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Just went bladeless for over a week in NYC and I have to say.......
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Did this finally pass? Last I heard it was delayed with no new date set for it to go active.
No they don't. It's on permanent hold, and I doubt it will ever come to be.
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Pretty sure they have that on hold for the time being. I found out last time I flew that you can carry a corkscrew on a plane though. Had one in my bookbag by accident, they spotted something 'off' when they scanned my bag, asked if I had any weapons inside to which I replied no and so they searched it and pulled out a bottle opener I'd forgotten about which had a corkscrew on it. I apologized saying it was fine if they took it since I didn't need it and it was an honest mistake but to my surprise she told me it was perfectly fine to carry on board. I've never viewed it as a possible weapon but I figured the airlines might these days.
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Being from NYC. The majority of you tourists will be worse off with a knife in the city. In NYC we pay people to cut things for us and use knives. Even more so you won't ever be on a line to say the Statue of Liberty or the MoMA and say hey...I wish I had a knife handy right now. Knives are not even good in the hood where I grew up. You bring a knife to a fight the bad guys will track you down and hurt your family.
As far being in the city late at night...well that's what cabs are for. To shuttle you to and fro so you don't have to deal with the infinite amount of street urchins and trash. You just sail above it all. = )
In NYC a great majority of the bad guys are cowards and will do stuff like this http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/pr/pr_2010_latin_kings_dismantled.shtml
Without any consideration to the innocent they will do stupid criminal stuff like this. If you are a tourist and hanging out at the usual tourist areas, leave your knives at home. NYC is Disney Land compared to what it was in the 90's and prior. There's like 35,000 cops in NYC right now. In the 70's NYC still had over 5 million people but there was a crazy number something like 7,000 cops for all of NYC. Things are safe here these days.
As far being in the city late at night...well that's what cabs are for. To shuttle you to and fro so you don't have to deal with the infinite amount of street urchins and trash. You just sail above it all. = )
In NYC a great majority of the bad guys are cowards and will do stuff like this http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/pr/pr_2010_latin_kings_dismantled.shtml
Without any consideration to the innocent they will do stupid criminal stuff like this. If you are a tourist and hanging out at the usual tourist areas, leave your knives at home. NYC is Disney Land compared to what it was in the 90's and prior. There's like 35,000 cops in NYC right now. In the 70's NYC still had over 5 million people but there was a crazy number something like 7,000 cops for all of NYC. Things are safe here these days.
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I carry a knife every time I get down to the city, but I carry a knife everywhere. NYC is not special. I don't fear more for my safety once I cross a bridge nor do I feel paranoid about having a knife in my pocket while I'm there. I'm not carrying one especially because I'm going into the city, I'm carrying one because I always have one in my pocket. I'm not looking to cut anyone up or to get into a fight. I may have to cut something open, or cut something off, or even use my folding knife when I'm handed a butter knife to cut my steak with. I'm not a savage so I don't rip things open with my teeth or tear up my steak with some blunt metal shank.
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I work in NYC and carry two EDCs. Since they are folders, I have the pivots tightened so they cannot be flicked open, and have never had an issue with LEOs. It doesn't hurt that I look like a cop, so they don't bother me anyways. Keep it in your pocket, or in your waistband and you should be OK.
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Yeah, this has been pretty much my experience in NYC. There really is not much need of a knife, except for the everyday thing like opening plastic packages, cutting off a string tag, and other small jobs. Not a lot of hostile injuns' in the city, and no buffalo to skin. Actually, you are much more in danger walking around St. Louis Missouri, Memphis Tennessee, Birmingham Alabama, Miami Florida, or Stockton California.
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So long story short, my knife ended up in the console of the van instead of a TSA auction when we went to Florida on vacation for a week. I made it 4 days before I went and bought a Ripple from Walmart 
On the trip back you better believe it rode in my checked bag.
On the trip back you better believe it rode in my checked bag.
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Well said.
I always have a knife on me as well, but not for self-defense. Instead, I simply carry it for everyday use. Nice post.
I'm on the road right now (not flying) and have a knife in my pocket. If I have to go into a building or somewhere that knives are not allowed, I'll take it out and leave it in my car. But I'll carry unless expressly forbidden.
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I agree to healthy disagreement and respect anyone's opinion/s.
I respectfully wholeheartedly disagree.
Things are definitely not safe here these days.
The majority of blue collar working class Manhattan a.k.a. N.Y.C. native residents are not wealthy enough to just "take a cab" day or night, we walk, take the train, take the bus, ride a bike.
I personally know people that take cabs everywhere, from home to work, back again from work to home, from home to the movies, from home to a restaurant then cab back home, they all usually live in "doorman" apartment buildings and live what I call an "insulated" city life, which for many of us (born here) is far from our reality.
Perhaps white collar Manhattan a.k.a. N.Y.C. native residents very well may "pay people to cut things" for them... but I can say for a fact that those of us who are blue collar "working class" Manhattan a.k.a. N.Y.C. native residents do our own "cutting" and don't have a need to "pay others" to "cut things" for us.
"To shuttle you to and fro so you don't have to deal with the infinite amount of street urchins and trash" ????
The bad guys (and girls) often travel and strike in 'packs', two or more, if your paths cross... either you're a fast runner, or you are prepared to defend and protect yourself (or both).
Don't want to hijack this thread, just want to point out that regardless whether you come to visit N.Y.C. from Wyoming or from Westchester... if you bring a knife that does not conform to what is so called "allowed" in N.Y.C., and you are for ANY reason stopped by law enforcement in the street or down in the **subway (**where there are frequently check points and you MUST open your bags/packs/waist pouches etc.), it does not matter if you use your knife to clean your fingernails or cut threads from your suit.... you can be arrested, fined, have your knife/ tool confiscated, or nothing can happen it's all up to the LEO you cross paths with.
The so called knife law/s here are ambiguous, just ask Doug Ritter.
Native born and bred NY'er here who does not "pay other people" to cut stuff for me, never have and never will.
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Carl, with all due respect... you are incorrect thinking "It is perfectly legal to carry a pocket knife in NYC.", if you carry a knife that 'locks' no matter how many "fingers it measures", you can be fined, go to jail or have it confiscated (if caught).
I know a construction worker that was fined (during a lunch break) for carrying his Leatherman 'Surge' in it's sheath on his belt... because a LEO saw it and the blade 'locked'.
I'm 6'4" & confident as well about my physical abilities but that doesnt stop smug wanna be thugs. but it has nothin to do with that its mainly everything you buy in NYC is packaged to no end & it is one if the only places that the delis don't cut their sandwiches in half. It's more for a sanity purpose than a safety issue. I generally have at least my spyderco kiwi or may SAK SI
Oh kreole, you know Paris sells openels and penny knives for about $5 US?? I just buy em and ship them home, give it to some one, or at worst toss it
If you didn't know, kind of a late fact now
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It's ok but I fail to see the point you are trying to make. I thought we were talking about tourists here. I grew up blue collar in Sunset Park Brooklyn. I lived there my whole life until I bought my house. That said, I see where you are coming from. But from the perspective of someone visiting NYC, if you keep your wallet, camera, iphone or whatever snatch-able item of value hidden say on the subway or bus between the hours of 6AM and 10PM you are safe. Also no visitor from NYC wants to come to mi barrio, to grab some pernil or a bowl of mondongo y arroz blanco. They really should it's delicious! But to your point, its better to not carry in the city for the reasons you stated. I have been carrying a CRKT Drifter much like the other forum member with a tightened pivot. I'm going one step further and traded for a Spydie UK Pen knife that doesn't lock. If you are in and around Manhattan and out late at night, spare yourself the grief of having to wait for a train and spend the money on the cab ride.
I agree to healthy disagreement and respect anyone's opinion/s.
I respectfully wholeheartedly disagree.
Things are definitely not safe here these days.
The majority of blue collar working class Manhattan a.k.a. N.Y.C. native residents are not wealthy enough to just "take a cab" day or night, we walk, take the train, take the bus, ride a bike.
I personally know people that take cabs everywhere, from home to work, back again from work to home, from home to the movies, from home to a restaurant then cab back home, they all usually live in "doorman" apartment buildings and live what I call an "insulated" city life, which for many of us (born here) is far from our reality.
Perhaps white collar Manhattan a.k.a. N.Y.C. native residents very well may "pay people to cut things" for them... but I can say for a fact that those of us who are blue collar "working class" Manhattan a.k.a. N.Y.C. native residents do our own "cutting" and don't have a need to "pay others" to "cut things" for us.
"To shuttle you to and fro so you don't have to deal with the infinite amount of street urchins and trash" ????
The bad guys (and girls) often travel and strike in 'packs', two or more, if your paths cross... either you're a fast runner, or you are prepared to defend and protect yourself (or both).
Don't want to hijack this thread, just want to point out that regardless whether you come to visit N.Y.C. from Wyoming or from Westchester... if you bring a knife that does not conform to what is so called "allowed" in N.Y.C., and you are for ANY reason stopped by law enforcement in the street or down in the **subway (**where there are frequently check points and you MUST open your bags/packs/waist pouches etc.), it does not matter if you use your knife to clean your fingernails or cut threads from your suit.... you can be arrested, fined, have your knife/ tool confiscated, or nothing can happen it's all up to the LEO you cross paths with.
The so called knife law/s here are ambiguous, just ask Doug Ritter.
Native born and bred NY'er here who does not "pay other people" to cut stuff for me, never have and never will.
