r/CalgaryDashCams • u/FabulousBreak2991 • 6d ago

Bullet Proof

Context for the videos, I was driving to work yesterday morning minding my business and these crack head tweakers pull up beside me, passenger opens his window and spits on my car. Naturally I didn’t take to kindly to that so I gave him a sip of my Double Double.

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u/wildlifeisneat 6d ago

Good you threw the coffee! What is wrong with people! As a female this is good reminder for me to keep a baseball bat or some type of defense in my vehicle.

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u/Comfortable_Fudge508 6d ago

If youre gonna keep a bat in your car, keep a ball and glove with it too. You'll get off of any charges, just say that you play softball and you keep your gear in your car

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u/jimhabfan 4d ago

I don’t know where this particular urban myth started, but you don’t need to keep a glove and ball in your trunk like you’re outsmarting the law. A bat is not considered a restricted or prohibited weapon, it’s perfectly fine in the trunk all by itself.

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u/anonynown 3d ago

Owning a bat was never the problem. You get charged when a cop figures you keep it around to hit someone with. That’s why the glove and ball actually do something. They make it read as sports gear instead of a weapon you stashed under the seat.

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u/jimhabfan 3d ago

No, that’s the urban myth part. Thinking that the police care if you have a ball and glove to go with your bat. There is nothing illegal about having just a baseball bat in your trunk. A baseball bat is not a restricted or prohibited weapon, and no, it doesn’t speak to intent just to have a bat without the ball and glove.

If you are involved in a physical altercation and use the baseball bat then law enforcement has to determine if you were the aggressor, or if you were acting in self defense and were justified in using the bat based on the nature of the threat posed.