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No weapons signs/zones. Obey or ignore?

BryanNomad

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Concerts, sporting events, schools, etc. What do you do? Leave the knife, or hide it on you? How important is it to you to have your trusty EDC?
 
I work at a school and I always carry. But I think it's a bit different when it's an adult teacher and not a student.

That said, I try not to pull too often if I can accomplish Task X without it.
 
Only time I carried a knife at school was in college. High school would have made too big a deal to make it worth it. College, they didn't really care, and some of my professors encouraged it.
Also, I tend to leave knives at home if I'm going into DC.
 
I always have a SAK on my keys, but the blade is maybe an inch or less, so I don't think that would be a problem since a lot of people think of boy scouts when they see a swiss army knife lol
 
Leave it if it's a place where I know I might need it, if it's somewhere that might have a security check metal decector or it will cause a really terrible time if they see it I leave it in the car. Pick your choices know the consequences and don't be scared to deal with them if you choose to ignore the rules. Good rules bad rules regardless they got their consequences.
 
I carried an SAK from grade 5-12, then a regular folder since. Some places have metal detectors (like courthouses etc) so I leave my knives in the car for those situations.
 
I carry everywhere they don't use metal detectors.If they have them,I don't go there.The only time I leave it in my car is when I have to go to court.I don't fly.Never have & probably never will.
 
I ignore those stupid signs because my knife is a tool not a weapon and that's exactly what I would tell them too. The only time I don't ignore them is going into federal buildings or courthouses that actually have metal detectors and can confiscate the knife and give you a hard time. Same with my concealed handgun. I'm not letting some sign keep me from protecting myself and my family if need be.
 
JTR357 said:
I carry everywhere they don't use metal detectors.If they have them,I don't go there.The only time I leave it in my car is when I have to go to court.I don't fly.Never have & probably never will.
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This. Or frisk. Concealed means concealed.
 
I make sure I get frisked if its a female security guard.
 
JTR357 said:
I carry everywhere they don't use metal detectors.If they have them,I don't go there.The only time I leave it in my car is when I have to go to court.I don't fly.Never have & probably never will.
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Oh yea and MRIs too.

Basically if they're going to check me and confiscate I find an alternative, other than that, there's always at least one of not many more on me at any given moment. I have a Spyderco titanium mini police on a necklace that I wear all the time
 
School, work public whatever I would carry my EDC, however a concert air port or a stadium which may or may not include beer. I would rather not lose my only EDC. I would bring a POS.
 
If you let them disarm you once, they will disarm you, and another, again, and again. As an american, and as a human being, it is my right to carry a knife. I will not be disarmed!
 
I had to work at Boeing a few weeks ago and security asked if we had any weapons and my answer to this is always " no, only tools".
 
That is so simplistically awesome, I should start using that.

Side note, as crazy as it is now, I wish I didn't have to have them only in checked luggage... when I fly overseas to visit the girlfriend, I am always staying for a few weeks so I bring a few. I know I don't need any on the plane, but still. It's the principle I guess.
 
Here in Texas any sign saying "No Guns" can be completely ignored. It has to be a specific sign posted in order to legally restrict carrying a gun. I've never seen a sign that I interpreted to mean "no knives".

Of course, there are specific places (post offices, court houses, etc) that do not allow weapons of any kind.
 
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