[Kenny_S]

Maybe this should be in the tools section but will have a go at it here. Just received my latest Wood Craving magazine from England via Austraila and read and interesting question and answer article on how illegal some pocket knives are in England. The refernce was a pinknife with a blade less than 3 inche but locking was classified as an offensive weapon in England.

Now I know we have sever retire law enforcement officers on the board and was wondering what their thoughts were and what their departments protocol was. Actually, any comments from anyone.
I would be lost with out my 2 knives which both have blades 3 inches or more.

I know BobD, but the mag is a free one from a n Aussie friend in Austraila.

[BobD]

Don't worry, I read it too!

Bob

[Mike-in-WV]

Kenny, Things are changing fast in this country and not all of them are for the good of everyone. I'm 58 and was raised in the country where a knife in a boy's pocket was just a common thing even in school. I can remember playing mumbely peg( Spelling ?) on the play ground. Every high school kid had a gun rack in is truck with rifles and shotguns in the gun racks parked unlocked in the school parking lot.
The sad part is that our society and people in general have changed so much that we are on a fast down hill slide from the freedom we once enjoyed as Americans.
It's easy to understand why they changed the laws the way they have and why Police officers are so nervous on just a simple traffic stop. Just watch the news and we can see how a few made things so differnt for us all.
I can't imagine being without my pocket knife but that day is comming soon and already has in some areas. Mike

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Yes but we don't have to sit back and quietly accept it! When you and I were kids, this was a God fearing country...you could leave your doors open to your house as well as your car..you could buy a thompson machine gun mail order if you were so minded...I don't know anyone that did! What has happened to this country is we have allowed a few loose cannons in the form of liberals to make busted familiies acceptable, homosexuality acceptable...we have allowed these same rattlebrains to take the bible out of our schools, so I guess we can tell our kids..you shall kill, you shall etc etc....and maybe the worst, the very worst is we have allowed the slaughter of unborn babies...in the millions, more than all the despots in history, more than Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini and all of them thru history......I do not think The good Lord will condone this much longer....all this imho (sorry for the message off topic...I just get very very upset over what has happened to this country in the past 50 years!)

[Nancy_G]

If we had an applause icon, I'd click it 50 or 60 times for HiHo

[Cut_Fingers]

I'm 41 & I remember always carrying a pocket knife to school. Also having guns in the gun rack with the doors unlocked.

I remember getting paddled at school and even worse when I got home. Now, it's no more paddling school or home. No prayers in school. Probably no more Pledge of Allegance either. Who knows whats to come of things.

[Kenny_S]

Being from a small town in rural America, we carried pocket knives to grade school and mumbley peg was an everyday occurance at recesses. ing but truely, those days are gone.Dave, What Nancy said,,,,,, Goes triple for me. I come from a long line of Law enforcement family and was one once when I was young but got out as the times had changed and laws were being made to protect the criminals. Again, sad but true.

Can't carve/carry knife on a plane anymore due to Radicals terrorist. Maybe it isn't to late and we get involved more. I just don't know. However, I am glad I am living in a rural area but those laws here are changing.

Still I wonder, how one allows a locking blade penknife with a blade less than 3 inches to become illegal or an offensive weapon. The most dangers weapon is our brain. well, according to my little bride, I have to have one.

Thanks for the opinins/comments and Dave, you are not alone in your thinks but you dang sure are correct.

[BobD]

It's also off topic, but what happened to parents today? My son died 4 years ago, and we haven't been blessed with anothe child yet, but it drives me nuts to see the people who have umpteen kids and don't know what to do wiht them. My wife is a child therapist, and between her and the school...parents want someone else to solve all their problems!

I don't think its the government's place to legislate raising kids...if you cared enoungh about them to have them, you should care enough to want the best for them. I don't believe it's the place of the school to enforce any religion--As parents you have a much better/more appropriate/more effective place to do that at home. If parents taught their kids right from wrong, we wouldn't need all this legislation. But now parents want teachers or therapists to do their job for them! And they don't do anything to support those teachings at home!

I know everyone who will be reading this did teach their kids right from wrong...like many other topics, the people who should read them never do! But I'm a firm believer in freedom...in thought, word and deed...and we are slowly being legislated into sheep!

Bob

[Colin_Partridge]

The legality of what constitues a legal knife or what length the blade should be etc is not an issue. Of course you have the ilegal knifes such as stiletto, switch blade, butterfly knifes etc at least in this country anyway. As you know I am a retired police officer so mainly what I dealt with was if the knife was used with intent or consealed with intent. One time I pulled a car over and there was a smell of drugs in the car so I had all the grounds to seach the car. On doing so I found a butcher knife strapped to the steering column. The guy was changed with concealed weapon with intent. I for one carry a folding pocket knife where ever I go I never know when I am going to have to wait somewhere and I can always find a piece of wood. Times are changing and so are the laws unfortunalty the world is not a safe place anymore. What is legal and what is not depends on the country, or province, or state you live in. Ignorance or the law is not an excuse so I would check what is happening where you live.
This is just my opinion from a police officers perspective.
Colin

[Kenny_S]

I agree with that Colin but do know some laws Are written and John Q Public does not see them. How many times have you been to the police station lately to Check out new laws. I agree, Ignorance of the law is no excuse but,,,,,,,,,,,,,