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Alright so I'm an incoming 21 yro male student in the harlem/morningside area. I used to live in a high-crime zone so I actually own 2 stun-guns and a few switchblades.
Now, I know for a fact that switchblades are illegal in NYC so I'll leave them at home.
But what about my stun-guns, pepper spray, and a (legal) spring-operated knife? (7 inch blade). That one is legal because I got it at a Home Depot store back home haha.
I know there were like, 1000-2000 crimes/homocides last year or something in NYC? I do plan on going out to bars and hitting the clubs after class.
So I was wondering....does anyone else carry self-defense weapons here? Are they even legal? I don't plan to carry guns or anything, but does anyone else walk around at night carrying a handgun to protect themselves? What about stun-guns?
So I was wondering....does anyone else carry self-defense weapons here? Are they even legal? I don't plan to carry guns or anything, but does anyone else walk around at night carrying a handgun to protect themselves?
Unless they're some kind of criminal or EXTREMELY paranoid, probably not. The risk of getting arrested for carrying a concealed firearm is too great. People carrying guns around here are probably doing it for a different type of self-defense than what you're talking about. stay out of trouble, you won't need to.
switchblades and gravity knives are illegal without a license statewide, you won't find them in Home Depots here, I believe, so stick to I dunno, a sharpened pocket knife if it makes you feel better. ::shrug?::
Alright so I'm an incoming 21 yro male student in the harlem/morningside area. I used to live in a high-crime zone so I actually own 2 stun-guns and a few switchblades.
Now, I know for a fact that switchblades are illegal in NYC so I'll leave them at home.
But what about my stun-guns, pepper spray, and a (legal) spring-operated knife? (7 inch blade). That one is legal because I got it at a Home Depot store back home haha.
I know there were like, 1000-2000 crimes/homocides last year or something in NYC? I do plan on going out to bars and hitting the clubs after class.
So I was wondering....does anyone else carry self-defense weapons here? Are they even legal? I don't plan to carry guns or anything, but does anyone else walk around at night carrying a handgun to protect themselves? What about stun-guns?
There were not 1000-2000 homicides. More like 600.
Are you afraid someone will try to kill you and you will defend yourself with a knife? Or do you just want to scare them when they try to steal your wallet?
I'm just unclear on the motivation behind carrying these things and how you think you might utilize a knife if you have the opportunity.
Alright so I'm an incoming 21 yro male student in the harlem/morningside area. I used to live in a high-crime zone so I actually own 2 stun-guns and a few switchblades.
Now, I know for a fact that switchblades are illegal in NYC so I'll leave them at home.
But what about my stun-guns, pepper spray, and a (legal) spring-operated knife? (7 inch blade). That one is legal because I got it at a Home Depot store back home haha.
I know there were like, 1000-2000 crimes/homocides last year or something in NYC? I do plan on going out to bars and hitting the clubs after class.
So I was wondering....does anyone else carry self-defense weapons here? Are they even legal? I don't plan to carry guns or anything, but does anyone else walk around at night carrying a handgun to protect themselves? What about stun-guns?
Wow have you been watching too much of those violent movies about NYC lately? A lot of it is fiction and some of it might be reality, but no need to carry so much paranoid protection. Those crime numbers seem big, but there are 8 million people here, plus almost 40 million tourists and millions more of commuters a year, and most of them are no victims of crime. The most likely thing that can happen to you (but it might never happen) is been robbed. But Please just give them what they want, if you try to defend your self you might jeopordize your life in the process.
Well, just browsing through the forum alone, I see at least 20-40 of you who's been "mugged" or "robbed' or "pick-pocketed."
I'm new here, so I don't know what the reality is, but wasn't recently a Columbia student was randomly beaten up by a gang and died after running into traffic?
With the number of pickpocketing and mugging, it kind of irritates me and annoys me to walk out and feel that any group of guys walking towards me is going to stick their hands in my pocket and grab my credit card or put a real/fake gun to my back and demand my wallet. If anything like that happens, I was just going to pull out a knife of my own and demand my wallet back. I mean, understand a lot of people live in poverty, and I give loads of cash to homeless guys all the time (remember, I used to live in a high crime area). If you want cash and you're poor, all you have to do is walk up to me and say "hey, can you spare some change?" and I'll give it to you. But if you walk up to me with a knife and say "give me your wallet or I'll cut your throat," I'll most likely return the favor with my own weapons and say "give me my wallet back, or I'll cut YOUR throat."
If you are that paranoid, stay where you are, jeez.
"give me your wallet or i'll cut your throat"??? You're watching too much TV.
My friend grew up in NYC and he said he's been mugged every year, since he was 15. He's 23 now and he said the first time, a group of 3 black guys (not to sound racist here) approached him by the subway, pointed a gun to his face, and demanded his wallet.
I don't know...maybe it's really not this bad in NYC...but if someone points a gun to my face in complete darkness where no one is around, I'd be pretty scared I'd get shot, even after giving them my wallet.
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