So after a recent dog incident in the neighborhood, I purchased a 26" expandable baton as an alternative to using a gun and to supplement the liberal use of pepper spray.
It was totally a impulse buy, but now that I have it and have been beating on the heavy bag with it, I am really impressed and pretty curious about other uses for it, specifically to carry as a replacement for a firearm in a non permissive or non legal environment like work or California.
So my understanding of its various uses is as follows:
Level 0: create space by pushing away with tip of the baton, or even hammer fisted blow with the butt.
Level 1: strikes to broad meaty areas like the thigh and gut for pain compliance (this doesn't really apply to me)
Level 2: strikes to joints and arms, knees etc will cause possible permenant damage and hopefully take someone out of the fight.
Level 3: strikes to neck or head might be fatal and should be considered lethal force.
Is this accurate or just legal training CYA stuff? If all I have is a baton, and I am trying to defend myself from someone using lethal force such a knife or gun, will a strike to the head actually knock them out or kill them?
Would a strike to their forearm break bone or just hurt?
NOT asking for legal advice, just wondering how effective these things are if needed.
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It was totally a impulse buy, but now that I have it and have been beating on the heavy bag with it, I am really impressed and pretty curious about other uses for it, specifically to carry as a replacement for a firearm in a non permissive or non legal environment like work or California.
So my understanding of its various uses is as follows:
Level 0: create space by pushing away with tip of the baton, or even hammer fisted blow with the butt.
Level 1: strikes to broad meaty areas like the thigh and gut for pain compliance (this doesn't really apply to me)
Level 2: strikes to joints and arms, knees etc will cause possible permenant damage and hopefully take someone out of the fight.
Level 3: strikes to neck or head might be fatal and should be considered lethal force.
Is this accurate or just legal training CYA stuff? If all I have is a baton, and I am trying to defend myself from someone using lethal force such a knife or gun, will a strike to the head actually knock them out or kill them?
Would a strike to their forearm break bone or just hurt?
NOT asking for legal advice, just wondering how effective these things are if needed.