Posted: 12/24/2014 11:37:35 AM EDT
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Are you guys familiar with the Wasp Injection Knife? Essentially someone thought of putting a CO2 cartridge in the handle of a knife so when you stab something you press a button and high pressure CO2 gas is forced into the target and causes the same massive expansion trauma as a bullet. Here's a Youtube video...
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMvpmGb0Fcs[/youtube] Yes, it makes the idea of a knife more complex than what a knife is supposed to do and yes it will make a horrid mess, but this is a KNIFE. It's doing what knives do; stabbing things up close in the attempt to grievously wound it. It's just now doing stabbing...and something in addition to stabbing. What are your thoughts? A) The coolest thing you've ever seen? B) Mall Ninja uselessness? C) Sick in the head brutal as human beings can possibly be? D) I'm not sure but I want one anyway because it'll be banned as soon as the "we're telling you what to do for your own good" politicians hears that it exists? Here-s the link to their website for those who wish to inquire further : Wasp Injection Systems, Inc. The thing must have only reached the market a few months or so ago. |
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Are you guys familiar with the Wasp Injection Knife?.... D) I'm not sure but I want one anyway because it'll be banned as soon as the "we're telling you what to do for your own good" politicians hears that it exists? Here-s the link to their website for those who wish to inquire further : Wasp Injection Systems, Inc. The thing must have only reached the market a few months or so ago. 
Never heard of it before, but wiki says it was used as a murder weapon in CSI and NCIS, so it is already banned under CT law as a "dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument". |
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Never heard of it before, but wiki says it was used as a murder weapon in CSI and NCIS, so it is already banned under CT law as a "dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument". Quoted:
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Are you guys familiar with the Wasp Injection Knife?.... D) I'm not sure but I want one anyway because it'll be banned as soon as the "we're telling you what to do for your own good" politicians hears that it exists? Here-s the link to their website for those who wish to inquire further : Wasp Injection Systems, Inc. The thing must have only reached the market a few months or so ago.
Never heard of it before, but wiki says it was used as a murder weapon in CSI and NCIS, so it is already banned under CT law as a "dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument". It is obviously illegal as f**k to carry it, but that's because it's a knife. From what I've seen, there are no definitions on the books classifying a wasp knife as a distinct design of knife sufficiently different from other knives....yet. The concept looks to be so new that it hasn't gotten on the politician's radar...yet. BUT, when it's featured on a Hollywierd TV show that pretty much means by definition it's just an overhyped Hollywierd gimmick that would have little practical effect in reality. Hollywierd by definition gets everything wrong. That pretty much answers my question right there. |
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It was purposefully designed by a diver, and meant for use on sharks. (At least thats how my mind remembers the video I watched about it). That was just a cover story on the part of the manufacturer to quasi-justify the thing having a legitimate purpose. I'm a diver too, and it will be dangerous as hell to use this on a shark- the compressed CO2 would eject twenty times more blood and offal from the entry wound on the shark and it will bring twenty times more sharks into the area. Sharks are pretty good at things like that. I saw up close to what those things are able to do on a bucket of bait off the Caribbean Reefs. Scary stuff. |
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That was just a cover story on the part of the manufacturer to quasi-justify the thing having a legitimate purpose. I'm a diver too, and it will be dangerous as hell to use this on a shark- the compressed CO2 would eject twenty times more blood and offal from the entry wound on the shark and it will bring twenty times more sharks into the area. Sharks are pretty good at things like that. I saw up close to what those things are able to do on a bucket of bait off the Caribbean Reefs. Scary stuff. Quoted:
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It was purposefully designed by a diver, and meant for use on sharks. (At least thats how my mind remembers the video I watched about it). That was just a cover story on the part of the manufacturer to quasi-justify the thing having a legitimate purpose. I'm a diver too, and it will be dangerous as hell to use this on a shark- the compressed CO2 would eject twenty times more blood and offal from the entry wound on the shark and it will bring twenty times more sharks into the area. Sharks are pretty good at things like that. I saw up close to what those things are able to do on a bucket of bait off the Caribbean Reefs. Scary stuff. Interesting. Isn't there a "confirmed kill" of a shark with one? I can understand not wanting to draw in more sharks - but I think I'd rather them be drawn in by the sharks blood, rather than my blood had I done nothing about the first shark attacking me. 
Gotta deal with it one threat at a time. 
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I can understand not wanting to draw in more sharks - but I think I'd rather them be drawn in by the sharks blood, rather than my blood had I done nothing about the first shark attacking me.
Gotta deal with it one threat at a time. Problem is, if a shark has a hankering to bite you, it's gonna bite you. Humans are built for moving through air, so in the water our arms and legs move slower due to all that water getting in the way (and even slower the further you go down due to the increased water pressure). Sharks OTOH are all pointy and flexy and specifically designed for moving in the water so they zip in and around like miniature hotrods. By the time you get your knife out you've already received a mortal injury so the only real recourse is to keep your distance. Fortunately, sharks mindlessly attacking humans for no reason is just Hollywierd nonsense. Sharks are just animals, and animals try to hunt food they know won't put up a fight and cause injuries. When out of the blue it sees some weird looking huge creature with two long skinny fins, putting out massive bubbles and making the devil's own noise underwater like it owns the ocean it's not going to know what the heck to make of it. I once had a barracuda slowly cruising in circles around me the same way. Unnerving as hell but it was just curious and it meant me no harm. In most cases, sharks aren't biting because they're attacking. Sharks have no fingers to touch anything so they'll just bite it to find out what it is and won't even be staying to chew on their target anyway. Small consolation to the guy getting bit. |