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Bay Area homeowners are hiring a sword-wielding man to help them kick squatters out of empty properties: ‘The average squatter has no melee experience’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] shininghero@pawb.social 117 points 1 week ago (4 children)

...with professional-grade tactical gear.
The gear includes firearms, ballistic full-body armor, flash bangs and smoke grenades, tear gas...

Where the fuck are you sourcing explosives and tear gas as a civilian, and more importantly...
Where can I get some? Purely for home defense, of course. Definitely not wanting it for defrost purposes.

[–] brap@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plus points for “defrosting” there, very nicely put.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

It would seem contrary to known physics, but tear gas actually makes frozen water whine like little bitches. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[–] tal@lemmy.today 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Where the fuck are you sourcing explosives and tear gas as a civilian

https://www.keepshooting.com/clear-out-6oz-tear-gas-grenade.html

Clear Out 6oz Tear Gas Grenade

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gun show.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The best part is the 50/50 on if they work or not

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oof. That bad?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social -1 points 1 week ago

I would wager much of the “tacti-cool” market stuff to not perform.

I’m not an expert.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Totally legal, all of that. The grenades require a $200 DD stamp each (don't think the smokes do, unsure about tear gas - I know I bought smoke grenades for airsoft all the time back when I played), but everything there is totally legal from your local gun show or Bubba.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Bubba is the guy that Trump sucked off