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Old 08-26-2002, 11:12 AM   #135
MaggieL
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Quote:
Originally posted by jaguar

As for baseball bats...they're rather hard to conceal.
Yes, but a perp doesn't *need* to conceal them. Or many other things usable as a bludgeon.

A blackjack or sap won't show on a magnetic scan any more than a polymer/ceramic blade will. As time goes on you folks are going to get a detailed education in non-ferrous weapons. Not that the bad guys won't have firearms too. They just won't need them as much. Mostly to use on each other, I would imagine.

You had to shorten "armed with a firearm" to "firearmed" because you belabor the distinction way beyond its significance....if an assailant is vastly better-armed than you are, where you both fall on the escalation continuum won't matter much in terms of outcomes.

You can't even have CS, eh? How nice.
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