WTF Judge calls for hammer ban after death of Johnathan Thurston's uncle Richard Saunders
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lol'd
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to eileenbunny again.
what if random punk is walking to a buddy's house to help him hang some punk pictures on the wall?
or maybe he's not on shift but decided to buy a spiffy new hammer for work the next day and chose not to use a shopping bag as it would be wasteful
wait, you have to have a legitimate reason to carry a rock?
what size rock? can it be a pebble? can it be any shape? why would anyone need to prove a legitimate reason to carry a screwdriver?
wait, you have to have a legitimate reason to carry a rock?
why would anyone need to prove a legitimate reason to carry a screwdriver?
If you are carrying anything that seems dangerous and you have no good reason to have it on you at the time, then they will take it off you. Depending on how threatening the object was, you may or may not face charges.
according to who? and would he have to explain it to a cop?
i thought your country was supposed to be tough. afraid of screwdrivers?
In the UK you can be charged with carrying an offensive weapon. This could be anything that a 'reasonable' person would interpret as 'offensive' (meaning for attack as opposed to maybe offending). You would only be found guilty if there was (in the magistrate's opinion) no good reason for you to be carrying the item. Poeple have been found guilty for carrying without good reason, machetes, screwdrivers, swords etc. Having a hammer on you when out drinking could certainly fall foul of this law.
eileenbunny
Druish Princess
That's just silly and really not easily enforced. "Why are you carrying this rock?" "I liked it because it's shiny!" How many kids pick up a rock or a stick for no apparent reason and carry it around until they are bored with it? I once carried a hammer around in my purse for a month because I had stuck it in there while my mother was moving and never removed it. Nobody said anything to me. Of course, I didn't attack anyone with it. And that's really the point isn't it? Don't attack people.
Syrup Beaver
pants log
Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski
Clam whisperer
Syrup Beaver
pants log
I guess you'd have to ban me entirely, since my 400+ lbs of greasy lardness blocks out the sun and causes severe vitamin D deficiency, leading to osteoporosis and devastating slip and fall injuries.
eileenbunny
Druish Princess
Yeah but the third post in the thread did allude to that so I thought it was covered.
geologist carrying rock samples.wait, you have to have a legitimate reason to carry a rock?
why would anyone need to prove a legitimate reason to carry a screwdriver?
Archaeologist testing durability of flint axes and spears.