It would be impossible in the US for the govt to control knives as they do firearms.
The govt could make more and more rules. SNIP
Glad you got all that in before the lock!Before the selfish, frustrated morons afflicted with severe ADHD that prevents them from staying on topic get this thread locked, I can offer some support for your post.
Before the selfish, frustrated morons afflicted with severe ADHD that prevents them from staying on topic get this thread locked...
...Off-topic ramble about knife law...
...So back on topic
Only when I run naked slathered in peanut butter holding my Battle Mistress.
Before the selfish, frustrated morons afflicted with severe ADHD that prevents them from staying on topic get this thread locked, I can offer some support for your post.
Down here in sunny Texas a few years ag the legislature wrestled for months with how to approach knife carry and use in public. I made sure I was paid up on Kniferights and wrote my legislators. Some of the proposals were so severe we would have been limited to carrying small traditionals.
So the whole bill was written and presented. It is important to remember at this point that most politicians are lawyers. Between all of them, they could not agree on the differences in what defined an automatic opener.
No need to lecture me here, I am WELL AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCES, but a group of button down shirted attorneys had to call their Dads and u Uncles ( Moms and Aunts, too) to determine the correct definitions.
Is it an automatic if it is assisted? Does an automatic need a button? Is a sliding device an actuator? If the knife flies open when a flipper tab is lightly depressed (still not spring assisted, though) what do you call it? If if needs a nudge on a thumb stud but a wrist flick to open, is it assisted?
The story from knife Rights was that they went round and round for about 6 weeks leading right up to the day of voting. They were so snarled and trying to define what knife fit into which category and how, along with when it was acceptable as a work knife or a knife you could carry openly that the entire Bill collapsed!
So people carry just about anything you could imagine here in the 7th largest city in the USA. and I don't change a thing when I go to the 4th largest city. Local "rules" apply, pretty much meaning good sense. No "whipping out your blade" inappropriately. No showing off with your buddies in a dangerous way.
If the people that govern us can't get it done on a state level, doubtful they will find a way to get it done on a national level. So back on topic, if folks will just use good sense we should all be okay as it won't be an issue since there are so many other important once on the Block.
Before the selfish, frustrated morons afflicted with severe ADHD that prevents them from staying on topic get this thread locked, I can offer some support for your post.
Down here in sunny Texas a few years ag the legislature wrestled for months with how to approach knife carry and use in public. I made sure I was paid up on Kniferights and wrote my legislators. Some of the proposals were so severe we would have been limited to carrying small traditionals.
So the whole bill was written and presented. It is important to remember at this point that most politicians are lawyers. Between all of them, they could not agree on the differences in what defined an automatic opener.
No need to lecture me here, I am WELL AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCES, but a group of button down shirted attorneys had to call their Dads and u Uncles ( Moms and Aunts, too) to determine the correct definitions.
Is it an automatic if it is assisted? Does an automatic need a button? Is a sliding device an actuator? If the knife flies open when a flipper tab is lightly depressed (still not spring assisted, though) what do you call it? If if needs a nudge on a thumb stud but a wrist flick to open, is it assisted?
The story from knife Rights was that they went round and round for about 6 weeks leading right up to the day of voting. They were so snarled and trying to define what knife fit into which category and how, along with when it was acceptable as a work knife or a knife you could carry openly that the entire Bill collapsed!
So people carry just about anything you could imagine here in the 7th largest city in the USA. and I don't change a thing when I go to the 4th largest city. Local "rules" apply, pretty much meaning good sense. No "whipping out your blade" inappropriately. No showing off with your buddies in a dangerous way.
If the people that govern us can't get it done on a state level, doubtful they will find a way to get it done on a national level. So back on topic, if folks will just use good sense we should all be okay as it won't be an issue since there are so many other important once on the Block.
Only when I run naked slathered in peanut butter holding my Battle Mistress.
The one thing that makes me very upset is when someone asks for help cutting something, I get out a knife and do then they say omg what do you need such a big knife for. I tell them not to ask me for help again.
I've never personally had much of a problem , because I mostly keep my weapons CC and stay in rural midwest locales .
But , if anyone comes at you aggressively, even just verbally , claiming that you're terrifying them with your "weapons" ...doesn't make any rational sense .
Unless you got someone cornered , fear /terror / dread will move them away fast or freeze them in place by natural instinct .
I think it's mostly PC BS busybody social pressure / aggression , rather than fear as I understand it .
I smell some innuendoGlad you got all that in before the lock!
I never have an issue because I don't whip it out in public.