Posted on 11/18/2013 12:01:50 PM PST by smokingfrog
Edited on 11/18/2013 12:03:40 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Knife Owners' Protection Act, H.R.3478, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Matt Salmon (AZ-05). H.R.3478 would protect the right of knife owners to travel throughout the U.S. without fear of prosecution under the myriad patchwork of state and local knife laws.
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Where do I have to go to apply for my rock carrying permit?
It’s not, but probably should be. I wonder what kind of regulations China has on knives after all those people were attacked at the police station & that school?
Don’t travel through Alabama with one. The says there says you will do, and I quote, “hard time”.
Thanks. I’ve been looking for a Böker.
That reminds me of a recent discussion on another thread.
My Father served on a Walton County Jury back in the late 40s. A Black hobo was being tried for having a concealed weapon, a knife. The defendant had no attorney but he showed how he used the knife to open cans. He also had a fork and spoon in his kit.
Now Daddy and probably every other man on the jury would now probably be considered a racist. It didn’t matter tho as they had no interest in convicting an innocent man and found him not guilty.
I’ve carried a Swiss Army Knife since I was 11 (51 years ago). I use it 4-5 times a day for everything from trimming my nails, opening cans, sawing a limb.
I had the bad fortune to have read an article by one of the outdoor pros in Outdoor Life during the early 50s. This genius said that he thought tools belonged in the tool box not on a knife.
I thought that was really clever and I was just as clever and never bought a Swiss Army knife until I was grown and married.
I got a Victorinox as a gift. It was a fairly simple one but it did manage to change my mind about them. The tools were in fact handy and worked well. I probably have around 30 or 40 of them now. The largest is the Swiss Champ. The smallest one is on my key ring, has one small blade, a nail file and a surprisingly bright LED light.
I am getting old enough that I have started giving them away, mostly to my Son-in-Law and Daughter and Grandson. For some reason, my Daughter unlike most girls, has always liked knives.
I take my sons for walks in the woods. When we get to the edge of the woods, I tell them to show me their pocket knives. If one of them doesn’t have his, he has to go back to fetch it.
They’re citified woods, but the principle remains.
I had a friend who I haven’t seen in some time. He could open a Spyderco just as fast as he could get it out.
He could do the same with the old Italian made stilletos which looked like switchblades but were technically not.
At the time of the founding their were privately owned war ships or privateers hence the constitutional concept of "letter of marque and reprisal" so we know that the 2nd amendment was not limited to the common weapons of a soldier as if often stated. There were privately owned artillery batteries that were Incorporated into the revolutionary war, not to mention privately funded Calvary and irregular companies that were in the civil war, and the Spanish American war.
I have a state issued permit to carry a revolver with no mechanical safety that can be drawn with one hand and fired up to 100 yds accurately, without any other action,
...but it is illegal for me to carry a knife that will open itself without the use of both hands.
Boker makes an excellent knife; I would out in a word, though, for Microtech. Superb knives and superbly made. Check ‘em out if you get a chance.
Sorry - meant to write ‘put in a word’.
Getting old.
Sigh.
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