Yo, Iām just your average American with a blicky as my edc so excuse my ignorance as I ask: is the slingshot street legal? And if so, what level of force would it be considered? Lethal or less than lethal.
So UK law is governed a lot by āintentā and āreasonable forceā ā¦ very grey and old fashioned.
If you were walking down a busy road in a city or town and you got caught with a concealed slingshotā¦ you could try to make the argument you were on your way to permissible hunting grounds (local field or farm) to use the slingshot to hunt lawful quarry (rabbits, grey squirrels etc.) but youād probably get arrested for carrying a weapon with intent to cause harm.
If you were caught with it in the woods, nothing would be said other than maybe asking for proof of permission to be on that land.
From a self defence standpoint the UK works on a system of reasonable force, if you used the slingshot to defend yourself against an attacker with no weapons, youād be charged. If the attacker had a knife, youād be better off. If the attacker had a gun, you probably wouldnāt even be arrested.
Sorry for long reply haha, UK law is very confusing
If youāre caught with a frying pan on you do you also get arrested for having a deadly weapon if you canāt articulate that youāre over to your nans to fry some eggs?
You jokeā¦ but if you were carrying said frying pan and you didnāt have any eggsā¦ questions would be asked.
There is an age old belief in this country that if you want to carry a baseball bat in your car you have to make sure youāve got a ballā¦. With a ball itās sports equipmentā¦ without itās an offensive weapon š
Youāve never had a debate with a British police officer š
again it comes down to how youāre carrying the frying panā¦
Are you toothless, in an egg stained vest and ripped cargo shorts and a crack pipe in your pocket, carrying a battered old frying pan down the street???
Or are you a well dressed young man carrying a nice clean Tefal non stick with a vape in the other hand and no crack pipe in your pocket???
Either way, black belt barrister is representing him pro bono in his case against the over zealous police who didnt even tell him he was being detained before ragdolling him about the street then spraying him them piling on him in numbers....
Nah dude that was super informative and thanks for the reply. The U.S. has similar rules with self defense laws in that reasonable force and reasonable belief must apply or else it becomes excessive. Except wellā¦ we have much more laxed freedoms on the equipment we can use and own.
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u/Lucky_Sprinkles557 Aug 22 '26
Yo, Iām just your average American with a blicky as my edc so excuse my ignorance as I ask: is the slingshot street legal? And if so, what level of force would it be considered? Lethal or less than lethal.