Glenn E. Meyer
New member
Several manufacturers are now adding toothed caps on their lights so that you can do some more damage if you have to use the light as a weapon.
Flashlights are well known as impact instruments. I read a study a few years ago that the big maglite was one of the most used police instruments of force.
In some states, there are explicit laws against carrying impact weapons. TX has a club law. Some gang folks have been stopped for carrying short baseball bats when clearly they weren't on the way to the game.
So if you carry a flashlight that has a weapon end, do you start to violate such laws? Will the TSA pick it up?
On the Insights list, it has been argued that the toothed end really doesn't add that much to the utility of the light when used as an impact weapons.
Flashlights are well known as impact instruments. I read a study a few years ago that the big maglite was one of the most used police instruments of force.
In some states, there are explicit laws against carrying impact weapons. TX has a club law. Some gang folks have been stopped for carrying short baseball bats when clearly they weren't on the way to the game.
So if you carry a flashlight that has a weapon end, do you start to violate such laws? Will the TSA pick it up?
On the Insights list, it has been argued that the toothed end really doesn't add that much to the utility of the light when used as an impact weapons.