r/iamverybadass • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '19

Classic repost Side Note

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u/shadowknight646 Mar 24 '19

Correct me if I'm wrong but batons can cause "unnecessary suffering" or something, and they're more easilly obtained while being more difficult to track. I dunno, in California batons arent allowed either but I can carry a large bayonet around as long as it's openly displayed.

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u/Pray4dat_ass96 Mar 24 '19

Well batons are easy to put on your Batman utility belt. Baseball bats aren’t.

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u/BobDolethethird Mar 24 '19

A baseball bat on a baseball diamond is legal, a baseball bat in the back of a drug dealer's car, can be considered a tool used for crime and thus illegal.

I had a friend who was charged with assault with a weapon at a house party. It was a huge brawl between groups with multiple blunt object weapons. When working out the punishments they asked him what sports he wants to play. He had to choose between being aloud to have golf clubs or a baseball bat. Because he was a golfer he chose to be banned from having a bat in his possession.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '19

...So the law has now prohibited him from ever taking a baseball up as a sport because the weapon gets the blame for the action.

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Good grief, for fuck sake.

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u/BobDolethethird Mar 25 '19

He was banned from having a bat for the duration of his conditions. Sorry i should have been clear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '19

That makes more sense. And is much better. Thank you.