Been thinking about this a bit more and got a potential solution. Just bear with me in my line of thinking...
Amongst all the piss-taking and bullshit, there has to be an answer to jacking and personal protection in some way, when on your bike.
When the bike is stationary, you lock it up. At home, in the street, on your driveway. Period.
So, the threat now is when you are mobile.
If you are sat stationary at lights, riding down the road, temporarily stopped in the petrol station, or in the process of locking up. etc
How can you defend yourself against a jacking or potential hostile?
Well the Lemon Juice thing and the guys very real holstered gun gave me an idea, in two parts.
Part One - Weaponise
GUNS. Due to the Firearms Act it is unlawful to carry a gun in the UK. Makes sense. But Paintball Guns are legal and don't fall under the Firearms Law.
However, Paintball guns look very realistic and therefore fall under the Imitation Firearms Law. So that's illegal as well to use in a public place.
But Nerf Guns don't look real as they are brightly coloured, and paintball projectiles are not lethal force, and providing they are under the Lb/ft limit they would be legal to use anywhere.
So a non-lethal non-firearm paintball gun, painted in non-realistic colours (so it doesn't look like a firearm) would be legal to use in the street. Like a kid with a nerf-gun.
Ok just an idea... bear with me...
So on to projectiles. What would this device shoot?
Part Two - Projectiles
So non-lethal projectiles.
Anything that harms the assailant is more likely to cause a higher level of violence, so paint-balls and suchlike are going to be aggravating the situation rather than defending you.
But what about the threat of SMART WATER. Paintballs filled with Smart Water?
Smart Water is being used to identify robbers all over the country.
It is a liquid based DNA Type Scientific Solution spread on aggressors via spray, dab, whatever. The Police can then absolutely identify that crook to the scene of the crime as it now contains your information (Witness) to the event (Crime) on them (Defendant).
Just the THREAT of spraying (or shooting?) Smart Water on a thief would be the deterrent. In the event that the thief is just too dumb to care, spray the fecker and his bike and yours too.
It then links everything together in the crime so you don't have to rely on witnesses and such like if the cops find them, or parts of your bike.
Conclusion
Yes I am a bit mad, and yes this is a topic that won't suit everyone.
But if we can find an easy to use propellant that's legal to use and Smart Water is the answer, does that sound like a decent step forward in this plan?
.... you might well be on to something here.
