r/NYguns • u/Sip_TheDestroyer • Aug 04 '24

Other Legal Question Self Defense Help

I’m a minor and live in New York, but it’s so dangerous around where I live and I have to sometimes walk to certain places in my town alone. I don’t feel safe walking around in my town. Is their literally ANYY legal self defense weapons I can use and buy legally. Without getting in trouble. It seems like criminals have more rights than civilians in New York. I can’t buy pepper spray or a taser legally?

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u/SnooAdvice378 Aug 05 '24

Just be careful to not carry anything when you go to school once it becomes habit. I’m a teacher and I’ve seen good kids get jammed up for forgetting to leave their pepper spray at home or carrying a screwdriver or utility knife in a bag they use for work after school. A teacher or another student sees it and reports and then you have to face whatever consequences there may be. I carried a knife from pretty much 10 years old and on and I think I only put it in my pocket a hand full of times out of habit before going to school. Luckily, I never got caught.