self defense - California trip

[chl-dawg]

thanks for the condolences LOL !! to top it off - i am visiting my in laws !!! and we 're flying...
i am planning to buy a spring assisted knife - but really no pepper spray in checked bags?

buy some pepper-spray online and have it delivered to your in-laws house.

Yes i was thinking of doing this as well ! thanks !

[chl-dawg]

this is only my 2nd time visiting California - first time was 4.5 years ago and i will try to avoid it but i don't think i have a 'choice' on this one this time around. i guess i'll have to adjust as much as i can and try to have a good time with in laws.

alot of great suggestions from everyone.

[MJR]

Little better off. Will drive and understand can have my G43 locked in a Pelican case in car but will at least have it in motel.
Anyone know if ok for ammo in same locked case?

[Deltaboy]

Cane and a Mora !

[Syntyr]

Cane... I have two. One a nice solid handmade wood one that I can really put some inertia behind it. I train to use it like a baton or staff. I also have an airline friendly metal fold up cane that has a rubber band running down the center of it. I can carry it folded and drop it like a gravity knife and it snaps into one piece. Its light but surprisingly sturdy. I can put a hurt on my heavy bag quick. Of course it helps that I look the profile old and slow and to be honest my plantar faciaities is why i got the canes.

[The Annoyed Man]

I’m in California right now. I brought a cane, and a good sturdy knife. When I drive here, I bring a gun, because I have some control over my situation, and because I’m spending some time in the free states on the way to and from. But when I fly to California, I don’t bother with a gun. It’s too much trouble, and I have no faith in airline/airport employees at that end. If I were flying inside of Texas, or from Texas to say Arizona, I’d fly with a firearm .... just not to California. Unfortunately, this trip required flying because we’re traveling with two toddlers, who’d never make it to California alive, in a car.

[flechero]

....we’re traveling with two toddlers...

May the force be with you!

[The Annoyed Man]

....we’re traveling with two toddlers...

May the force be with you!

It is. He’s my grandson!

[sugar land dave.]

I’m in California right now. I brought a cane, and a good sturdy knife. When I drive here, I bring a gun, because I have some control over my situation, and because I’m spending some time in the free states on the way to and from. But when I fly to California, I don’t bother with a gun. It’s too much trouble, and I have no faith in airline/airport employees at that end. If I were flying inside of Texas, or from Texas to say Arizona, I’d fly with a firearm .... just not to California. Unfortunately, this trip required flying because we’re traveling with two toddlers, who’d never make it to California alive, in a car.

Enjoy your trip TAM. Don't forget to come back home to Texas!

[TomS]

Little better off. Will drive and understand can have my G43 locked in a Pelican case in car but will at least have it in motel.
Anyone know if ok for ammo in same locked case?

I wouldn’t.

https://www.nraila.org/articles/2015010 ... sportation

https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/travel

[switch]

Wasp Spray DOES NOT WORK. Go to youtube, search wasp spray for slef-defense.
In TX, you could be charged with an illegal chemical dispensing device.

[der Teufel]

Illinois man, 81, uses antique walking stick to beat thieves
Dan Donovan used his shillelagh to smash the suspect's windshield

https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-man ... at-thieves

Not bad. He whacked one guy in the head, and when they fled he beat out their car windows!