Dayman
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I reseached but could not find. Could someone please educate me on the SC state law for "slap jacks...monkey fist...ect". A link would be helpful as well. Thanks in advance.
11B3XCIB said:The state laws I read that mention them are vague; they are lumped in with any other weapons like knives and guns saying use during the commission of a crime is illegal.
There is a blackjack floating around in my family somewhere...a "great-great" relative carried it in addition to a .32 caliber revolver as a policeman many years ago. To cops, a blackjack or baton is a nonlethal implement used to strike legs or elsewhere to disable a suspect. But if a private citizen carried one you could be arrested for a deadly weapon. Funny how that works
Dayman said:None what so ever....
The question arises due to this situation.
I work with a specific population of people with certian disabilities. One of my co-workers with an indvidual unwittingly created a bunch of monkey fist from 550 cord and 1"-2" steel ball berings with 12 " braided lead (intended as decorations). Often times we sell our crafts in a store front. Seeing these and knowing what they could potentially be used for I posed the question of are these legal. I understand in any situation any object could be "used as a weapon". But given the history of these objects would they be given extra scrutinity? In the event these are utilized in an unintended way would we be responsible for any reprocussion?
Tigerstripe said:but a pretty glass tube is a crack pipe?
(never seen crack except on "COPS")
Avtomat-Acolyte said:Tigerstripe said:but a pretty glass tube is a crack pipe?
(never seen crack except on "COPS")
Those glass tubes are sold in (ghetto) convenience stores with miniature, faux roses in them.
rotarymike said:Huh. Never knew that.
And, just for the additional information, an actual monkey fist is a specific knot of rope (you can actually make one without a round center) used to weight the end of a line on a ship for tossing to another ship or a dock.