Mass. wants to restrict knife-sales now....

[Liberty]

How is it that they can truly believe that this will help keep knives out of the hands of criminals?


Are politicians really this stupid?

The voters who elected these two are the same voters who kept Teddy Kennedy in office until he went to the big committee meeting in the sky.

Mass is only talking about it, Meanwhile its worth noting that Texas has some pretty restrictive laws concerning guns, and San Antonio is even more restrictive.

[tommyg]

I'm sure that depriving me of the one inch blade knife
That I always carry will protect me from violent crime
In Mass they are starting to put signs in business banning knives

The new idea of a knife with no point is pointless
a few minutes with a rotary file will make a point

[wharvey]

All it takes is some education to make it work. Don't remember the source but not too long ago I remember a story told by the head of Benchmade Knives. He was on a British sailing yacht and some lines got tangled. They needed a knife to cut them but none of the sailors had one. He said when he took his out of his pocket he thought half the crew was going to jump over the side when they saw the evil knife he had.

Lets not forget the baby that burned to death after a car accident a few month ago in S. Kalifornia. Car on fire, car seat straps jammed. No one had a knife to cut the straps.

But it isn't just the British or the Kalifornians, I break the law every time I go into San Antonio. Have a small lock blade on my key ring. I sometime wonder how small the percentage of sheeple actually carry knives. I suspect it is a lot smaller than we think. Maybe nearly as small as those who have carry licenses.

[EconDoc]

I have carried either a three-blade stockman pattern or the Officer's Model Swiss Army Knife my whole life. I have seen folks almost faint when I pulled one out to use it for something. By the way, the little scissors on the Swiss Army Knife is the tool that I use most often. People have been brainwashed about anything that even looks like a weapon. I wonder when we are going to have "baseball bat control"?

[RPB]

I carried a knife "Always" from about age 6 or 8 until I got my CHL ... then I stopped, but my niece and I are going knife shopping Saturday.

King Ranch catalog had a "set" Father Son engraved ... but she didn't want one that said son, nor the father one either ... looks like we'll be both gettin' new knives though (Been lookin for an excuse, now I got one.)

[wharvey]

I have carried either a three-blade stockman pattern or the Officer's Model Swiss Army Knife my whole life. I have seen folks almost faint when I pulled one out to use it for something. By the way, the little scissors on the Swiss Army Knife is the tool that I use most often. People have been brainwashed about anything that even looks like a weapon. I wonder when we are going to have "baseball bat control"?

I was once told by a fellow worker that the only reason for a knife was to kill people, he was being serious.

Saddest thing was I'd see another work associate open boxes using scissors pulling them toward her. The scissors would be open and if the blade had slipped the other blade would have gone straight into her belly. The thought never occurred to her just how dangerous her act was, nor that it would have been safer using a knife. (Or in her case a box cutter but she thought box cutters were also a weapon.)

Take all kinds but if these two are as typical as I fear our society is going down fast.