Guns, knives and baseball bats
1: A man with facial tattoos lumbers down a dark street with a machete strapped to his belt; another man has an unloaded rifle slung over his shoulder; a woman at the corner nervously grips a 4-ounce pepper spray canister in her purse.
Which is legal?
A: The man with the machete
B: The man with the rifle
C: The woman with pepper spray
2: In an apartment building, one resident keeps a loaded pump shotgun with a 15-shot multi-tube magazine under his bed, one has a baseball bat under the bed, and one keeps nunchucks made from a broom handle and a piece of rope.
Which is legal?
A: Baseball bat
B: Homemade nunchucks
C: Pump shotgun
3: Three men saunter into a saloon. One has a 6-inch folding knife with a quick-open thumb stud in his pocket. One wears a bowler hat and a pince-nez and carries a 19th century sword-cane. The third has an unloaded six-shooter in a quick-draw holster.
Which is legal?
A: Folding knife
B: Revolver (6-shooter)
C: Sword-cane
4: Froggie went a-shoppin’ with a 3-foot, two-edged sword in a scabbard by his side, but doesn’t intend to use it. He has a letter opener in his shoe (EEE size) and a BB-filled knotted stocking.
If Froggie is human, which one’s legal?
A: The letter opener
B: The sword
C: The BB-filled sock
5: Three degenerates in a vacant lot are armed. One has an unregistered assault rifle with a “bullet button,” one has a flamethrower from the online Elon Musk company, and the other has a 17-inch Rambo-style tactical knife worn on a belt.
Which is illegal?
A: Rambo knife
B: Assault rifle
C: Flamethrower
6: Three cars are driving up I-5. The Ford Fusion has an unloaded Colt in the locked glove box. The Dodge, a ’72 Charger, has an unloaded Beretta on the passenger seat. The BMW has an unloaded SIG Sauer locked in the trunk.
Which driver’s breaking the law?
A: BMW driver
B: Muscle-car driver
C: Fusion driver
7: Three attitudinally challenged punks have left the schoolyard. One boy’s carrying a spring-loaded switchblade with a 1.9” blade. Another has a belt-buckle knife with a 1.9” blade. The girl has a lipstick-knife with a 1.9” blade.
Which knife is legal?
A: Belt-buckle knife
B: Switchblade
C: Lipstick knife
8: At a hardware store, a surly customer grips his oak cane with a brass-knob top. He’s arguing with the owner, who has a loaded Glock concealed under his jacket. Nearby, a stocker opening boxes has a lock-blade open in his pocket.
Who is illegal?
A: The owner
B: The customer
C: The stocker
9: Three ninjas in black body suits are having a mutant turtles’ night out. One has five throwing knives in five belt sheaths, one has five throwing stars in one belt sheath, and the other wears a collapsible baton in a visible boot sheath.
Which weapon is legal?
A: Five throwing knives
B: Five throwing stars
C: Collapsible baton
10: Three women walk into a diner. One has brass knuckles in plain view. A second has a stun gun that fires electrodes 20 feet, concealed in her purse, and the other has a stun gun that requires direct contact, hidden in a jacket pocket.
Which is illegal?
A: Metal knuckles
B: Stun gun that fires electrodes
C: Direct-contact stun gun