An open mind and a few kind words is all I’ve ever needed.

Nerf gun

You can carry a folding or spring loaded knife. Nothing over 4” for a folding knife. I believe spring loaded needs to be even smaller in CT.

Pepper spray? [I’m not sure]

Move to texas

Super soaker full of urine

Slingshot

Wit.

better to just get some street smarts about you and avoid a bad situation. otherwise it’s a good time for you to take up karate lessons

1. talk it out
2. if 1 not possible, remove yourself from the situation
3. if 2 not possible, get ready to try to defend yourself until you have an opportunity for 2
4. alert authorities

Learn self defense, take up a martial art. YOU will be the weapon. You will also learn how to avoid needing a weapon. Otherwise, see the reply from someone else involving a super soaker.

Good situational awareness, avoid putting yourself in a dangerous situation in the first place, always have an escape plan.

no, you have to learn to defend yourself with the 2 weapons you already have

I learned this from a green beret who saw action in Vietnam. Your fingers poke their eyes out and hope to get their brain.

21 is the legal age of which you can start the process of buying a handgun and taking the course work necessary to concealed carry. 18 (most states, not sure about ct) years old and you can buy a shotgun for home protection.

However, as others have hinted at, this is a rather extreme solution. We live in one of the safest states in the country. Yes there are tough areas, but none so tough that awareness and street smarts won’t do better than a gun. Remember that escalation (brandishing or using a gun in this case) rarely helps a situation.

Knives. Just dont go mall ninja or Monster Energy Pothead Chad on us.

No automatic knives with a blade longer than 1 ½ inches nor any knife with a blade longer than 4 inches. Your knife needs to be micropenis in length.

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/rpt/2007-R-0346.htm

Dont be a hatchetman kid.

21 for a concealed carry last I cared to look.

Your two fists

These hands

Huh. I thought spring loaded were illegal all together.

To carry a firearm in CT, you need to have a pistol permit. You must be 21 or older to go through the permitting process. And once you are 21, it can still take several months from the time you take your course certification to when you actually get your permit in hand.

Your feet are your primary defense. Cardio.

21 years old to obtain a concealed carry permit and buy handguns. Nobody can just give them the answer and move on?

Lol nothing, cant even buy a long gun at 18 here anymore. r/CTguns for more guidance if needed.

A stick, but why are you expecting to be in a fight and do you actually want to be in one? Whatever else you want to carry, learn how to run far and fast, and that will defend you better than weapons.

A positive and forgiving attitude.

Seriously you live in Connecticut.

You can die in a war but not purchase a firearm lol

Or drink a beer. You can have a gun, as long as it's under strict control of the federal governement and doing with it what they tell you to.

There's no draft, so that's not a problem either unless you sign up for it.

Connecticut law allows the possession and carry of automatic knives subject to a very restrictive 1 ½ inches blade length maximum.

Under the law, dangerous weapons are (1) dirk knives, (2) switch knives, (3) stilettos, (4) any knife that has an automatic spring release device that releases a blade from the handle longer than one and one-half inches,

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/rpt/2007-R-0346.htm

Interesting. Thanks for the info!

Nikes

These hands /s

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The right to bear arms in Connecticut means concealed handguns only. Even a simple 3" push dagger is a felony at any age.

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https://youtu.be/smM_bphb6pU

Why do you feel the need? Can you avoid dangerous areas? Best to raise awareness avoid confrontation than to need a weapon.

ghost pepper sauce

always be ready to run… we’re all soft tissue and bones… bad things can happen and often do when we try to stand our ground against things we could run away from… as a 2a person this is a hard thing to accept but it’s the best way ti actually defend yourself. I wish I had a more romantic answer for you.

You can walk with a cane. Just be sure to use it.

Go to a "gun-free zone". Criminals always obey the law and will not go there with their illegally-gotten firearms/weapons. Government would prefer unarmed subjects instead of armed citizens and love passing more "gun control" laws to keep evildoers from doing evil. Yeah, right! If you end up in a bad situation in CT, you will usually be expected to settle on being a victim.

Join your schools wrestling team or club and take up a striking based martial art preferably boxing or Muay Thai (if you’re a minor in college and there is not club wrestling to join do judo or BJJ but preferably Judo). You legally cannot carry certain knives with you but that’s typically your best bet in life or death situations up close, these three things will keep you really safe from anything that isn’t a gunman holding you up at medium to long range

What do you mean poke their eyes out and hope to get their brain?

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It’s not extreme. It’s a Constitutional right which everyone holds. Let’s stop the negative attitude on firearms and bestow it upon people who use firearms for the wrong reasons.

By law, all men 18 years old have to sign up for Selective Service System. You don’t get a choice to join the draft 😂

There IS no draft.That's my point.You wanna die for Uncle Sam, it's a choice.

Maria Butina, is that you?

No, sorry.

Krav Maga

3 for 1 special.

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Look man I’m a defender / supporter of 2A stuff but people also need to remember that the only reason the Kyle Rittenhouse situation was life or death for him was because he brought the gun to a skateboard fight

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If you do a martial art in Connecticut you're legally required to register your hands as weapons with the local PD. Just go into your local PD and ask for the form, they will gladly assist you.

No you aren't

Yes you are

Prove it. Neither I, nor over 100 people I know have ever heard of that.

I have an uncle, well I had an uncle, serving time now for it.

Sec. 53-206. Carrying of dangerous weapons prohibited

You can carry any knife under 4 inches, except I believe double edge dagger. Over 4 inches is ok if its a tool that you use. So if you do landscaping you can carry a machete or a scythe. I have a 5" knife I use for woodworking and carving as well as camping and fishing. It is legal to carry but your millage may vary with the officer and you may take the ride but the charge won't stick. You also never call a knife a weapon or refer to it as self defense, it is a tool and that's important legally.

Hmm, few things here:

1. That does not not prove your claim. There is nothing in there that supports it. You should read that carefully. You are wrong. Completely wrong. I don't know where you got that information. You should remove your original comment as to avoid propagating false information.
2. I think you need to have a good honest conversation with your family and uncle. I think you may have misunderstood exactly why he's serving time, or they didn't tell you the whole story.

It certainly does. Did you read the statute? Martial arts weapons are considered DEADLY WEAPONS.

Well, there was more to it. He was also illegally transporting bear arms for a taxidermy company, but that's a story for another time.

Over 4 inches is fine if its a tool and you have reasonable use for it. I can carry a large machete across town if I am going to work clearing land of brush and such. I can also carry a larger knife for hunting/fishing purposes as well as sport or outdoor survival such as camping or hiking. I do wood carving so I often have a few knives, one over 4 inches, I am also looking for a small carving axe/hatchet for spoons/bowels and removing excess wood. It is legal for me to carry the knives and small axe to the waterfront downtown in order to carve boats and such on the pier.

There is no active draft now. The system is still in place and we all have to sign up for it by law or you can't get/do certain legal things.

Daggers are by definition double-edged. Push daggers are a special type of dagger with a horizontal hilt allowing the user to punch with it. Specifically, punch through ribs. Blades are typically short around 3". Knife fighting requires a lot of training, and can be dangerous. Push daggers however are more instinctive - everyone knows how to punch.

But a double-edged blade has been the rule for weapons since the bronze age. They maximize the utility of the blade to a variety of combat scenarios.

I was arrested for having a 3" push dagger in CT 20 years ago.

I believe a court case changed some of that. Something to do with Dirk knives I think and definitions used.

Yes I did. It says weapons. Not the hands. Weapons is also clearly referenced. Even then you don't have to of its part of the class. You need to read a lot more. You are incorrect.

Please respond back only when you have actual true information. Thank you.

And yet we still have violence. Some people don't care about words. When I was sleeping outside, homeless, A couple young adults/teenagers tried to set me on fire. How would you have solved that with an open mind and kind words? How about the mugger who stabbed me before asking for my wallet? Luckily it was winter and I had a puffy jacket on. I felt the knife brush against my side under the jacket and it cut my shirt as well. So so so close.

I am a 3rd degree black belt in Hap Ki Do and a 1st degree in Shaolin Kung Fu. By law, my hands are legally deadly weapons and must be registered as such. You're simply misinformed, friend. I am trying to educate you.

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Not wise for the kid to carry those things for self defense though. With a post like this up, there’s a record around for intent were they to do that.

Someone has misinformed you or you misunderstood. Likely when you received your black belt your name was registered as part of the tradition in the country of origin. For example, in Tae Kwon Do your name is registered in the Kukiwan in Korea.

You claim was specific that you are required to register in CT. That is not the case and you have yet to show any statue where that is. I practice as well and there is absolutely no requirement.

I've fought in the Kumite in Hong Kong, i've participated in Bloodsport in Mongolia, i've fought the grand master of Nepal in a 24 hour marathon fight at the summit of Mt. Everest and, while I lost, I lived to tell the tail, I know what I am talking about here. I am an authority on the subject.

Haha. You said required by law. What law? Prove it. You haven't yet. Your post has been reported as misinformation.

I cited the law. You looked but chose not to see. This comes from a lack of focus, commitment, and sheer will.

I pray to god you are going along with his joke and aren't as dumb as your responses make you seem

Huh? Dumb? What's dumb about asking for proof on a claim?

Nope. Nothing in what you cited has anything to do with registering. This is a stupid conversation.

" i've fought the grand master of Nepal in a 24 hour marathon fight at the summit of Mt. Everest and, while I lost, I lived to tell the tail"

I mean..I figured this would be a dead giveaway that this is all just a joke.

I’m not sure how I would have reacted. I don’t live on the streets and I’ve never been in your shoes.

I spent five years toting around an M16/4, under near-constant fear of attack, and that was enough for me. While I concede that violence in this world persists whether I am armed or not, I have found that words tend to be a far better means of de-escalation.

No, but they'll give you one.

Thia wont work on Proud Boys

Dont go to law school bro.

Sure, but Kyle Rittenhouse was an isolated case. Besides, he was acquitted on all counts. I would personally feel safer if more people carried. Arms in the right hands are better than arms in only the wrong ones.

Bug spray, like cockroach and ant killer tho

It is and it isn’t. If you carry, any altercation within arms reach is immediately a viable self-defense claim. With the SCOTUS gradually making it so people can carry a handgun anywhere, I sincerely fear that there will be a significant rise in SD claims over minor altercations. E.g…. Someone gets pushed into your back at a crowded bar. You can’t see what their intentions are so you pull your gun. If they reach for it, even reflexively, you are legally entitled to kill them in many states.

Rittenhouse was acquitted because Wisconsin law allowed him to successfully argue he was afraid of being shot by his own gun. This isn’t going to be an isolated occurrence.

I’m not sure what fixes it, but it’s what keeps me up at night. People should have a right to self-security, but when lethal altercations are only viable as self defense claims because the shooter brought the gun… I’m not sure how that’s reconciled.

Police already have a hard enough job of managing this and they’re specifically trained on it. Your average yahoo isn’t likely to keep their cool to the same extent and the lines are going to get very blurry as more and more liberty is given to 2A interpretations.

He asked what he’s allowed to carry.

Sandy hook, parkland and columbine would disagree

Did you even take the time to read what I said? Those cases are all cases where BAD people were the ONLY ones with firearms...

I did read what you said and 'good guys with guns" don't do shit.

And what about those kids in Texas who had to wait hours for police to do something? Law enforcement arresting and detaining parents, unarmed parents, for doing what their cowardly officers couldn't

Crime happens anywhere. Also plenty of cities here have high crime rates. Bridgeport, Waterbury, New Britain, Hartford, Meriden, East Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, and so on.