https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/13/us/new-york-arrest-weapons-nypd/index.html

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    Everyone laughs at ducktaped weapons until the-doohickey appears

  • barrbaric [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    Nightstick with an axe-head taped onto the end is sure... something

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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    5 months ago

    With the amount of money he spent on melee weapons, he probably could’ve bought a few more magazines instead of carrying around loose ammo in bags and boxes

    Also: “cache of weapons”. This is a terrible cache.

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      The home made whip thing looks cool though.

      It's the blowtorch for repairing turrets?

    • Philosophosphorous
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      5 months ago

      yea like one or two good melee weapons would at least sort of make sense, but this is like some high school's 'locker check day' haul of shit 16 year olds made out of boredom. i guess we are lucky that the kind of person that would plan better isn't the kind of person that would do something like this.

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    Expected to see a Hitachi wand mixed in

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      5 months ago

      i seriously mistook the duct tape whip for an inflatable plug at first

      • RNAi [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        I didn't know such device existed.

        Whatever the duct tape thing is, I was 70% sure it was for sex things

  • ElHexo
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    4 months ago

    deleted by creator

    • Hexamerous [none/use name]
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      5 months ago

      "Why do you need a knife on you at all times?"

      you have been banned from posting or commenting in this community

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        5 months ago

        Literally no human outside of like five specific cities in Europe where packages apparently open themselves by magic has ever asked that question in good faith since we invented knives six million years ago.

        • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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          5 months ago

          I have a very distinct memory of my first lab job in undergrad, this random very old man came in to talk to my boss, and he stopped and watched me work for a second and goes “Where’s your knife?” To which I’m confused and he says “Every biologist’s gotta have a good knife” and pulled out a very nice very sharp pocket knife which did help with whatever it was I was doing.

          I still haven’t bought myself a nice knife. I guess I’m not a true biologist yet.

          • Hexamerous [none/use name]
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            5 months ago

            Lab partner: hand me a sterile scraper/scalpel

            Me: smirks "I don't use 'em kiddo."

            pulls out tactical knife and flame lick it with a paracord wrapped zippo

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              5 months ago

              I gaurantee you that old biologist had an ancient buck knife or something. There was a world before tech dorks made the contents of their pockets thei personality and their will be a world after.

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            5 months ago

            Strongly reccomend a leatherman wave. Lots of useful tools including a regular and serrated knife, and study enough for some light hammering in a pinch. Don't leave home without one.

        • Hexamerous [none/use name]
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          5 months ago

          I open my packages at home, mostly using a scissor. If I open packages at work, they provide a box cutter to do it. There's zero reason for 99% of people in a urban setting to walk around with a knife.

          There's even less reason for the office workers over at r/EDC cosplaying batman daydreaming about some hostage situation and they finally get to use their backup multi-tool strapped to their ankle to undo the screws on a went and crawl out like they're Lethal Weapon.

          Dork.

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            5 months ago

            I will never understand this attitude. I wouldn't anymore leave the house without a pocket knife than I'd leave without pants and having the capabilities that a leatherman or even just a basic knife offers has been consistently beneficial.

        • hypercracker
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          5 months ago

          sounds like your work should be providing you with a cutting implement

          • Hexamerous [none/use name]
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            5 months ago

            What if there's a tactical scenario. What if there's simply no time for the operator to walk to the car, open the glove compartment/toolbox and return withing the crucial time frame. What if they don't get that cable tie off in less than 5 seconds, we're all going to die. What if there are just seconds to make a decisions and act on it. What then?

  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]M
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    5 months ago

    My favorite part is that he was driving around with this in his car, and the fuckin PR officer is immediately like "THIS IS WHY OUR SUBWAYS ARE SO DANGEROUS" and the subways arent even dangerous. get fucked piggy

  • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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    5 months ago

    No way would those cops have been able to stop him if he had had a katana. Katanas work both in close range combat and at range (just tie it to a rubber band and throw it), it's basically like a cheat code. He would have been invincible.

    • Ildsaye [they/them]
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      5 months ago

      Yeah but if the cops did somehow stop him, then the cops would have a katana. If they were to then find out about youtube videos showing how to do kenjutsu, revolution would become impossible

      • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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        5 months ago

        That's a danger, but katanas can only be made by folding steel. American cops cannot fold steel, so they would just have the one katana. They would probably give it to the president, so he would be untouchable, but he can't be everywhere at once. And since a katana will break if you act dishonorably I don't even know how long that would last.

        • AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that's about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my katana.

          Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.

          Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.

          Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering Japan? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai and their katanas of destruction. Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.