78 year old man gets his cane taken away

jointntoday · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2008, 11:17 am

because its a 'offensive weapon'

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They must have known he was a troublemaker the moment they saw him.
With his white hair, wax jacket and glasses, 78-year-old Philip Clarkson Webb clearly ticked all the boxes any eagle-eyed policemen would mark as 'danger'.
And as he shuffled along the pavement towards them there was one thing above all they deemed to pose a threat - his walking stick.
The officers surrounded the retired classics teacher and informed him the 3ft wooden cane was an 'offensive weapon' and had to be confiscated.

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he is 78 years old! did they really think he was going to start a riot?
thats just sad, the police scard of a old man with a cane.

Adbot · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2008, 11:17 am

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2008, 11:24 am

It's story's like this when i think we only get half of what happened. I find it so hard to believe they'd be that stupid. XD

Veggie Eater · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2008, 11:53 am

Heh
That kind of reminds me of Gandalf from Lord of the Rings.

In the second movie the guards are supposed to take all weapons from the group but they don't take Gandalf's staff because he says "You wouldn't part an old man from his walking stick, would you?" so they let him keep it, yet he attacks the king guy.

Yeah, I'm obsessed with Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

jointntoday · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2008, 12:40 pm

CreepyPirate wrote:

It's story's like this when i think we only get half of what happened. I find it so hard to believe they'd be that stupid. XD

even if there is another side, how is a cane a 'offensive weapon'
i could understand if it was one of thouse gun/cane things but its not.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2008, 12:47 pm

jointntoday wrote:

CreepyPirate wrote:

It's story's like this when i think we only get half of what happened. I find it so hard to believe they'd be that stupid. XD

even if there is another side, how is a cane a 'offensive weapon'
i could understand if it was one of thouse gun/cane things but its not.

I don't know, I wasn't there. We have to go by what the newspaper tells us and newspapers write story's that sell. For all we know he could of been waving it about dangerously, I could see how it could be seen as a weapon of sorts then although personally I'd not surround the guy and disarm him but who knows how it really went down.

Marking22 · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2008, 5:17 pm

ahh know thats funny
i hope his cane aint expensive

Adbot · **Posted:** October 2nd, 2008, 5:17 pm

Josh · **Posted:** October 3rd, 2008, 11:42 am

well let's see. pretty much anything can be classified as a weapon, such as: shirts (strangle), belts(strangle or whip), shoes (thrown). i guess we need to confiscate clothes now.

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** October 3rd, 2008, 11:53 am

The Daily Mail = :^o

I wonder what actually happened.

Brad · **Posted:** October 3rd, 2008, 11:59 am

Even though it is the Daily Mail I can believe it really happened. Britain is the worlds worst nanny state.

jointntoday · **Posted:** October 3rd, 2008, 12:44 pm

Mushroom Queen wrote:

The Daily Mail = :^o

I wonder what actually happened.

oh really? i norm only watch like the local news so i dont really know what other new to trust #-o

i still think it really happend though, but they might have gotten a little carryed away while writeing the story.

rs josec78 · **Posted:** October 3rd, 2008, 1:52 pm

Veggie Eater wrote:

one of thouse gun/cane

gun\canes? are those real?

well i find that kinda stupid

its like taking some kids his wheelchair and what josh said...like can the dude walk without his cane

his 78 years old i think he needs it..i don't think he brings it around for protection

Veggie Eater · **Posted:** October 3rd, 2008, 2:43 pm

rs josec78 wrote:

Veggie Eater wrote:

one of thouse gun/cane

gun\canes? are those real?

well i find that kinda stupid

its like taking some kids his wheelchair and what josh said...like can the dude walk without his cane

his 78 years old i think he needs it..i don't think he brings it around for protection

What the ****?

I didn't say that..

Edit:
[Pardon me, I was really sad/upset when I wrote the "what the.."]
It was probably just a mistake, no need for me to get testy about it.

jointntoday · **Posted:** October 3rd, 2008, 2:46 pm

rs josec78 wrote:

Veggie Eater wrote:

one of thouse gun/cane

gun\canes? are those real?

well i find that kinda stupid

its like taking some kids his wheelchair and what josh said...like can the dude walk without his cane

his 78 years old i think he needs it..i don't think he brings it around for protection

lol, it was me that said that...yes they are real. most of them shoot .22 rounds
look em up.

Mikhail · **Posted:** October 3rd, 2008, 3:30 pm

Yep gun canes are real there are also gun cellphones gun purses and so on. they mostly shoot .22 LR

EMS9889 · **Posted:** October 6th, 2008, 4:42 pm

lol There was probobaly nuclear weapons in his cane