Best Torch for Self Defence?

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Best torch for self-defense, a Mag 3D or 4D with the appropriate bezel.........







.........modified 3D Mag's with KIU stainless bezels!

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[NutSAK]

I seeee you! 

[Blackbeard]

I seeee you! 

Indianapolis Colts T-shirt? hard to see, but I think thats it.

Also those look like the maglite king and queen.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Fantastic shot's guys

[Styerman]

Best torch for self-defense, a Mag 3D or 4D with the appropriate bezel.........

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.........modified 3D Mag's with KIU stainless bezels!

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In a lot of hoods , those are good for a trip downtown if worn on the streets . Kinda like carrying a short length of 2x4 with a nail in it . You might beat the rap , but you can't beat the ride !

Chris

[furry]

Just my two penith worth (UK slant)

Home: Big maglight - make sure you 'defend' your self with the bulb end.  that way it counts as lashing out in defence; if you hit with the butt (battery end), it could be seen as you've made a concious decision (mong spelling!) to turn the torch round and 'use it as a weapon'! bonkers i know, but that is the pants law we have; protect the guilty (rant off!)

Street: suitably bright torch the size of your palm.  Wait untill the assailent gets close enough, but out of range of a strike weapon (knife, bottle, pointy stick (monty python like)), click on light in face to disorientate, 'lash out' (foot in goolies) and run away with the speed of a thousand gazelles!!!

Just my set up and having grown up in east london, the 'street' one has worked a number of times with no repercussions.

Note. this is not legal guidance, just what i do!

[yud]

But couldn't you say you were holding the thing a bulb end and therefore hitting some one with the but in one fluid motion.

 (dose twaky have a flashlight?)

[Magnus]

I think most people here have far better things to defend themselves with at home 

[Neil]

Just my two penith worth (UK slant)

Home: Big maglight - make sure you 'defend' your self with the bulb end.  that way it counts as lashing out in defence; if you hit with the butt (battery end), it could be seen as you've made a concious decision (mong spelling!) to turn the torch round and 'use it as a weapon'! bonkers i know, but that is the pants law we have; protect the guilty (rant off!)

Street: suitably bright torch the size of your palm.  Wait untill the assailent gets close enough, but out of range of a strike weapon (knife, bottle, pointy stick (monty python like)), click on light in face to disorientate, 'lash out' (foot in goolies) and run away with the speed of a thousand gazelles!!!

Just my set up and having grown up in east london, the 'street' one has worked a number of times with no repercussions.

Note. this is not legal guidance, just what i do!

In your home these days I wouldn't sweat it.  The days of being "done" for protecting yourself and your family from those who invade your property are pretty much over (thank goodness).  Though apparently if they make a run for it, choosing to chase after them and continue beating the crap out of them is still considered bad form (legally at any rate ).

[Sparky415]

That was in High Wycombe
Made me 

[Styerman]

Just my two penith worth (UK slant)

Home: Big maglight - make sure you 'defend' your self with the bulb end.  that way it counts as lashing out in defence; if you hit with the butt (battery end), it could be seen as you've made a concious decision (mong spelling!) to turn the torch round and 'use it as a weapon'! bonkers i know, but that is the pants law we have; protect the guilty (rant off!)

Street: suitably bright torch the size of your palm.  Wait untill the assailent gets close enough, but out of range of a strike weapon (knife, bottle, pointy stick (monty python like)), click on light in face to disorientate, 'lash out' (foot in goolies) and run away with the speed of a thousand gazelles!!!

Just my set up and having grown up in east london, the 'street' one has worked a number of times with no repercussions.

Note. this is not legal guidance, just what i do!

In your home these days I wouldn't sweat it.  The days of being "done" for protecting yourself and your family from those who invade your property are pretty much over (thank goodness).  Though apparently if they make a run for it, choosing to chase after them and continue beating the crap out of them is still considered bad form (legally at any rate ).

When /if you persue you are no longer in danger , ergo no self/third party defence . If the guy was Atilla the Hun , and had just waxed a whole village , you just might be able to argue mortal peril to third parties - otherwise you be screwed .

Chris

[Magnus]

Just my two penith worth (UK slant)

Home: Big maglight - make sure you 'defend' your self with the bulb end.  that way it counts as lashing out in defence; if you hit with the butt (battery end), it could be seen as you've made a concious decision (mong spelling!) to turn the torch round and 'use it as a weapon'! bonkers i know, but that is the pants law we have; protect the guilty (rant off!)

Street: suitably bright torch the size of your palm.  Wait untill the assailent gets close enough, but out of range of a strike weapon (knife, bottle, pointy stick (monty python like)), click on light in face to disorientate, 'lash out' (foot in goolies) and run away with the speed of a thousand gazelles!!!

Just my set up and having grown up in east london, the 'street' one has worked a number of times with no repercussions.

Note. this is not legal guidance, just what i do!

In your home these days I wouldn't sweat it.  The days of being "done" for protecting yourself and your family from those who invade your property are pretty much over (thank goodness).  Though apparently if they make a run for it, choosing to chase after them and continue beating the crap out of them is still considered bad form (legally at any rate ).

When /if you persue you are no longer in danger , ergo no self/third party defence . If the guy was Atilla the Hun , and had just waxed a whole village , you just might be able to argue mortal peril to third parties - otherwise you be screwed .

Chris

well, exactly, running through guy with samurai sword that is coming towards you or stealing your stuff = OK, running through guy with samurai sword that is running away = bad.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Just my two penith worth (UK slant)

Home: Big maglight - make sure you 'defend' your self with the bulb end.  that way it counts as lashing out in defence; if you hit with the butt (battery end), it could be seen as you've made a concious decision (mong spelling!) to turn the torch round and 'use it as a weapon'! bonkers i know, but that is the pants law we have; protect the guilty (rant off!)

Street: suitably bright torch the size of your palm.  Wait untill the assailent gets close enough, but out of range of a strike weapon (knife, bottle, pointy stick (monty python like)), click on light in face to disorientate, 'lash out' (foot in goolies) and run away with the speed of a thousand gazelles!!!

Just my set up and having grown up in east london, the 'street' one has worked a number of times with no repercussions.

Note. this is not legal guidance, just what i do!

In your home these days I wouldn't sweat it.  The days of being "done" for protecting yourself and your family from those who invade your property are pretty much over (thank goodness).  Though apparently if they make a run for it, choosing to chase after them and continue beating the crap out of them is still considered bad form (legally at any rate ).

When /if you persue you are no longer in danger , ergo no self/third party defence . If the guy was Atilla the Hun , and had just waxed a whole village , you just might be able to argue mortal peril to third parties - otherwise you be screwed .

Chris

Sadly it's true you can't run after them, as I got told of by a copper for doing the self same thing to a prospective burglar

In my defence he never actually got to the end of the garden before I caught him

[2xTap]

I seeee you! 

Indianapolis Colts T-shirt? hard to see, but I think thats it.

Also those look like the maglite king and queen.

Yup, I'm a Indy fan......it's a Colts T.

Never thought of it before but yeah, they do look that way.

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[Sparky415]

In my defence he never actually got to the end of the garden before I caught him

Did he fall and bang his head on a gnome a couple of times while fleeing your house? 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

In my defence he never actually got to the end of the garden before I caught him

Did he fall and bang his head on a gnome a couple of times while fleeing your house? 

Something like that

Bugger's were going to caution me because of it

[Sparky415]

Threads like this make me 

Then 

Then   

 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Meh I got away with it, and no bugger tried it on again, so it was a bit of a feel good end

[Styerman]

Another handy item I like to carry is a Surefire 4 cell battery carrier , with the nylon cord set up properly , it makes a Lulu of a slung shot ( not sling shot ) , swung underhand or overhand it will cause lotts of damage . Slung shots are nasty old weapons beloved by sailors in the days of wooden ships and iron men , google them - they were nasty items .

Most of the uniformed babies on the streets nowadays wouldn't recognize one if it bit them on the arse .

Chris

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Not a bad idea that

[Magnus]

Another handy item I like to carry is a Surefire 4 cell battery carrier , with the nylon cord set up properly , it makes a Lulu of a slung shot ( not sling shot ) , swung underhand or overhand it will cause lotts of damage . Slung shots are nasty old weapons beloved by sailors in the days of wooden ships and iron men , google them - they were nasty items .

Most of the uniformed babies on the streets nowadays wouldn't recognize one if it bit them on the arse .

Chris

you just convinced me to attach a nice long lanyard to my flashlight, in case I drop it of course 

I imagine the technique is somewhat like Nunchaku?

[JohnD]

Mike no offence but in a fight trying to restrain someone? Wouldn't it be easier just to hammer fist the smurf
I have used the L2D while on the doors for restraint and control techniques and yeah works well.

I think I would have the upper hand if I had my TK10 on turbo mode Especially with the bezel 

[Freudian Frog]

?

Oh, wait... forgot about you Brits' silly English...

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Mike no offence but in a fight trying to restrain someone? Wouldn't it be easier just to hammer fist the smurf
I have used the L2D while on the doors for restraint and control techniques and yeah works well.

I think I would have the upper hand if I had my TK10 on turbo mode Especially with the bezel 

The restraint comes later

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

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Oh, wait... forgot about you Brits' silly English...

Love that bit in the film

[JohnD]

Mike no offence but in a fight trying to restrain someone? Wouldn't it be easier just to hammer fist the smurf
I have used the L2D while on the doors for restraint and control techniques and yeah works well.

I think I would have the upper hand if I had my TK10 on turbo mode Especially with the bezel 

The restraint comes later

never thought of that mate lmao