goddamn, new york

[Eric P]

http://gothamist.com/2009/03/11/some_brass_knuckles_with_your_slice.php

Not too long ago a reader sent in this photo of weapons being sold from behind the counter of Williamsburg's Eden Pizza, located just off Bedford on North 7th. The reader told us: "I was rather pissed off too see this display of knives and brass knuckles for sale in my neighborhood at a local pizza joint." The establishment gets a 3.5 on Yelp, with mentions of a sweet staff, so it's likely they're not going to slice you up when you order up your slice—but still, this can't be legal. (A call to the NYPD about this yielded some confusion and we're still waiting to hear back about the legality behind selling brass knuckles.) Either way, it's sort of unsettling given the gang activity in the area. On the other hand: $1.25 slices!

[GilloD]

Haha. I walk past their all the time. The pizza is okay. It's fine if you're wasted, but now that Bagelsmith takes credit cards they are the #1 late-night drunk snack.

[Akala]

No officer, those aren't 'brass knuckles'...they're paperweights!

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I don't think the shop should get in too much trouble for this. It's kind of like gas stations selling knives.

Brass knuckles are much safer to filter into the general populace than knives. Most people don't know how to hit with them and mess up their hands anyway.

[jiji]

lolz @ "stop snitching" comments

[Boogie]

**edit**
I don't think the shop should get in too much trouble for this. It's kind of like gas stations selling knives.

Brass knuckles are much safer to filter into the general populace than knives. Most people don't know how to hit with them and mess up their hands anyway.

I believe brass knuckles are prohibited weapons in Canada.  Not sure in the States.

lolz @ "stop snitching" comments

Yup, the moral high ground is, of course, held by those who protect criminals by their silence.

[Akala]

I believe brass knuckles are prohibited weapons in Canada.  Not sure in the States.

Pretty sure they are illegal in most states as well. 

In LA, vendors can get around this by wrapping them individually in a package labeled 'paper weight.' Problem is, if you are caught with them unmarked they are brass knuckles in the eyes of whoever finds them, making carrying them more trouble than they are worth.

Having them hanging behind the counter in a pizza place seems pretty dumb, though not really a big deal.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

chicago pizza >>> new york pizza

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[Brehvolution]

He said what? I'm gonna kick that fuckers ass!
To the pizza shop!!!!

[Boogie]

Having them hanging behind the counter in a pizza place seems pretty dumb, though not really a big deal.

okay, well, I'm just not sure how trafficking prohibited weapons is "not really a big deal"

[Akala]

okay, well, I'm just not sure how trafficking prohibited weapons is "not really a big deal"

In my old age I have become a man of loose morals.  :'(

[T234]

I carry a knife EVERY DAY that is bigger and sharper than anything in that place, boogie.

Edit: It's also spring-loaded almost like a switchblade.

[Cormacaroni]

i found knives like that on amazon yesterday, without even looking.

...no $1.25 pizza slices yet tho. The search continues :'(

[Boogie]

I carry a knife EVERY DAY that is bigger and sharper than anything in that place, boogie.

Edit: It's also spring-loaded almost like a switchblade.

Nowhere am I making the claim that brass knuckles are more dangerous than knives.  But they are illegal, and their sole purpose is violence, as opposed to the many legitimate uses for knives.

[Akala]

or to weigh down paper.

[Akala]

 

that would count as two uses I think. See Boogie, there are many uses for them.

[Boogie]

What if i need to punch down trees, or crack open coconuts to feed my family?

Do it with your bare knuckles, like a real man 

[BlackMage]

i want to punch your coconuts

[GilloD]

Tough neighborhood. I don't think a $1.25 pizza slice is worth smashing your faces in, so pay up nukkas.

Hilariously, that are of town is the direct opposite of "tough neighborhood". It's all trust-fund white kids paying retardo rents.

[BobbyRobby]

I carry a knife EVERY DAY that is bigger and sharper than anything in that place, boogie.

Edit: It's also spring-loaded almost like a switchblade.

Nowhere am I making the claim that brass knuckles are more dangerous than knives.  But they are illegal, and their sole purpose is violence, as opposed to the many legitimate uses for knives.

what if you're a 15 year old black girl getting brutalized by police officers?

[Boogie]

I carry a knife EVERY DAY that is bigger and sharper than anything in that place, boogie.

Edit: It's also spring-loaded almost like a switchblade.

Nowhere am I making the claim that brass knuckles are more dangerous than knives.  But they are illegal, and their sole purpose is violence, as opposed to the many legitimate uses for knives.

what if you're a 15 year old black girl getting brutalized by police officers?

Depends, did she try to kill the police officers first?