Brass Knuckle Umbrella is a Class 5 Weapon - Gizmodo Comments

Brass Knuckle Umbrella is a Class 5 Weapon

DONAR — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:12:51 EDT

Meh. As a lifelong Victorian I dare you to show me ANYTHING that the Vic Police couldn't classify as a Class 5 weapon.

We can't even have replica swords or guns, so how is an umbrella with a novelty handle going to be let through? There was a news article a while back boasting of a huge haul of dangerous weapons intercepted at Customs, but the picture was a guy in a suit with a table full of Chinese fantasy sword knockoffs. I was dumbfounded. Never mind the fact that you can do more damage with a small steak knife, we've managed to make sure that people aren't walking the streets with big shiny pretend weapons that would just as likely bend in half as hurt someone.

Did I mention we're still waiting for an R rating for games too?

*sigh*Enjoy your cool toys America. Apparently we aren't grown up enough to have them yet.

DONAR

Brass Knuckle Umbrella is a Class 5 Weapon

AdmNaismith — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:17:24 EDT

I read 'Victorian Police' and thought this was our daily dose of Steam Punk. Prolly should be 'Victoria Police'.

AdmNaismith

Brass Knuckle Umbrella is a Class 5 Weapon

dsuse — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:29:12 EDT

CANES are not illegal; you can always carry and use a cane, particularly if you have a "training injury". Learn a few hanbo techniques; multiple attackers with knives = 0, hanbo = 1.

dsuse

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Crescent — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:18:23 EDT

@bosskev: very nice one!!! :) I can picture it now too LOL

Crescent

Brass Knuckle Umbrella is a Class 5 Weapon

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:54:15 EDT

Typical Victorians. This from the country that goes through winter every day.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

Brass Knuckle Umbrella is a Class 5 Weapon

kosikutioner — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:40:38 EDT

@capiendo: Cool product. Too bad the only thing I learned is that the President of the Philippines is an easy target.

[www.real-self-defense.com]

kosikutioner

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slack_jawed_yokel — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:28:55 EDT

Yeah, this was in Vice Magazine like 2 years ago. I've seen the designer of it at out local cinema one night, my girlfriend pointed him out. Then we tried to stifle our laughter because of how short he was, and his uber geeky ways. He does need a knuckleduster on his mary poppins umbrella.

slack_jawed_yokel

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capiendo — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:44:33 EDT

i think this umbrella is better for self-defense:
[www.real-self-defense.com]

capiendo

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Mith — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:37:06 EDT

Feels like something Chuck Norris would use when it rains... blood

Mith

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Set to evil — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:21:18 EDT

This is for someone who really hates the rain!

Set to evil

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Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:00:57 EDT

@thirdgen: That's why I'd just wrap some thick cables around my fingers when I clench a fist. I can do damage without damaging my hand, and unravel it and have nothing but harmless, gentle computer cables.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

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Xenobiologista — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:28:29 EDT

If I wanted a covert weapon umbrella I'd just get a regular one with a metal tip and grind it to a point.

Actually, next time I move to a big city I may do that to stab perverts on the subway. (guy grinding against me in a crowded train == UGH)

Xenobiologista

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Hello_Newman — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:36:12 EDT

This isn't going to win any awards for being subtle. I think the concealed sword umbrella that comes out with a twist of the handle is less likely to get you busted. Even one with a knife concealed would be very handy in a pinch. Unless that knuckle handle comes off I wouldn't think you could throw a very fast punch with the rest of it attached.

Hello_Newman

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sqeakytoy of the apocalypse — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:44:30 EDT

@sqeakytoy of the apocalypse: *sigh... *to take the leap. Man I need a new lappy. Maybe they will have one in the next wootoff.

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

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sqeakytoy of the apocalypse — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:43:19 EDT

Actually, all it needs to toake the leap from crap to freakin cool would be a quick release button that dropped the shaft and left you with just the knuckles in play. recover your shaft (!!!) after bustin a few skulls.

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

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Gary_7vn — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:32:06 EDT

A: You might want to make sure that the tip on your umbrella is not quite so sharp.
Q: Why?
A: Because if you ever try to use it on somebody he's going to shove it up your ass.

If this is a "weapon" it is a terrible stupid unbalanced unwieldy mindless blech of a weapon.

A large rock would be much more effective.

Gary_7vn

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Gary_7vn — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:28:33 EDT

Peh! That's not an umbrella! This is an umbrella!
[www.giantumbrellacompany.com]

Gary_7vn

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gyffes — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:27:38 EDT

Open or closed, the umbrella will drag and basically render it useless as a conventional knuckle duster.

It's visually appealing and, I concur, likely a great weapon when held by the shaft.

FrankenPC, that's just the sorta subversive CRAZYtalk that'll have the PatriotAct people all over you.

gyffes

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Gary_7vn — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:25:37 EDT

They'll pry my umbrella from my cold, dead, wet, hands...

Gary_7vn

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Crim Law Geek — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:25:07 EDT

Assuming no other criminal conduct, possession of this in New York constitutes Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 4th Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor. NYPL §265.01 (2008). That means you could get up to a year in jail for being caught with one of these in New York.

/ The more you know!

Crim Law Geek

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ripfire — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:59:23 EDT

@FrankenPC: It all just means that we need guns. Lots of guns.

ripfire

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Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:37:37 EDT

Steel nipple piping should be a class 5 weapon as well, because i can bludgeon the hell out of someone with it.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

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BlindKarma — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:16:27 EDT

It's a good thing they didn't notice the machine gun in the shaft. But are Austrailans worried the Penguin might attack with his legion of umbrella carrying rogues?

@FrankenPC: I agree and I don't understand how the simple logic is lost on ppl.

BlindKarma

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Amiash Loves You — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:58:34 EDT

I dont mean to be one of the douches who says its "old news" but i think i saw this one already.....Here?? I'm not sure.

BTW

if it ever be on production I'll grab one and give it as a gift to my -so-fragile-if-ever-happens-my-future-seems-so-far-away-that-I-think-it-will-never-happen-anyway boyfriend.

Amiash Loves You

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forrestcook — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:47:57 EDT

i want one. so badly.

forrestcook

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bosskev — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:33:13 EDT

I can picture Monty Python-esque gangs of grannies brandishing these.

bosskev

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strider_mt2k — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:29:12 EDT

That's why you should stick to the umbrellas that emit poisonous gases.

To poison their asses...

strider_mt2k

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MangoGeuse — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:27:32 EDT

looks like it'd be more lethal if you held it by the umbrella and whacked someone over the head with the knuckle end.

MangoGeuse

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FrankenPC — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:26:17 EDT

I love the illogical argument:
A) People can't be trusted to defend themselves
B) Because people NEED to be defended we will find a means to defend them
C) People will be the means to defend those who need defending.

So, people will be armed to protect people who can't protect themselves from people.

????

We are doomed.

FrankenPC

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Evangelion — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:19:02 EDT

lol! Nice.

Evangelion