In this country you're not entitled to carry weapons no - there's no point having a go at me for the laws of my country *lmao*. You are of course entitled to defend yourselves - poinsoning and shooting not being defensive, but unecessary and over here thankfully illegal. An umbrella can be highly effective, I've used one against an EBT that was intent on having a go at Dharma and it worked well (it was a strong umbrella), but it was only a suggestion. Any legal alternatives?
I'm sorry Kathy, I didn't mean to make it sound like a shot at you, I'm just amazed something like this situation isn't just taken care of locally, without it becoming some sort of legal situation. I am aware of many of the laws concerning weapons over there.
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A gurkha is pretty extreme, being a combat knife. I hear knifes are becoming a big problem over there since they have an almost complete ban on firearms.. Hope they don't consider a swiss army knife a weapon, I've been carrying one for more years than I can remember, it's a tool that gets used daily.
I had to google Impulse spray to figure out what it is. Try a squirt bottle with some ammonia, it's a legal cleaning product, you probably have some from doing a fishless cycle.
This is legal, and would work wonders on dogs or other lowlifes;
http/www.canemasters.co.uk/
Better than an umbrella, you can find them cheap used at garage sales & such. Check out an established martial arts school for some training, I would rather have something like that going up against a dog or thug with a knife.
Unfortunately, sometimes nasty dogs have to be dealt with aggressively. I was off work 6 years ago, smashed a finger in a piece of machinery. My dog starts going ballistic out in the yard early in the afternoon. I go out to see what the problem is, nothing out there. I go out the gate, and look down the driveway. There stands 2 of the biggest, most beautiful Great Danes I have ever seen. They heard me, turned around, and went into stalk mode, coming towards me with the ears flattened, tail out straight. I'm 6", 220#, and know when I'm outnumbered. I slowly walked backwards, keeping control of my sphincter, got back inside the gate, grabbed my dog & got inside. These dogs could have easily cleared my 4" fence.
Once inside I yelled to my daughter, who was off work that day, to stay inside. Spray or a stick isn't going to do much against 2 dogs this size. A 12 gauge will. I look out the back they're not there. I look out the front, they are bounding down the street, clearing 40 foot lots in 3 leaps, heading towards their house, the one with the 8' fence. Good place for them.
Thank God it didn't happen a couple of hours later. Behind my house is a High School, 800+ kids.
