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Homemade but deadly.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
A blackjack, or a sap, can be generally described as a leather pouch filled with lead shot at the end of a length of coiled spring and used as a short club. Blackjacks became notorious in the hands of police officers before widespread adherence to due process and citizens' rights. Police used them to render unconscious or disable anyone who dared defy them. Carrying one nowadays opens up the holder to a felony conviction for carrying a concealed weapon. They, like their cousins the brass knuckles, are strictly forbidden. But that doesn't mean they are not used in crime.
On Memorial Day at about 6:45 p.m., Kenneth Heidkamp rushed into CNK Beverage Pit in Seffner, Florida, wielding an improvised blackjack: two cans of green beans ...
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