Myoldnamebroke on 28/2/2006 at 16:40
All the examples of everyday urban-life uses of knives have been things like opening boxes or DVDs or cutting plastic ties. When do you do things like that when not in easy reach of knives?
Also, I'm pretty sure swiss army knives are legal here.
Paz on 28/2/2006 at 16:44
Yeah, no-one's going to get done over here for pulling out the shitty bottle opener or the terrible saw blade that can't cut through anything. Unless you were also mooning the police for 24 solid hours, or something.
CUE TABLOID STORIES WHERE THIS HAPPENED ONCE IN 2003 DUE TO A TERRIBLE INTERNAL MISUNDERSTANDING
Headphones on 28/2/2006 at 16:45
if you're in the swiss army, do you just get the knife?
that fucking sucks
they must see all the iraq smart bombing on tv and be gutted
Agent Monkeysee on 28/2/2006 at 16:46
Quote Posted by Myoldnamebroke
All the examples of everyday urban-life uses of knives have been things like opening boxes or DVDs or cutting plastic ties. When do you do things like that when not in easy reach of knives?
I dunno I've never bothered to look because
I'm allowed the convenience of carrying one on me. I mean the bladed-edge is like the most basic tool known to man. I can understand banning the carry of certain kinds of blades because there are knives designed for some level of offense, we do that here too. But this blanket cultural fear of anything with a sharp edge strikes me as absolutely ludicrous. It's like banning screwdrivers or flashlights.
Myoldnamebroke on 28/2/2006 at 16:50
I think our knife laws are basically: no flick knives (since the 50s) and since the late 1980s you can't carry a knife bigger than 3" without having a good reason to do so. That is, you could have one out hunting or something but you don't need a 6" blade at a football match.
Like jay said, this kind of discretionary law is there to allow the police to stop people who clearly don't need the KING OF KNIVES for anything other than mischief, while still allowing you to open all sorts of trickily wrapped consigments whereever you find them with your pocket knife and Phydeaux to carry on filleting his fish.
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Clearly if I'm wrong - and I suspect I might be, with not so much as a passing interest in knives and a regrettably lacking knowledge of the ins and outs of all the criminal justice acts of the last decade or so - feel free to cite legislation.
Singing Dancing Moose on 28/2/2006 at 16:52
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I've been told on more than one occasion that people honestly believed I was either a murderer or a vampire.
Pro-tip: Your LARP group telling you that they are "totally convinced" by your portrayal of Sir Nightraven Vampiros is not a braggable achievement.
Headphones on 28/2/2006 at 16:54
you should have seen his lear!
Havvoc on 28/2/2006 at 17:04
Disregard!
Agent Monkeysee on 28/2/2006 at 17:29
Quote Posted by Myoldnamebroke
I think our knife laws are basically: no flick knives (since the 50s) and since the late 1980s you can't carry a knife bigger than 3" without having a good reason to do so. That is, you could have one out hunting or something but you don't need a 6" blade at a football match.
Okay. Our laws vary from state to state but by and large that's the same as we have here. So why is the attitude that carrying a <3" knife around is such an egregious and radical action?
edit: though with Havvoc's posting history I'm reevaluating my position on public carry of anything sharper than a feather
