U-locks

cause i cant risk getting a ticket or any kind of charge and i remember someone on the board saying a cop was saying something to them about their u-lock being a weapon
 
anything is a weapon in the eyes/mouth of a cop w/ a chip on their shoulder.
honestly, I'm fairly certain as long as the intended or manufactured purpose of the device is not to harm someone, you have a pretty good alibi/ defense, but people get fucked for shit.
I remember once me and my friends were fencing with shinai in a parking lot and all the sudden out of the blue 6 cop cars rolled up, lights on, 40mph, and they leapt out with guns drawn. They thought we had swords. Such a fucking scene.
 
a friend of mine was walking down the street with a mic stand cops pull up guns out threw him on the ground they said someone called saying theres a kid walking down the street with a rifle they said sorry and left

i carry a fairly large adjustable wrench in my bag for just in case purposes i was getting arrested for something else the cop asked why i had it i just said i usually am riding a bike he didn't think twice about it