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Hello BladeForums! First off, thanks for taking the time to read this.
I'm currently 18 years old and I've been wondering about how to go about self-defense here in Florida.
Florida as many of you may know, has very lax pocket knife laws, so I'm legally allowed to carry just about any folding pocket knife on my person even without a weapons' permit.
I don't have any concealed weapons permits of any kind, but on weekends I have to park off property at my job about a 10 minute walk away, which is down some dark shady streets at like 11:00PM and sometimes as late as 1:00AM in the morning.
I was wondering what the procedure for self defense would be in such a situation if I were robbed or just plain assaulted. I always carry my Spydero Endura on me with a ziptie mod for quick deployment.
I would assume that if someone tries to rob me on the way back to my car that I should just give them my money and not worry about self defense, correct? Could I somehow get in any trouble with the law if I felt my life were
in danger and stabbed someone who was trying to assault me? God forbid that I'd ever have to do something like that, but would a judge find me guilty of carrying a concealed weapon without a concealed permit even though
it's only a pocket knife since I'd be using it as a defensive weapon?
Like I said, God forbid if I ever had to seriously injure or even take someone's life. I'd never even consider such an act unless my life or another victim's life were in danger. I can only imagine how I'd feel after killing another
human being.
Thanks again for reading and for any input you have.
I'm currently 18 years old and I've been wondering about how to go about self-defense here in Florida.
Florida as many of you may know, has very lax pocket knife laws, so I'm legally allowed to carry just about any folding pocket knife on my person even without a weapons' permit.
I don't have any concealed weapons permits of any kind, but on weekends I have to park off property at my job about a 10 minute walk away, which is down some dark shady streets at like 11:00PM and sometimes as late as 1:00AM in the morning.
I was wondering what the procedure for self defense would be in such a situation if I were robbed or just plain assaulted. I always carry my Spydero Endura on me with a ziptie mod for quick deployment.
I would assume that if someone tries to rob me on the way back to my car that I should just give them my money and not worry about self defense, correct? Could I somehow get in any trouble with the law if I felt my life were
in danger and stabbed someone who was trying to assault me? God forbid that I'd ever have to do something like that, but would a judge find me guilty of carrying a concealed weapon without a concealed permit even though
it's only a pocket knife since I'd be using it as a defensive weapon?
Like I said, God forbid if I ever had to seriously injure or even take someone's life. I'd never even consider such an act unless my life or another victim's life were in danger. I can only imagine how I'd feel after killing another
human being.
Thanks again for reading and for any input you have.