Who needs a gun, when you can have a gobbstopper.

W9ZEB · 08-15-2008

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Man fined for carrying gobstopper

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Man fined for carrying gobstopper

A man caught carrying a large gobstopper in a sock has been fined £400 after it was found to be an offensive weapon.
Jamie Harvey, 20, said he needed it for protection after he was attacked.
At Edinburgh Sheriff Court he admitted carrying the snooker ball-sized gobstopper and sock at a city leisure centre on 19 December last year.
Defence agent Matthew Nicholson said the sweet was "a substantial piece of confectionary" which could be eaten.
The court heard how unemployed Harvey, from the Maybury area of Edinburgh, kept the gobstopper under his car seat.
He was caught at Drumbrae Leisure Centre by police who were searching for cannabis.
Sheriff Kenneth McIver told him that, even though it was not in the same category as a knife or axe, it was capable of inflicting a nasty injury.
"You will be aware of the ongoing national debate on offensive weapons including knives," he told Harvey.
"But all too often this court has to consider other improvised weapons like this."

Pami · 08-15-2008

*boggle*

They really do want their crime rate to skyrocket, don't they? Pretty soon, having your hands in the shape of fist will exhibit lethal tendencies and deserve a jail sentence.

melensdad · 08-15-2008

Pami, you have to understand the British mentality. . . it is illegal to defend yourself with any sort of weapon, and they are willing to define pretty much anything as a weapon. So if you encounter a thug with a Gobstopper in a sock and he is swinging it at you, and you have a screwdriver in your hand and fight back, you are the one who is wrong if you injure your attacker.

I was pretty amazed by the culture over there, I've never seen so many homes with visible alarm systems and CCD camera systems over so many doorways, watching street corners, outside stores, etc. Big brother is watching and more than willing to bitch slap the honest subject (they are not citizens) who are sick and tired of thugs.

ryanmercer · 08-16-2008

How ridiculous...

Reminds me of those Charles Bronson movies with him and the sock full of quarters... wasn't that... the Deathwish movies?

SavageEagle · 08-16-2008

Guess we as Americans shouldn't visit there and drive a car. That too is a very big, dangerous offensive weapon. Oh damn, wait, so is a bicycle. Oh wait, so are our feet. Guess it's just best to avoid England and all costs...

koveras225 · 08-16-2008

I gave up on the UK a long time ago... they just don't seem to get it.

Their crime rate is through the roof... they are not allowed to defend themselves... no guns, no knives, no gobstoppers in socks... yet they seem to think that they're so much safer because of it. I just don't get it... how can they be so blind to their own situation?

sparkyfender · 08-16-2008

I am friggin' speechless.

But; it also gives me an idea for a means to defend myself if Obama gets in and takes all those nasty things we backwoods types cling to....................

Crystalship1 · 08-16-2008

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Originally Posted by sparkyfender

I am friggin' speechless.

But; it also gives me an idea for a means to defend myself if Obama gets in and takes all those nasty things we backwoods types cling to....................

That's "bitter backwoods types"!!!

Scout · 08-20-2008

This from the country that fought so hard to keep the Germans out, now they can't even defend themselves.

The pro gun anti gun argument is hot between members of the US and England. the English I have found seem to think that they are better without guns, yet knife attacks and beatings are much higher than they are here.

W9ZEB · 08-20-2008

what's the per-capita violent crime rate in England look like compared to the US?

08-15-2008	#2 (permalink)
Pami Certified Cheesehead Importer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Next to W9ZEB Posts: 2,363	boggle They really do want their crime rate to skyrocket, don't they? Pretty soon, having your hands in the shape of fist will exhibit lethal tendencies and deserve a jail sentence. __________________ "Some of the findings are perhaps contrary to popular perceptions; for example, over the 5-year study period [2000-2004], the use of knives/cutting instruments was over three times more prevalent than the use of a gun. (Based on Table 8.)" http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/schoolviolenc...troduction.htm

08-15-2008	#3 (permalink)
melensdad Jerk in a Hawaiian shirt. So what about it? Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lake County / West Creek Posts: 1,354	Pami, you have to understand the British mentality. . . it is illegal to defend yourself with any sort of weapon, and they are willing to define pretty much anything as a weapon. So if you encounter a thug with a Gobstopper in a sock and he is swinging it at you, and you have a screwdriver in your hand and fight back, you are the one who is wrong if you injure your attacker. I was pretty amazed by the culture over there, I've never seen so many homes with visible alarm systems and CCD camera systems over so many doorways, watching street corners, outside stores, etc. Big brother is watching and more than willing to bitch slap the honest subject (they are not citizens) who are sick and tired of thugs. __________________ Father John Corapi: "Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out!" Visit my Antique Snowcat, political, gun & general discussions (with this lawsuit) I'd like to think that I've been more successful at saving lives than Roe V Wade. -- Dick Anthony Heller, 3/18/08 on the steps of the SCOTUS after leaving the Heller v DC Gun Ban hearing.

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ryanmercer Dog Barking, Can't Fly Without Umbrella. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Speedway, IN Posts: 876	How ridiculous... Reminds me of those Charles Bronson movies with him and the sock full of quarters... wasn't that... the Deathwish movies? __________________ -Ryan Mercer Speedway, IN #729 F&AM http://www.ryanmercer.com

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SavageEagle Walking Tall Amongst The Sheeple Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Plainfield Posts: 1,776	Guess we as Americans shouldn't visit there and drive a car. That too is a very big, dangerous offensive weapon. Oh damn, wait, so is a bicycle. Oh wait, so are our feet. Guess it's just best to avoid England and all costs... __________________ *ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WHEN YOU'RE FREE!!!!*

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08-16-2008	#6 (permalink)
koveras225 Insomniac Hamster Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Noble County Posts: 32	I gave up on the UK a long time ago... they just don't seem to get it. Their crime rate is through the roof... they are not allowed to defend themselves... no guns, no knives, no gobstoppers in socks... yet they seem to think that they're so much safer because of it. I just don't get it... how can they be so blind to their own situation?

08-16-2008	#7 (permalink)
sparkyfender Plinker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southcentral IN Posts: 212	I am friggin' speechless. But; it also gives me an idea for a means to defend myself if Obama gets in and takes all those nasty things we backwoods types cling to....................

08-20-2008	#9 (permalink)
Scout Plinker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fort Wayne Posts: 69	This from the country that fought so hard to keep the Germans out, now they can't even defend themselves. The pro gun anti gun argument is hot between members of the US and England. the English I have found seem to think that they are better without guns, yet knife attacks and beatings are much higher than they are here.

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