something as ignorant as a stolen parking spot, cut off in traffic, or "they looked at me funny" a very said commentary on the boorish behavior of the American public...not that it was all that great to begin with

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