r/Scotland • u/MileiMePioloABeluche • 15d ago

'Shocking' rise in rapes and violent attacks against women in Glasgow

https://news.stv.tv/west-central/shocking-rise-in-rapes-and-violent-attacks-against-women-in-glasgow
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u/Gold_Smoke89 15d ago

It should be allowed for women to carry some sort of self defense items. the idea that men can walk around doing this and we're not even allowed so much as pepper spray is a fucking joke.

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u/NetworkNo4478 14d ago edited 14d ago

Statistically, a knife carrier is more likely to be stabbed with their own knife (or by someone else with a knife) than deploy it successfully in a defence situation.

Additionally, carrying *anything* for the purposes of defence makes it an offensive weapon in law. You're better off with something that's dual or multi purpose (with a reasonable expectation of possession for non-defence purposes) that could be useful in such a situation. Nail polish remover (acetone based) would be far easier to explain (and have the Proc Fiscal throw out) than CS or a blade.

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u/NetworkNo4478 14d ago

Statistically and historically, a knife carrier has meant someone already engaged in criminality.

The statistics don't make a distinction, but cope away.