Kershaw "Needs Work" a "weapon"?

i would say it depends on the situation. i was stopped in a honda with rims and a backsack with about 5 guns in it on my passanger seat along with a loaded gun in my waistband. it was a speed trap. at first i told them where the gun were he said i some code everyone surrounded my car. i have nothing on my record, showed my concealed permit, was given a no proof of insurance ticket and told to slow down.
 
Liquidm1980 said:
i would say it depends on the situation. i was stopped in a honda with rims and a backsack with about 5 guns in it on my passanger seat along with a loaded gun in my waistband. it was a speed trap. at first i told them where the gun were he said i some code everyone surrounded my car. i have nothing on my record, showed my concealed permit, was given a no proof of insurance ticket and told to slow down.
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Yeah, never ever tell a cop you have weapons. Also never have them visible in the car. The only time you declare is when the cop has you outside your car and ask "Do you have anything to declare?", or something of the like.
 
I have . . . I dunno . . . more knives than I have an accurate count for.

Let's just say, arbitrarily, that I have a hundred knives.

Among those hundred, I have two daggers. One's a cheap Chinese "Stinger" that I'm embarrassed to own, and the other is an original Gerber Guardian.

Along with those, I have a couple of Ontario Spec Plus combat-style knives that could arguably be said to have been designed as weapons. Add in a Camillus as well.

And then there are a handful of Pakistani "Bowie" knives, purchased during my "buy embarrassing stuff" phase. These could also be characterized as weapons, though I actually bought them for camping (and, trust me, they will never actually go camping with me).

The rest are all general purpose knives of one sort or another. Kitchen knives, wood carving knives, hunting/camping knives, gent's knives, utility knives (like the Needs Work and Buck Rush), and farm/ranch working knives (like sodbusters and stockmans and whittler patterns). You can *call* these weapons, but the label is born either of ignorance or dishonesty. These are tools and were made only for that purpose.

(Actually, now that I think of it, there are probably more like two hundred knives under discussion here.)


The point is that out of a couple of hundred knives, I have maybe a dozen that could be said to have been designed as weapons.

The vast majority of them are simple tools.

I am a firm denouncer of the "drama queen" premise that anything with an edge is a weapon.

Sure, some of them are weapons.

Just as some clubs are weapons, while the majority of them are for hitting balls.


By way of example . . .

Here's a comparison shot I did some time back to show the relationship between a "huge" Case Large Sod Buster and some common kitchen knives:
2008_0402-Knife002.jpg



Sometimes you have to provide a little context and orientation for people.

:)

 
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