Dumbing Down

[markabilly]

I wonder what they would think about me. I carry a knife with me most of the time. It comes handy quite often although I caught a couple of confused looks when I took it out of the pocket to open boxes and sharpen pencils.

Once I humiliated my boss at an office party. He was trying to open a bottle of wine using a sophisticated corkscrew and failed. I unfolded a very basic corkscrew from my knife and opened it.

They would think about you, that was an easy arrest. almost made our quota for today. Now that this is done, we can go get coffee and donuts.....

Besides, what are you whining about?

All you got to do is to read the above south carolina law and remember the following rules:

dont take it to airport.....they will arrest you, take it and keep it.

dont carry to federal court or any federal buildings in usa, the federal marshals will arest you.

Don't take it into any government building, or they will arrest you

do not take it within 1000 feet of a hospital or school, or the local police will arrest you

do not take it in anywhere where alcohol is sold (including grocery stores)

do not carry it in your car or concealed on your person (like in your pocket)

otherwise you are free to do with it whatever you like

[GridGirl]

Last year I spent my birthday weekend down in London. My bag was searched in various tourist attractions including both the Science and Natural History museums. Every time I was searched I was asked the same old question of whether I had a knife on me and each time I was let into the attraction. Although my bag was searched they missed the full manicure set including a pair of scissors everytime. I'm sure I had more than enough sharpe items on me to hurt someone if I was that way inclined but they let me in everywhere I went.

[JackSparrow]

A great knife to carry!
peel apples,oranges etc

[Rollo]

Dominic Cinelli was serving time for shooting a security guard during an armed robbery

Mr Cinelli has a Second Amendment right to carry that gun.

[MrJan]

I often carry a Leatherman which has a locking blade on it. Even though it's only a 2 inch blade it is still considered illegal to carry in this country (although not illegal to sell). That said, I usually only have it with me when I'm at work, if I go to the pub or football then it's a no brainer to leave it at home.

[Roamy]

Mr Cinelli has a Second Amendment right to carry that gun.

Probably not Rollo, Felons lose their right to bear firearms.

[Bob Riebe]

Read this:

A standout North Carolina high school student has been suspended for the remainder of her senior year and charged with a misdemeanor for having a small paring knife in her lunchbox.
Ashley Smithwick, 17, of Sanford told WRAL she accidentally took her father's lunchbox to Southern Lee High School in October instead of her own when school officials searched the lunchbox, along with several other students' possessions, possibly looking for drugs.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/29...#ixzz19Yyg6s5q


In addition if you walk into a store to buy alcohol you are carded regardless of you age ie 12 to 80 doesn't matter.

The really sad part of this is that there are so many areas like this in which citizens who work and live are being treated like total dummies. What is sadder is that the people are accepting this. We should be throwing lawmakers out of office and repealing these stupid laws. This country is sooooo ripe for a revolution.

If she were an illegal alien, they would say she did not understand the law and give her a pass.

[Easy Drifter]

I never have any real problem with my 14 inch Bowie style knife. I just say it is part of my culture, mutter a few words in Ojibway (what security guard or cop understands any NA Indian language) and say it is my scalping knife while looking at their hair carefully.

Actually in Canada both in the RCMP and in Ont. the OPP. there are many native cops.
But I do speak a little Ojibway or Chippewa.

[Rudy Tamasz]

They would think about you, that was an easy arrest. almost made our quota for today. Now that this is done, we can go get coffee and donuts.....

I've heard such a phrase actually. My friend and me were detained by a patrol for petty misbehaving. They were escorting us down the street to the station when they met another patrol. Cops from the second patrol asked our guards to lend us to them so that they could make their quota. Our folks refused because they had to make their own quota. They ended up bringing us to the station, which was full of detainees. Everybody wanted their quotas. Judging by their conversation our guards were ready for the party with hot chicks and cold vodka and did want not to waste time doing paperwork. So they fined us on the spot, predictably gave us no receits and let us go.

No knife on me at that time, though.

[Eki]

They have a quota of how many arrests they must make? Doesn't that tempt them to make baseless arrests? Sounds about as good idea as some company had when they promised to pay bonus for every software bug their programmers find. The programmers started to make bugs for each other to find, so the number of bugs went up instead of down.