Curious: Is anyone else allowed to carry a knife at school.

JakeMakes said:
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Exactly what I was thinking. As a young person (16) I am really starting to learn just how much I have to learn. :o

I am curious though, do you carry anything for self defense, or just not knives? I mainly carry knives as tools. But I also carry knives as a way of defending myself if necessary.
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I carry knives as tools also. I may change out what I normally carry "just in case" if my wife and I are going someplace questionable but that is extremely rare. Maybe once or twice a year at best.

I do have some martial arts training. The key word here is "some". Not enough to claim that I am proficient. I am of the belief that for martial arts to work for you, keeping yourself in the best physical shape you can is a must. So is keeping up with your martial arts proficiency. I have not worked out in years.

I also have had SD training that was required for a past employer. Disarming assailants, baton & mace training (not pepper spray), crowd control, a permit to carry, etc. My time in the military was also a big help.

What I have learned from all of this is that you must have the right attitude. With the right attitude you carry yourself differently. You make safer choices as to where you go, what you do for recreation and who you choose as friends. Where you walk, how you walk. Where you drive and how to carry yourself when you get out of the car. If you get out of the car at all. When to keep your mouth shut and when to speak up. The list can go on but I think you get the idea. Some people will never figure these things out but most of it is just learning a certain lifestyle.

Let me give you a simple common sense example of what I am writing about. If you could look at my keyring, you would find a dog tag that acts as a fob. My two most often used keys are found on each side of that fob. House key and car key. I have more keys but those two always stay on the outside. I can have keys out, unlock the door, place the keys back in my pocket, and be inside while my wife is still messing around trying to find the right key. Less time to become a victim. Studies have shown that criminals normally go after people that ask to be victims by how they carry themselves; how they dress and where they hang out. Don't be a victim. Don't hang out with victims.

You say that you are really just starting to learn just how much you have to learn. If you know that at 16 years of age, you are leaps and bounds ahead of me when I was that age. And probably ahead of your friends.:D
 
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sabre cat said:
I carry knives as tools also. I may change out what I normally carry "just in case" if my wife and I are going someplace questionable but that is extremely rare. Maybe once or twice a year at best.

I do have some martial arts training. The key word here is "some". Not enough to claim that I am proficient. I am of the belief that for martial arts to work for you, keeping yourself in the best physical shape you can is a must. So is keeping up with your martial arts proficiency. I have not worked out in years.

I also have had SD training that was required for a past employer. Disarming assailants, baton & mace training (not pepper spray), crowd control, a permit to carry, etc. My time in the military was also a big help.

What I have learned from all of this is that you must have the right attitude. With the right attitude you carry yourself differently. You make safer choices as to where you go, what you do for recreation and who you choose as friends. Where you walk, how you walk. Where you drive and how to carry yourself when you get out of the car. If you get out of the car at all. When to keep your mouth shut and when to speak up. The list can go on but I think you get the idea. Some people will never figure these things out but most of it is just learning a certain lifestyle.

Let me give you a simple common sense example of what I am writing about. If you could look at my keyring, you would find a dog tag that acts as a fob. My two most often used keys are found on each side of that fob. House key and car key. I have more keys but those two always stay on the outside. I can have keys out, unlock the door, place the keys back in my pocket, and be inside while my wife is still messing around trying to find the right key. Less time to become a victim. Studies have shown that criminals normally go after people that ask to be victims by how they carry themselves; how they dress and where they hang out. Don't be a victim. Don't hang out with victims.

You say that you are really just starting to learn just how much you have to learn. If you know that at 16 years of age, you are leaps and bounds ahead of me when I was that age. And probably ahead of your friends.:D
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Thanks for the compliment. Hopefully I prove you correct :D

You are so right. The more SD stories I hear, the more I realize that 99% of them could have been easily avoided by using your head and not being in that place.
 
Aaron_Jones said:
I know there aren't many students on here but I was wondering if anyone else is allowed to carry a knife at school. I go to school in East Texas and were allowed to have them if the blade is smaller than your handbreadth. Just curious as to how common this is across the US... Thanks!
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I work in Johnson County Texas and all our Districts ban them outside of the AG building. We had a SR girl last year get sent to DAP for 60 days for bringing a SAK into the main building by accident.
 
yep. in the 70s, 80s and early 90s when in college. once i was done with school...they started zero tolerance policies and pretty much banned tools in any form down here and shut most shop and journeyman classes and such down.
 
Peter Hartwig said:
Past experience with threads says this is not the way laws and rules are written. They are usually more specific as to blade length. As mentioned hand size varies.
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This is correct from what I've seen. I know that here in South Carolina the state allows city law and county ordinance to determine legal length and where they are permitted. School zones all around my area are sub 2". Knives are also not seen as a weapon unless on your person in the commission of a crime..... in which case it's an add on of sorts.
 
James w said:
^^^i thank you for your service man

What branch were you in?

For those of you who are interested here is a great channel for those looking for resources also great if you don't think it'll ever happen to you

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsE_m2z1NrvF2ImeNWh84mw


But I agree physically fit is the most important thing more important than a knife
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I really did not do anything special while I was in but I guess a "your welcome" is in order.

In answer to your question, I was in the Reserves with the Army Corp of Engineers. First as a combat engineer (fun MOS) and later I cross trained as a medic.
Stayed in long enough to retire. I would go active if I could do it over.
 
I carried a pocket knife every day of my school years starting in 2nd grade. A college that wouldn't allow knives wouldn't get my tuition money.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
.... A college that wouldn't allow knives wouldn't get my tuition money.
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Agreed.

It seems like our PC society worries about safety more than freedom. It starts on campus.

Unfortunately, any population that gives up it's freedoms for safety will loose both.
 
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In the early 2000's when I was in HS I carried my (first) SAK every day. There was a "no weapons" policy but the teachers knew I carried it and didn't care. This was in a farmer heavy area so they were fairly relaxed about it since I was never in trouble. It has since been retired with a broken blade but I still have it.
 
sabre cat said:
Unfortunately, any population that gives up it's freedoms for safety will loose both.
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"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."

I believe that's a quote from Benjamin franklin if I'm not mistaken.
 
The times, they are a-changing: when I was a Junior in high school, 1976-77, I carried an axe in the hallways when I had a sharpening project involving said axe. Always had various knives; I don't believe there was a single day on which I didn't have some kind of bladed instrument that in today's times would be called a weapon. I would not get along so well in today's world, although nobody thought anything of what I might carrying back then.
 
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