Kid was about 14/15.
How is it a silly suggestion? If somebody tried to scare me with a tin of thinners on my car then came back for more who knows what they'd be willing to do if you confront them. Never suggested he remove their spleen with it or anything.
If anybody ****ed with my ford pop I would simply do everything within my power to make sure they had a life reminiscent of a vegetable, no questions asked.
With all due respect, how many times have you heard of a harmless action of carrying a knife to scare people of, which then turned into someone suffering extreme wounds or even murder when someone lost there temper, cool etc, even if they're the most docile person on the planet, for a split second of madness, is it worth a lifetime of regret.
How would you feel if someone died through a moment of madness by yourself, then you leave possibly a wife, kids, brother, sister, parents etc looking at you through a glass window for potentially the rest of your life, oh but of course you got your one over the hubcap thief, so worthwhile wasnt it, sorry for being so sarcastic, but I of course understand the frustration of vandalism, having been targeted myself innocently by complete cretins, but do you really think you would gain so much by carrying a weapon like this, sometimes all it takes is that split second prethought & it could effectively change your whole life.
Dont get me wrong, if it was my family/child then I would use all my powers to protect them, but to take a knife to someone, a kid maybe of 15 over your car is pure lunacy, this is coming from someone who had an S3 & S4 on drive at one point (when I could afford it, those days are very much over) & both were vandalised, yes I was extremely peed of, but does it warrant that kind of action, in my head not a a blooooody chance cause cars can be fixed, but we only have 1 life realistically, why ruin yours/everyone around you, just to say I won that round.