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Baseball bats are often used as weapons by civilians, [32] criminals, protesters, [33] and mobsters. [34] Factors that made the baseball bat a popular weapon include: Price: Baseball bats are cheaper to buy and easier to maintain than firearms or bladed weapons.
An assortment of club weapons from the Wujing Zongyao from left to right: flail, metal bat, double flail, truncheon, mace, barbed mace. A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon or tool [1] since prehistory.
In the video game Battlefield 1, players can use trench clubs as melee weapons. In the video game Verdun, a trench club is available for use by the Canadian raiders. In the Netflix television series Stranger Things, the character Steve (played by Joe Keery) carries a trench club made from a baseball bat as his weapon of choice.
Other than items designed as weapons, any object that can be used to cause bodily harm can be considered an improvised weapon. Examples of items that have been used as improvised weapons include: Sports equipment such as baseball bats, [3] golf clubs, [4] cricket bats, [5] hockey sticks, [6] dumbbells, [7] and cue sticks. [8]
This is a list of notable types of weapons which saw use in warfare, and more broadly in combat, ... Club, baseball bat, stone club, truncheon, cudgel, bludgeon;
The suspect arrested in a series of unprovoked attacks on other women was accused of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and other crimes, authorities in Chicago said.
Batons are also used for non-weapon purposes such as breaking windows to free individuals trapped in a vehicle, or turning out a suspect's pockets during a search (as a precaution against sharp objects). Some people other than law enforcement officers use batons as weapons because of their simple construction and easy concealment.
It consisted of a stout iron-shod baseball-bat-like shaft (1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) in length) with a steel spike attached on top. It was cheap and easy to make plus it was extremely efficient against heavily armoured opponents. The weapon was a relative of the goedendag, a popular weapon of Flemish militias of the 14th century ...