Personally the only flashlight I'd like to use for self defense is the weapon light on my SIG..... <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

> I don't believe that Dave (Brangdon) is saying that the UK situation is better or worse than USA
> situation. What I read is his explanation of how he understands UK police and courts view this
> sort of thing and likely responses in accordance with their laws and judicial system.

Yes, thank you. In fact I wouldn't have commented at all had the original poster not appeared to be giving advice to Americans about Europe. Eg, "... but in the majority of Europe such activities are illegal or highly frowned upon by the authorities". It seemed important to point out that weaponised flashlights are just as illegal here. I'm not claiming that's a good thing.

On that subject a new book from Phil Elmore is coming out of Paladin Press, it is called Flashlight fighting.

I'm thinking something like this:

I have, with a Streamlight SL20. My striking surface has been between the belt line and the bottom of the rib cage, usually with a wrist pop just prior to impact. I hold the bulb end, and strike with the other end. I find it easier to keep control of the flashlight this way. Every time, it had the desired effect...to back the person up and out of my personal space. (A good rule to remember: Don't try to intimidate the nice officer, especially us older ones.) I have also shined the light in people's eyes at night while they were advancing towards me. It stuns them for about five seconds, enough time for me to side step their advance and determine what, if anything, I want to do with them. Most were simply drunk (and therefore being stupid).

I only had one flashlight ever damaged. Not by dropping it down a flight of concrete stairs or putting it through a side window of a car, but when it was ripped from my hand by a German Shepard named "Misha". (I learned the name later.) I was walking onto his property to interview a witness, and the dog appeared out of nowhere and lunged at me. I had my flashlight in my hand and brought it up in front of me, and the dog took it and tore it into several chunks. By then, the owner appeared and took control of the dog. He was quite nice once we were "introduced".

TAD GEAR is also doing some fine crenellated bezels called a TIC (Tactical Impact crown)
But it must be a mistake, anybody knows that these bezels are there to let light scape when you put the torch head down <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I probably will get one for my wife's Fenix L1P.
They also have a size for the Minimag.



black bear

And in the meanwhile Surefire is selling the L-6 Porcupine at $600.00 a pop.





The light is truly a masterpiece of difficult machine work, and that crenellated bezel in stainless is hard to overlook.
cheers
black bear