<p>i have to walk home late at night sometimes and i was just wondering what kind of weapons i can legally carry in self defense (knives, pepper spray etc)...Does anyone have advice on this in general?</p>
<p>carry a hockey stick</p>
<p>Your best weapon is your body posture. Maintain a strong forward gaze and don't slouch. Blades above some 3 inches or so are illegal.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you can buy and carry pepper spray. I mean I was able to buy a couple keychain sprays for a buck each during Fry's black Friday.</p>
<p>If it were me, I'd carry my sword I bought from chinatown. :D</p>
<p>Learn a type of karate (or weaponless martial art) so that even without the weapon, you will be in a decent situaiton. I'm pretty sure "Karate" means open hand, and I think it was developed by those who were not allowed to have weapons (peasant classes in Japan). Learning a martial art also gives you other benefits.</p>
<p>Stunt baton for the win!</p>
<p>And a rape whistle. Get one from UC Police Department. I got mine during Calpolooza (LOL).</p>
<p>An Uzi or bazooka always work nicely, but not very discrete...hmmm... Get a cane sword!! Very discrete!</p>
<p>There's a lot of different martial arts to choose from. Kempo, tae-kwon-do, aikido, etc. They're all weaponless self-defense forms.</p>
<p>See above for the absolute best advice.</p>
<p>Pepper spray isn't bad either. Too bad California has terrible gun control laws or you could pack heat.</p>
<p>Well, in my honest opinion, do not carry a concealed weapon on campus. It's just retarded. </p>
<p>1)If you are in a struggle with someone who is not armed, cops will definitely suspect you to be the douche first, since you pack heat.</p>
<p>2) Unless you can handle your weapon carefully and extremely well, the assailant can disarm, steal your gun, and shoot you very quickly in close combat.</p>
<p>3) Risk of shooting something you do not want to be shot.</p>
<p>I think pepper spray and stun guns are good enough. Probably can get a decent stun gun at $50-80.</p>
<p>seriously, just get pepper spray. Most people won't bother you, and if they do, a quick blast in the eyes will scare them off.</p>
<p>Remember, you can always use Berkeley's late night Bear Walk thingy.</p>