Magazine

Jim Keenan · January 4, 2003, 12:29 AM

A magazine is a pretty good defense weapon if nothing else can be used. I don't mean a "cartridge feeding device", I mean a reading type magazine.

The big magazines, like the old Life or Look were better, but even the smaller ones will do. Take a thick Time or Newspeak and roll it as tightly as you can, stapled edge in. It can deflect a knife, and jabbed into an attacker's solar plexus, throat, or other sensitive areas, it can do serious damage or at least may allow time to get away.

And no jurisdiction calls a magazine a deadly or dangerous weapon, or prohibits carrying one. We have freedom of the press.

Jim

Kahr carrier · January 4, 2003, 08:34 AM

Interesting Idea.

762x51 · January 4, 2003, 04:50 PM

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The big magazines, like the old Life or Look were better

Oh....you mean Prebans.

Lone Star · January 7, 2003, 09:33 AM

This technique was taught to OSS operatives during WWII, and probably has been used by intelligence agencies since. I think I read that a strike into the solar plexus was recommended.

Lone Star

KMKeller · January 7, 2003, 10:38 AM

Story to tell. My wife and I were in NYC visiting her sister and decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. We were near Rockefeller Center and decided to swing by to see the landmark. As we got closer, we noticed the population density increasing rapidly, to the point that, by the time we reached the center, we were hemmed in with probably 50K other people and packed in like cattle. This happened in a matter of minutes.

As luck would have it, we had arrived at Rockefeller Center just in time for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony... Now I'm not a small fella, but my wife is a diminutive 5'2" and highly claustrophobic. Panic began to set in and in spite of my size, people were just not responding to "excuse me" combined with my best "eat lightning, crap thunder" face. Our salvation was a rolled up magazine I had purchased an hour earlier on our walk and authoritative pokes to the kidneys of the people who would not move. A path emerged and in about 15 minutes we were clear of the crowd.

Since then, I've always carried a 1982 Life Magazine in an Alessi Ankle holster for any similar occassion...

sm · January 7, 2003, 10:44 AM

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"Since then, I've always carried a 1982 Life Magazine in an Alessi Ankle holster for any similar occassion

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I thought you had to be a celebrity to get a permit up there to carry concealed?

KMKeller · January 7, 2003, 10:55 AM

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I thought you had to be a celebrity to get a permit up there to carry concealed?

Permit Shmermit! My '82 Pre-ban LM has the glossy cover and triple rubberized roll retention devices. They can pry it from my cold dead hands before I ask anyone for their permission to carry it... (by the way, I got it on subscription, so I beat the newsstand price by at least 50%)

Remind me to tell you about the time when I was cleaning it and it went off...

WE NOW RETURN THIS THREAD TO IT'S ORIGINAL, INFORMATIVE PURPOSE

ruger357 · January 7, 2003, 01:31 PM

re1973,
I don't have a carry permit, so I keep mine in the bathroom.

January 4, 2003, 12:29 AM	#1
Jim Keenan Member Join Date: December 31, 2002 Posts: 8,804	Magazine A magazine is a pretty good defense weapon if nothing else can be used. I don't mean a "cartridge feeding device", I mean a reading type magazine. The big magazines, like the old Life or Look were better, but even the smaller ones will do. Take a thick Time or Newspeak and roll it as tightly as you can, stapled edge in. It can deflect a knife, and jabbed into an attacker's solar plexus, throat, or other sensitive areas, it can do serious damage or at least may allow time to get away. And no jurisdiction calls a magazine a deadly or dangerous weapon, or prohibits carrying one. We have freedom of the press. Jim

January 4, 2003, 08:34 AM	#2
Kahr carrier Member Join Date: December 30, 2002 Location: WESTSIDE Posts: 2,061	Interesting Idea. __________________ 1911s Rule.-WATCH AND PRAY OR DUCK AND COVER !

January 7, 2003, 10:38 AM	#5
KMKeller Member Join Date: December 24, 2002 Location: NC Posts: 1,637	Story to tell. My wife and I were in NYC visiting her sister and decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. We were near Rockefeller Center and decided to swing by to see the landmark. As we got closer, we noticed the population density increasing rapidly, to the point that, by the time we reached the center, we were hemmed in with probably 50K other people and packed in like cattle. This happened in a matter of minutes. As luck would have it, we had arrived at Rockefeller Center just in time for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony... Now I'm not a small fella, but my wife is a diminutive 5'2" and highly claustrophobic. Panic began to set in and in spite of my size, people were just not responding to "excuse me" combined with my best "eat lightning, crap thunder" face. Our salvation was a rolled up magazine I had purchased an hour earlier on our walk and authoritative pokes to the kidneys of the people who would not move. A path emerged and in about 15 minutes we were clear of the crowd. Since then, I've always carried a 1982 Life Magazine in an Alessi Ankle holster for any similar occassion... __________________ Proud TFL Alumnus "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - T.R. North Carolina Police Combat Pistol League The Triangle NRA/Shooting Sports Meetup Group

January 7, 2003, 10:44 AM	#6
sm Member Join Date: December 23, 2002 Posts: 26,501	quote: "Since then, I've always carried a 1982 Life Magazine in an Alessi Ankle holster for any similar occassion" --- I thought you had to be a celebrity to get a permit up there to carry concealed? __________________ Use Enough Gun TFL illuminaughty

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January 7, 2003, 09:33 AM	#4
Lone Star Member Join Date: January 3, 2003 Location: SW USA Posts: 1,340	This technique was taught to OSS operatives during WWII, and probably has been used by intelligence agencies since. I think I read that a strike into the solar plexus was recommended. Lone Star

January 7, 2003, 01:31 PM	#8
ruger357 Member Join Date: December 26, 2002 Location: RI Posts: 1,581	re1973, I don't have a carry permit, so I keep mine in the bathroom.