It's a Modesto city, with much to be Modesto about
Those laws are so goddamn stupid. There was an even worse example a while back where someone saw a guy stealing their car radio, got a knife, chased them for like a friggin block, caught them, and then stabbed them to death.
Stand your city*
I know it's not unique to America, but I think we have a particularly strong issue with a sort of fatalistic fantasy role play. Our culture places a lot of value on justifiably killing people. The old trope of the every day "good guy" taking the law into their own hands is bedrock deep. We practically worship it. Laws like this give weak, cowardly, pathetic dudes the final push they need to not just kill, which happens all the time, but to be in a position where they think they can be praised for killing someone.
A couple years back somebody was trying to break into my neighbor's house and I went out to confront him with a flashlight and a knife. Guess which tool was actually useful? I felt pretty stupid realizing that the knife wasn't going to do me a damn bit of good except turn a break-in into a killing or serious injury of somebody (maybe even me). Not having a badge behind the weapon is quite a liability.
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A fleshlight with a flashlight sounds more useful tbh.
I’ve seen it misused quite a few times recently. Yours is iffy buster.
What about a gun with a fleshlight?
You can count on me, buddy
