no knives in Disney

Larry Hensley

Larry Hensley

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We went on Vacation to Disneyland and my son was stoped for having a pocket knife when entering the park. The clip was attached to his pocket or they would not have even known that he had it. The man told him that he would have to give it up. I didnt see it happen and when I found out we went back and retrieved it and took it back to the hotel. I could not believe they would not allow this in the park. He doesnt exactly fit a threat description.
 
You can sneak it in, as I did. The bag search is cursory and essentially just for show, and there is no body search or magnetometer.

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I laugh and sometimes cry when I think about how things are today. When I was a kid, I always had 3 or 4 pockets knives on me when I went to school...no big deal, wasn't going to cut or stab someone, it was just a way of life. If you forgot and walked into school with one little tiny splinter picker today, you would be expelled for the rest of the year and carry a black mark next to your name from then on.
 
Times sure have changed. I bought my first throwing knife while on a school tour of Knott's Berry Farm park. I didn't do it in front of the teacher or show it off at school, but the park sold knives at the "blacksmith" shop.
 
The first day he had it in his pocket and nothing was said the next day he had it cliped to his pocket. worst part is they wanted to "Escort" him to the street with park staff carrying the knife come on!!!!
IT is a pocket knife not a gun
 
Larry Hensley said:
We went on Vacation to Disneyland and my son was stoped for having a pocket knife when entering the park. The clip was attached to his pocket or they would not have even known that he had it. The man told him that he would have to give it up. I didnt see it happen and when I found out we went back and retrieved it and took it back to the hotel. I could not believe they would not allow this in the park. He doesnt exactly fit a threat description.
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The laws. Rules, and Bullshit, going on in this country disgust me. All manner of weaponry, edged, and powder driven, toxic chemicals of every sort, and
a fair amount of what sheeple may consider seedy people are in my shop at
any given time. Oh yea, I forgot tobacco thats allowed too. One of my very
favorite places to spend time.
Ken.
 
Before I was a firefighter I was a teacher in the Maryland School system. This was just about the time Zero Tolerance came into effect. There was a 6th grade girl that was expelled for having a POS SAK classic knock off that did not even have a blade, because it had broken off. She had it to use the scissors on her fingernails. But some one saw her at lunch with it and turned her in. BAM! 3 day suspension on her record for carrying a "weapon". Mean while other kids that got into fist fights and would cuss you like a sailor (no offence to sailors) would be at school everyday. Makes me glad I got into a another profession. The hypocrisy was sickening.
 
What gets me is in Washington I had to go through a metal detector, belt and shoes off to get in the county courthouse. I even had to go put my Gerber multitool in my car before I could go in to pick up my concealed weapons permit at the sheriffs office. LOL. Here in Montana the courthouse has a sign that says no weapons allowed. No one has ever said anything about my multitool and I am sure the would not look at a pocket knife here as a "weapon"
 
earlier this year i got popped trying to carry in a case mini stockman, i had even placed it in the metal dish with my chain wallet and zippo and handed it to her, she then gave me the robot line "NO KNIVES OR WEAPONS OF ANYKIND" i politely apologized and for my troubles i had to then remove my belt and walk through the metal detector again, my knife was bagged up and a ticket was given to me to pick up afterward and let me tell ya the plastic tubs were full of bags! Zero tolerance is just a shortcut to thinking, rather than use common sense or judgement they can just rattle this policy off.
ivan
2 5/8" inches of Murderous Intent!!!
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I've had to give up a knife at Six Flags Over Texas before. They were actually wand searching everyone.

I've also had to take a knife back to the car when entering Texas Stadium for a Cowboys game. Again, wand searches for everyone.

Heck, I remember the day when I used to empty my pockets including my pocket knife to get on a plane and the attendant running the security checkpoint would pick it up, open it, and examine it before asking me where I got it so he could get one.

Bunch of freaking sheeple.

--nathan
 
69_knives said:
They should start giving pocket knives out in boxes of Cracker Jacks again.
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Are you kidding?? Not only would the tiny pocket knife pose a serious threat to national security, but those Cracker Jacks can be deadly. One piece of caramel covered popcorn carelessly flicked at someone's head could put an eye out! And don't even get me started on the peanuts in the box. ;) :rolleyes:

- Mark
 
The laws. Rules, and Bullshit, going on in this country disgust me

Its not just here..I have had to stash my knives in the bushes to get back later, I can only hope they have somewhere to hold them. I had to give up a pocket knife at the Jackson Brown concert a few weeks ago, they frisked every one, had male and female lines. What a waste of money, I guess its good for the security industry.

Make me president and I will give congress and 4 year holiday, if re-elected I will extend the holiday another 4 years.
 
Patrickknives said:
The laws. Rules, and Bullshit, going on in this country disgust me

Its not just here..I have had to stash my knives in the bushes to get back later, I can only hope they have somewhere to hold them. I had to give up a pocket knife at the Jackson Brown concert a few weeks ago, they frisked every one, had male and female lines. What a waste of money, I guess its good for the security industry.

Make me president and I will give congress and 4 year holiday, if re-elected I will extend the holiday another 4 years.
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Your "stash in the bushes" comment reminded me of a trip I took last year out of Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita last year to go to Minneapolis. I started up the cattle line to go through security and realized I have mt pocket knife in my pocket. It was about 5:30 AM and it's a small airport so I went back down at the desk area and found a fake tree and dug me a hole and buried it. 4 days later, I dug it up and away I went.
 
Stag & Steel said:
Your "stash in the bushes" comment reminded me of a trip I took last year out of Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita last year to go to Minneapolis. I started up the cattle line to go through security and realized I have mt pocket knife in my pocket. It was about 5:30 AM and it's a small airport so I went back down at the desk area and found a fake tree and dug me a hole and buried it. 4 days later, I dug it up and away I went.
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At least you could get rid of it in some relatively safe place. Now I see the, "Once you are in the security line, you are not allowed to leave the line" bullshit all the time.

- Mark
 
Having been to Disneyland, and seen kids get into fights for no apparent reason, I for sure do not want those kids carrying weapons around. There is no reason for a teenager to need a knife inside the park.

Guess what - they don't let you carry knives into staples center either.

I'm fine with both policies.
 
Patrickknives said:
The laws. Rules, and Bullshit, going on in this country disgust me

Its not just here..I have had to stash my knives in the bushes to get back later, I can only hope they have somewhere to hold them. I had to give up a pocket knife at the Jackson Brown concert a few weeks ago, they frisked every one, had male and female lines. What a waste of money, I guess its good for the security industry.

Make me president and I will give congress and 4 year holiday, if re-elected I will extend the holiday another 4 years.
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The law has nothing to do with the way private businesses are run. I'm pretty sure that Congess does not make Disneyland's security policies.
 
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