Agreed, but in New Jersey if I carry a knife for self defense and am forced to use it, I go to prison just like my attacker. But if, when grabbed from behind I pull the pen from my top pocket and drive it through the attacker's eye into his brain...I was unarmed.
But the way lefty prosecutors are these days, having posted this is proof of premeditation if I ever have to do it...but I'll continue to practice anyway. Better tried by 12 than carried by six.
I’m not sure it’s legal to carry a large fixed blade anywhere unless you are out in the woods camping or something like that.
But yeah, Jersey has some very stupid laws in a country of citizens who have the inalienable right to bear arms.