odd reasoning-
so i have a sword i made myself form a flat steel bar.
first off , we have these reasons-
1) You cannot leagally have a firearm (in NY city, Chiciago, Japan, etc.)
2) You live in a situation where all rounds will penetrate into neighbors (apartment buildings, etc.)
the legality isnt so bad here, but once i got outside, and i occasionally do a late night pass around my building, too many thieves.
there's a lot of assumption that most of you wouldnt take here= as in i am assuming 99.99% of the thieves that are dumb enough to be robbing cars in my lot would not have anything greater than a small knife.
2 bit thieves are too cracked out to keep a gun, they trade them for drugs, and are always being searched by cops.
a big risk , i know./ i should probably pack a BUG in my pocket
anyway, on my landlord's property but outside my apt, sword is all that is legal.
INSIDE= now you all might laugh at this, but my worst case, a break in=
grab sword, holding with right (weak) hand , flat blade diagonal in a weak attempt to cover my heart (its pretty thick steel).
id still want the gun, but if intruder is unarmed, i can use sword and just pocket the gun. if intruder was armed, i got something covering my vitals, barely, but better than nothing.