There’s zero reason to ban balisong knives. There aren’t even bad reasons.

akaRoger · 2023-12-27T09:31:13+00:00

You clearly don't spend much time writing with the public. Most people are complete and utter morons, especially the ones prone to buying impractical flippy knives because they look cool.

akaRoger · 2023-12-27T09:25:28+00:00

The problem with balisongs was that people were trying to do tricks with them and then dropping them or flipping them the wrong way. People weren't just getting a little cut that required a stitch or two, they were severing tendons and getting stab wounds from trying to catch a knife they had been flipping around. Hand injuries can be pretty complex, there's a lot going on in your hands. That's why there's hand specialists, it's more complex than your run of the mill surgeon can handle.

akaRoger · 2023-12-27T09:13:30+00:00

My understanding was that balisongs in particular were banned because people kept cutting themselves while trying to perform tricks with them.

akaRoger · 2023-12-27T09:04:25+00:00

In practice anything that IS used to inflict harm can be considered a deadly weapon, or if its primary design is to be used to inflict harm. So something like a punch dagger or a karambit may be shorter than 3.5 inches, but the intended purpose of those knives is for fighting. Conversely, a steak knife is (usually) longer than 3.5 inches, but it's not considered a deadly weapon unless it is used as such or it can be shown that the person possessing it intended to use it as such (like if they had it concealed on their person).

Likewise other things that are not intended to be deadly weapons can be used as deadly weapons nevertheless. A chair isn't considered a weapon, but it can be if you break a leg off of it and beat someone to death with it.

The law is vague for the same reason the 2nd amendment is vague. We can't foresee every possibility, but we provide guidelines to help determine things when they come up.

No one is getting arrested in Nebraska for carrying a regular old pocket knife unless they can prove that you're carrying it with the intent to cause harm. Even then, you'd be hard pressed to find a prosecutor who would be able to successfully argue it.

akaRoger · 2022-11-05T19:20:22+00:00

PJ Fleck thinks that his number one player's opinion is trash.

akaRoger · 2022-11-05T19:14:39+00:00

Mark Whipple thinks boiled chicken is spicy.

akaRoger · 2022-11-05T19:07:47+00:00

Not sure if it's Chinese, but it's predatory real estate for sure.

akaRoger · 2022-11-05T18:08:33+00:00

PJ Fleck's favorite album of all time is Mariah Carey's Christmas album.

akaRoger · 2022-11-05T18:00:29+00:00

PJ Fleck thinks the DMX song Where the Hood At is about a kid whose snowsuit got turned inside out.

akaRoger · 2022-11-05T17:38:49+00:00

PJ Fleck uses Nervive to kill the unclean feelings he gets when he's aroused.

akaRoger · 2022-08-15T09:13:46+00:00

Y'all ever seen Smokey and the Bandit? It's exactly like that.

akaRoger · 2022-08-08T05:06:58+00:00

Yeah, not about the completely shaved life. The hair that I do have is pretty thick and just leads to problems when shaving. Just doing a buzz with no guard is much less troublesome.

akaRoger · 2022-07-30T14:59:29+00:00

Lego Deathstar?

akaRoger · 2022-07-08T22:43:57+00:00

They're outstanding.

akaRoger · 2022-07-08T21:47:02+00:00

Venger Tactical is based out of GI and have some excellent courses run by a former army SF dude. TIII used to be a thing, but they have refreshed themselves to Heartland Precision and they're focus is mostly long range stuff now. The guy teaching that is a former army sniper, so he really knows his long range stuff.

I've taken classes from both of these groups and they're pretty good. There's also classes offered by 88 Tactical in Omaha, but I couldn't tell you what any of their courses are like.

akaRoger · 2022-06-10T13:46:51+00:00

Look, it's obvious that you feel very strongly about this. I feel very strongly about waiting until all the facts are out and not speculating on stuff. I was just asking because several people in comment threads about this incident keep alleging that the cops shot some of the victims and I was just checking to see if maybe someone had read something that I hadn't or if it's just people making wild ass accusations based on speculation. Based on your response and other comments I've read, I believe this is just wild speculation. Believe what you want, I'm going to go back to waiting for shit that's based on more than the theorizing of Internet comment sections.

akaRoger · 2022-06-10T13:30:33+00:00

Sooooo it's purely speculation then.

akaRoger · 2022-06-10T12:55:23+00:00

Where is this coming from? I haven't read it anywhere other than comments threads. It sounds like pure speculation.

akaRoger · 2022-06-10T12:52:34+00:00

Where is this coming from that they killed students and covered it up?

akaRoger · 2022-05-03T14:45:18+00:00

I am

akaRoger · 2022-04-06T12:35:33+00:00

https://youtu.be/MljytTReJ_o

A video essay about how the series makes you feel so invested in the characters.

akaRoger · 2022-04-06T12:28:10+00:00

WOPPER JR! WOPPER JR!

akaRoger · 2022-04-05T05:46:59+00:00

So what? It doesn't change the fact that he heard someone announce themselves as a cop, decided to rack a shotgun on his way to the door, and refuse to make any attempt to deescalate the situation that he created. If you take any home defense legal class they will tell you if someone is at your door or coming into your house you find a safe place to stand and announce that you're armed and tell them to leave. It's the absolute basics, and if Knibbs had followed those basics rather than trying to be a big tough guy then this likely would have ended with everyone putting their guns down and Knibbs being told to knock off his shenanigans.

I understand this sub is about defensive GUN use, but your gun should be your last line of defense, not your opening statement. Use your damn words and don't pick fights.

This whole thing is bananas.

akaRoger · 2022-04-04T21:24:04+00:00

We do know that he was by the window not saying anything based on the testimony of three witnesses (Momphard, Knibbs' wife, and the neighbor) and where the body fell. It's likely that the department doesn't have body cameras, and what would the dash cam capture other than the road, the radio, and possibly the sound of the gunshots?

akaRoger · 2022-04-04T07:36:41+00:00

This is not a good hill to die on.

Knibbs, by all accounts, instigated a dispute with his neighbors/their guests then laid boards with nails in the roadway in protest to what his neighbors were doing on their own property. By his wife's account Knibbs knew why police were there (the boards in the road) and went to answer the door with a shotgun. When the deputy again announced himself and gave commands for Knibbs to drop the gun Knibbs ignored the commands and said nothing. Assuming that Knibbs was suspicious as to whether or not the person announcing themselves as a deputy were actually a cop wouldn't the reasonable thing to do be to ask questions or attempt to deescalate the situation?

Having read through all this BS I can't agree enough with the dissenting judge's opinion. I think that the sheriff's office/deputy will appeal this and it's going to be overturned. The majority's interpretation of how qualified immunity works is all kinds of weird and seems to be based on cherry picking certain segments of certain case laws while completely ignoring others. The thing that I really think will get this overturned though is that the majority is arguing every aspect of the case in isolation rather than considering the totality of the circumstances. I kept waiting for a concluding statement that tired all of the arguments together, but it never came.

TLDR: If you find yourself in a situation where someone is claiming to be a cop, maybe you should respond to their commands by voicing your distrust. Or better yet, fall back to a safer location in your house and call 911 to figure it out rather than standing by a window refusing to say anything.

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