Now that Billy Clubb is ok, guess I can start hanging out with Billy Bob and Billy Joe again !
Al Neri approves of this postInstead of a dedicated billy club...carry a MagLight. "Who they can't blind they can bludgeon."
Truth.It's not a billy club, officer. It's just a piece of rebar I'm studying since I'm thinking of redoing my mom's patio retaining wall.
A Maglite is too heavy for me when I'm walking the dog.Instead of a dedicated billy club...carry a MagLight. "Who they can't blind they can bludgeon."
FWIW, I've seen dogs shrug off an ASP strike to the head and keep coming. I haven't yet seen on shrug off pepper spray.An expandable ASP would be a good option if while walking your dog you get beset by one or two stray dogs, which has happened to me more than once. And those were not nice experiences. And I'm not talking about yapper dogs.
The ol’ noggin knocker. I’ve ruined about 5 of the 4D or 5D Maglights by using Duracell batteries that leaked and ruined the internals (aboud Duracells like the plague now). Stopped buying them years ago, with today’s LED and new fangled batteries, do they still make/sell Maglights? I’d buy another one if I didn’t have to use alkaline D-cell batteries.Instead of a dedicated billy club...carry a MagLight. "Who they can't blind they can bludgeon."
Thank you for the info, I've contemplated pepper spray. It's quite the challenge when you have a GSD on a leash that takes two hands to control, with two similar sized dogs running in aggressively and then splitting L and R to try to attack.FWIW, I've seen dogs shrug off an ASP strike to the head and keep coming. I haven't yet seen on shrug off pepper spray.
A Maglite is too heavy for me when I'm walking the dog.
An expandable ASP would be a good option if while walking your dog you get beset by one or two stray dogs, which has happened to me more than once. And those were not nice experiences. And I'm not talking about yapper dogs.
The ol’ noggin knocker. I’ve ruined about 5 of the 4D or 5D Maglights by using Duracell batteries that leaked and ruined the internals (aboud Duracells like the plague now). Stopped buying them years ago, with today’s LED and new fangled batteries, do they still make/sell Maglights? I’d buy another one if I didn’t have to use alkaline D-cell batteries.
"Sap"Lots of names for this. I always heard police refer to it as a "nightstick."
"Truncheon" sounds like what a British Bobby carries instead of a gun.
"Baton" sounds like something teenage girls twirl and throw in the air.
"Blackjack" brings to mind a billy club carried by ruffians.
Monadnock Big Stick FTWPR-24. It's not just a highway in Puerto Rico.
When I was a kid a took a piece of rubber hose, drilled a hole through near one end for the leather thong to go through, filled it with lead shot and glued tubber stopers in each end, finally I wrapped it in electrical tape. Never had to use it in self defense but it seemed like it would make an impression.Is it weighted at the end? Cool trunchon.
Below is my homemade version. IIRC I used a 2-3oz lead sinker fitted to a threaded rod that was then inserted into a steel spring and covered with electrical tape. I use it for knocking down big Salmon while fishing.
It's about 18" long; G19 for size comparison. Would fit nicely with the Baltimore police confiscation thread.
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Now there's a blast from the past.I'm from Baltimore
It's not a Billy Club
It's a Espantoon
You have to train with an ASP before using it or it will just get you into trouble.A Maglite is too heavy for me when I'm walking the dog.
An expandable ASP would be a good option if while walking your dog you get beset by one or two stray dogs, which has happened to me more than once. And those were not nice experiences. And I'm not talking about yapper dogs.
Truth be told IDK if CA LEO's would GAF if you used an illegal billy to defend yourself/your dog from another stray dog. But they may and that exposure is more risk than some want to accept. Plus, the liability if it's an aggressive loose dog that get's his ass beat with an illegal billy.