Are expandable/extendable batons illegal?
 

I'm in CA. Anyone know if they're illegal here?

Thought I was going to get chased by a pitbull while riding my bicycle this weekend. Scared the crap out of me. Somehow, I don't think squirting it with my water bottle trick would've stopped him from chewing off my calf. He came barreling towards me out of nowhere as I rode uphill past his property. There must have been an electronic gate there because he never came out. Of course, I didn't know he wasn't going to come out. I never pedaled so fast in my life.

Next time that happens I want to be more prepared. A baton across a dog's face would stop it. That's as a last resort, of course.

No.. :)

Expandable Baton Laws

I read that but couldn't understand it. Talk about your run-on sentences!

From an order form..
California Sale Restrictions

Damn.

This is why I have a .32 or a .380 with me while riding

The wording I would use is yes, you can buy them here.

In all seriousness, who cares if it's legal, carry the damn thing if you want to. As long as you don't look like a thug, meth-head or otherwise ask for trouble the cops won't care a bit. You've got a plausible story with the dog thing, tell it if you get questioned and you'll be fine.

This assumes you don't have a record and don't come off as a douche :

I agree, i dont care if it's legal either.

Pepper spray would probably work better though.

Or a P7... ;)

I have been told by a cop friend that pepper spray will work on some dogs but not others...FWIW.

won't work on cajun dogs.

lol

I'm going to buy a 32" baton.

I'm a great believer in batons (after a handgun) for defensive use. However, not on a dog. Using a stick on a dog will only make him more aggresive. A better choice would be to throw stones (or coins at him).

WTF? You have got to be kidding me, are you guys even allowed to take deep breaths on odd numbered days out there? I guess there is a reason they put CA so far away from the east coast. :rolleyes:

It's not just Cali Rick...:rolleyes:

Well true, but yanno.

Instead of the baton get a bicycle pump. It mounts with clips to your bike frame. Works the same as the baton and your legal.

Or spray them

Cabela's -- Self Defense Pepper Spray

Weird. On the bottom of my screen there is an ad for the ASP Baton. Anyway, the problem I can see with the spray the wind might blow the aerosol towards me. I've never used a spray. Does it shoot out a concentrated, focused stream of stuff or is it diffused for up-close defensive use?

I just got rid of my mini-pump and have gone all CO2. Makes the bike all aerodynamic.

Yep, P7 definitely wins the "what to use" competition hands down. :D

There are different spray nozzles for pepper spray. depends what you get.

What ad you see depends on the topic of the thread.

It shoots out in a concentrated stream.

Used mine once, a bear decided to see if I was eatable while I was up in a tree stand. He got up about 6-7 feet up the trunk of the tree and I squirted him in the face. He let go with his front paws to wipe at his eyes and fell backwards to the ground. Then stumbled off into the bush wiping at his eyes as he went.