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5thGenTexan wrote:I got my first Barlow pocket knife way back the year before I started school. I still remember it was an old Barlow that my Uncle gave me out of the case in his general store. I honestly can't remember not having one in my pocket on purpose EXCEPT to get on an airplane, or go in the courthouse in the 50 years since.

And that, my friends, is how they do it. One tiny bit at a time...

FWIW, I remember taking a pocket knife both on planes and in court buildings, perfectly lawfully.

marksiwel wrote:

Fangs wrote:

The researchers said a short pointed knife may cause a substantial superficial wound if used in an assault - but is unlikely to penetrate to inner organs.

I was under the impression that a blade of less than 2 inches could puncture either the heart or the lungs. Am I wrong or is their definition of "short pointed knife" really, really short"?

it doesnt take much to take an eye out, cut your throat, or just mess you up

Yep, and just to highlight the stupidity further, much of the current hysteria over knives resulted from the killing, some years ago, of a young boy named Damiola Taylor. IIRC, he was stabbed in the leg with a very short blade, but died because it nicked the femoral artery.

When I lived there, we used to refer to "knife control" as "The War on Cutlery".