I agree with Keith that we neet to keep trying, no matter what the authorities try to ban or protect. We can't carry firearms for defense in Canada. I suspect the government upholds this under the flag of protection. "If Canadians aren't allowed to carry guns around, they won't be able to shoot eachother" is the likely sentiment, but surely there is much more going on there. It is safer for the government to do what they want if the citizens aren't armed. The government can just say anyone carrying around a firearm must have malicious intent, etc.
Well, lets get to the point here Crayola! the HONEST citizen will be hurt if the government(s) use this situation to take away knives to "protect us." I think it a shame that a morally upstanding person with nothign but god intent carries a knife around, yet cannot admit that part of the reason they carry is for self-defense. Hopefully the recent tragedy will show lawmakers that enemies are out there, and if you don't want to cultivate a society where protection is seen as a good thing, you're gonna get hurt. there is nothing WRONG with carrying a knife around for self-defense. Likewise, there is nothing WRONG with carrying a knife around to cut plastic thing-a-ma-jigs off of pants in a store. Lawmakers, please don't make self-defense a crime, and don't take away knives in order to protect us! If I were a hijacker, I surely would ignore the law that says knvies aren't allowed on planes.
Recently I have decided to be a little more open about my knife hobby\obsession. I read the knife mags openly on the bus now, instead of trying to hide it. My girlfriend said people may think I'm a crazy person, but I don't care. Arnold Schwartzenegger once said in a documentary that people saw bodybuilding as strange. But he saw drag racing as strange too! uneducated people will see strange things as bad. Knowledge dispells fear. So, I'll read my mags on the bus and if someone wants to ask me about knives, I'll welcome it. And hopefully I can educate some sheeple. I am thinking about carrying a small fixed blade around instead of a folder sometimes. Something that is a great utility blade, but pretty as well. hoepfully I'l get some oohs and aaahs and peopel will be curious. If the Gerber yari benchmade Nimravus came in satin finished blades with colorful handles I bet that would get some curisus inquiries from some sheeple.
Well, thats it for now!
