Hands Registered as Deadly Weapons

[Dimis]

Ok so ive heard it many times in bragging matches around the net and in the real world as well

can anyone point out an actual case of someone registering or more to the point having to register theyre hands as deadly weapons?

i know this just sounds silly but a friend is dating a bragger who claims he has done so even tho in my home state of delaware there isnt a single record of such an event

 

[Coyote3855]

Bogus, never heard of it in real life.

 

[thebigc]

next time they tell you that

 

[Blues Brother]

What about Chuck Norris?

 

[pbearperry]

It's a movie thing.

 

[Beelzy]

My hands have been "charged" as Deadly weapons, does that count??

 

[jfdavis58]

I believe the closest someone could come to 'registering' their hands as deadly weapons would be to acquire a license to fight professionally, i. e. boxing, MMA. Things always go rather poorly for these folks when the break the law--something of a different standard must be at play.

 

[jahwarrior]

the closest thing i cxan think of wa a guy in NYC in the 1980's who attacked and killed a woman on an elevator; he'd punched her. when it was discovered he was a black belt in karate, the charges were modified to include "assault with a deadly weapon", since karate focuses on making the hands and feet into weapons. he was later found guilty of murder.

 

[herohog]

I witnessed a drunk idiot tell a cop that his hands were registered as deadly weapons and the cop said "Good! Now I can shoot your dumb ass!" I about busted a gut laughing!

 

[Kingcreek]

I tried to register my hands as deadly weapons once. When it was finally settled with the state they said my right hand could be registered as an a$$ scratcher and my left one a booger picker if I wanted.

 

[smoketheresfire]

Classic^^^

 

[Storm]

I'm thinking that there may be another body part of mine that could be registered as deadly....and silent

 

[JShirley]

If you are aware of a person having martial arts or boxing experience, for instance, or have reason to believe they do, that can be used as a defense for using (potentially) lethal force in defense*. However, "registering limbs as lethal weapons" is a myth.

*I've even seen this hypothetical used in police publications.

John

 

[glistam]

Total BS.

But ever the one seeking the truth behind the misinformation, I wonder if this is yet another fanciful misreading or tortured analogy of law. You've probably read a lot of so-called "Stupid State Laws?" A lot of them aren't true, or are technically true in a really twisted way. Like "In Maryland it is illegal to take a lion to the movies." There's no law that says that. It's illegal to own a lion in the first place in MD, and taking a feral carnivorous animal to a movie theater easily qualifies as Reckless Endangerment.

I suspect it's some warped confusion over "aggravated assault" (which usually means attacking someone with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, with weapon or not) and "assault with a deadly weapon." In some jurisdiction, "aggravated assault" covers both types of crime under one name. But there is no registration process, no was there ever, for limbs.

 

[bikerdoc]

registering limbs as lethal weapons" is a myth.

End of story.

 

[Carl Levitian]

"What about Chuck Norris?"
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Chuck Norris dosen't registar anything. He dosen't need to, he just stares at the problem and it goes away.

 

[X-Rap]

I'm pretty sure Chuck even has to register his gloves and boots.

Have you seen him lately? The dudes not growing old without a fight. The hair/rug? is darker than in the 80's!

 

[Blues Brother]

Chuck Norris does not need rogaine. rogaine needs chuck norris.

 

[conw]

I dont know if Chuck minds but let's not talk about his "rug" whatever the heck that is! Just talking about it is deadly...

JShirley wrote:

If you are aware of a person having martial arts or boxing experience

I've always thought this was a stupid consideration in court. It seems like a symptom of how ignorant people are about the danger of fistfights anyway. You could easily die from hitting your head if a non-martial artist pushed you, or so on. I understand the reasoning and I am not saying ALL fistfights justify lethal force, but there are enough documented cases of NON martial artists killing people with a punch, accidentally, to consider ANY all-out physical assault deadly force.

Humans are all dangerous, not just MAs...

 

[X-Rap]

"rug"

= Man wig
There are more things than someones MA MMA experience that should be taken into account but rest assured in a court it will be brought up as sure as Punisher Grips on your 1911 would be. It may not be the deciding factor but it might.

 

[Art Eatman]

More than enough...