Posted on 05/13/2010 11:36:49 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Well said! And it’s not a ‘switch blade’ - i.e. an auto-opening knife - we’re talking about here, but a one-handed knife, where a thumb stud or similar is used to deploy the blade.
My EDC is a Chris Reeve Sebenza. Arguably the best folder on the market. And I consider it a tool rather than a weapon.
A knife is one of the oldest tools known to mankind. It has many uses. Only the mindset makes it into a weapon.
Sadly, the UK has gone down the deep end on that topic as well. No guns = knives. No knives = forks(?). No forks = pointed sticks. No pointed sticks = fresh fruit (Monty Python). Etc. Major FAIL to recognize it’s the people, not the objects.
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