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Re: Aggressive flashlight striking bezels

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Great info Allen.

Wish you could be there on Saturday also. Hopefully next time!
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^ I hope so!

I love any chance to bring out (all) of my flashlights. :oops:

Next time, for-sure, we'll leave a few of mine burning in the classroom while we shoot. It should be a fun experiment/contest to see who can hold on to the 3xCR123 powered Malkoff drop-in for the longest! :lol: If I can find my old ARC LS, that should be even more "hot potato!" fun. :lol: Heck, I'll even bring the L6 so that we can all worship at the altar of one of the first true high-power made-for-purpose LED torches. <sigh, if I only had one of the original Laser Products 6Ps!>

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I have to admit, my flashlight collection is almost as big as my knife collection / fetish, lol. :oops:
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The thought just occurred that a striking bezel on a flashlight may create an issue with Ohio's definition of a deadly weapon.
(A) "Deadly weapon" means any instrument, device, or thing capable of inflicting death, and designed or specially adapted for use as a weapon, or possessed, carried, or used as a weapon.
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BobK wrote:The thought just occurred that a striking bezel on a flashlight may create an issue with Ohio's definition of a deadly weapon.
(A) "Deadly weapon" means any instrument, device, or thing capable of inflicting death, and designed or specially adapted for use as a weapon, or possessed, carried, or used as a weapon.
I believe you may be right, Bob. But to me it's the same thing as a CH licensee in Ohio carrying a cutting tool of some kind along with a firearm: "So..let me get this straight officer, you are going to arrest me for illegally carrying this Kershaw, but not this pair of Glocks? Really?" Don't misunderstand I don't want to have such a conversation during an encounter, but you can bet I would just so his bosses and the taxpayers can hear it when his affirmative reply gets played back later. same deal with a darn flashlight, no one, badge or not, is going to browbeat me that way.

Maybe because of having to take one police officer to the mat career wise (he's long gone from LE, think he sells used cars now) I just ain't scared of conversing with them rather plainly ever since.
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BobK wrote:The thought just occurred that a striking bezel on a flashlight may create an issue with Ohio's definition of a deadly weapon.
(A) "Deadly weapon" means any instrument, device, or thing capable of inflicting death, and designed or specially adapted for use as a weapon, or possessed, carried, or used as a weapon.

There's a reason MagLights are now frowned upon by many police departments.
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Spidey wrote:I have to admit, my flashlight collection is almost as big as my knife collection / fetish, lol. :oops:
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Use a barrel-wrap to add a finger loop to your flashlight and turn it into a koppo stick for better retention.

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I know the OP's intent with this thread is to address the "strking bezels" popular on many of today's "tactical" flashlights, but since I've already managed to derail :oops: the thread with previous posts, I thought that I might as well add another tangent here:

http://www.breachbangclear.com/lumens-m ... they-dont/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
In front of me I have two different weapon lights. The power sources are exactly the same. One of them is 220 lumens and the other is a hair over 1k lumens. Which one can illuminate targets farther in the dark?
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I can't believe I'd forgotten this :oops: in our discussion of temperature regulation:

http://www.oveready.com/insiders/55/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

^ That was a most innovative custom design from 2014, and as I mentioned of those CREE household bulbs, it takes advantage of convection.

So, I was wrong from before - yes, this kind of stuff is possible in a flashlight. 8) :)
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Thanks for the link and info Allen! :thumbsup:
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^ :oops: Like I wrote/said, I can't believe I forgot that one. :oops: Getting senile.

I definitely drooled over it......
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TSiWRX wrote:I can't believe I'd forgotten this :oops: in our discussion of temperature regulation:

http://www.oveready.com/insiders/55/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

^ That was a most innovative custom design from 2014, and as I mentioned of those CREE household bulbs, it takes advantage of convection. 8) :)
Am I wrong to think of a flashlight as sexy and sleek? Just looking at the website above had me reaching for my credit card, lol. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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^ :lol:
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BobK wrote:The thought just occurred that a striking bezel on a flashlight may create an issue with Ohio's definition of a deadly weapon.
(A) "Deadly weapon" means any instrument, device, or thing capable of inflicting death, and designed or specially adapted for use as a weapon, or possessed, carried, or used as a weapon.
Note that's an 'AND' not 'OR'. It has to not only be adapted for use as a weapon, but actually capable of inflicting death. Until there's evidence of someone being killed after being struck (even repeatedly) by nothing but a flashlight's bevel, I'm not going to sweat this one.
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