knife " friendly "

I've carried knives since high school (several decades ago), all over, US and Europe (including through the metal detector at the Palais de Justice in Paris (with the gendarme looking at it). I've seen hundreds of pocket clips around greater Boston, and the folks in my son's school are used to people owning and carrying pocket knives. I've found that, if you: act like an @.....e or a criminal, you'll get treated like one and your knife will be seen as a weapon.

For what it's worth, I probably count as a "liberal" in the minds of many forumites; the people I associate with would be seen in the same way, and my ancestors as well; we're all knife lovers. Please, don't generalize--same it for W&C.
 
T.K.C. said:
I used to live in Rapid City, SD.
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They are having some tough times out that way. I’m in Sioux Falls…which if means we probably shouldn’t like each other.;)

Lol at least it seems that people from rapid don’t like people from Sioux Falls and visa versa. :cool:
 
Honestly, here in MA I can carry anything short of a double edge or auto. There are some municipalities where it is an issue, I just carry a less expensive knife so if it gets confiscated for whatever reason, I'm not out the cash. As far as comments about knives? - you get that wherever you go.
 
WoodenChicken said:
To Soleil, this is off topic but what is that animal in your avatar picture?
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A squirrel. A red squirrel I believe. I fed it steroids for 6 months. It got huge and out of control. Had to take it down before it destroyed the peanut crop.
 
sidecutter said:
i'm a little surprised about oregon. seems like the " tree-hugging liberals " get most of the headlines there. but i think there are quite a few knife mfg'ers there. but i'm not surprised about south dakota; possibly the best hunting / fishing state. ( thats another discussion ) :D
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Oregon is basically two states; one west of the Cascades and one east of the Cascades.

West = temperate, rainforesty, liberal. East = high desert, agrarian with a few clowns from CA drinking $10 coffees and chattering into their hands as they drive.

Oregon East of the Cascades, and the relatively remote areas West of the Cascades is where the knife & gun club hangs.
 
You might be surprised, but CA doesn't have any restrictions on folding knives except no autos over 2". Many cities have a < 3" restriction, though.
 
New Mexico isn't bad.

We have open carry of firearms and knives - anything legal to own, which is most anything, is legal to carry openly.

For concealed carry, we have a "no dirks/daggers/double-edged knives" law and no autos. State law actually makes no mention whatsoever of legal blade length limit, but most people believe it's between 3"-4". However, state law doesn't specify whatsoever.
 
I know, I'm off topic, but in France, we can buy OTF, bali, push... but we can only carry litlle slipjoint !!! So I think I'm out of law with my Today EDC:
- ZT 200 S
- MT troodon
- ASP baton 21"
- ... even with my mouselite bladetech and is strong lockback !!!!
 
While there may be more laws in one state or another, the real question is 'who enforces them the most?' I think every state has some law or another that will cover even the use of a screwdriver as a dangerous weapon if it's used as one or carried for that purpose. For me, I find that people in large cities tend to be more frightened by knives than people in rural areas, no matter which state they are in. Perhaps is the relative number of crazies that city folk are exposed to? I had one woman in a city workplace go wild when she saw me cutting an apple during lunch! She actually filed a complaint to the higher-ups. I wasn't brandishing it, nor waving it around. It was a 4" kitchen paring knife not a tactical combat looking fighter, but it scared the hell out of her anyway despite it being used on the table in the lunch room. Not all the crazies have the knives.

Stitchawl
 
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