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Here is my source for Washington knife laws- http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/ It appears that the information is current as of October 30 2013Carrying an ankle knife to conceal it is not addressed in the law, only using a knife for the above criminal use. Concealment is a judgement call, because any traditional knife, that does not have a pocket clip, or a knife with a clip that is covered by a shirt could also be concealed. Concealment is not addressed except in the context of how it is used.
Waitwaitwait.... Why would "no weapons" signs have anything to do with carrying knives?
Restrictions on knives are entirely unreasonable and should not be followed unless there is a very high chance of prohibitive enforcement from metal detectors, wands, or frisks. It is unfortunate that that we have allowed arbitrary, unreasonable policies to infect our schools and other public places.
Unreasonable, arbitrary rules do not deserve respect or compliance. People have elected to defy and ignore arbitrary and absurd laws for centuries. Here are a few examples: (1) civil rights activists performed sit-ins and elected to ride at the front of the bus; (2) people drank alcohol during prohibition; (3) unmarried people engaged in intimate acts; and (4) people carry and use knives in reasonably safe manners in "prohibited" areas. These "defiant" behaviors are natural and noble because some rules place fundamentally unreasonable restraints on individual autonomy that must be ignored.
There are likely many unreasonable, antiquated laws in your jurisdiction that you defy on a daily basis without thought, and would likely continue to do so if they were enforced. As individuals who love knives and multi-tools, we have a duty to contest, challenge, and ignore unreasonable restrictions on our personal autonomy and right to carry basic tools.
When the people posting the sign specify so?
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Why the flagrant disregard for laws and requirements for no weapons? A KNIFE IS A WEAPON! [...]
My old high school stated in their code of conduct.
Weapon: A firearm as defined in 18 USC §921 for purposes of the Gun-Free Schools Act or anything else that can cause physical injury or death when used to cause physical injury or death.
That last section is so vague. Almost anything could be used as a weapon to cause physical injury.
That last section is so vague. Almost anything could be used as a weapon to cause physical injury.
That's the point. If a student uses a pen/pencil to stab another student, then they've used a weapon, not a pen/pencil -- according to their interpretation. It's actually the logical extension of what we are saying here that a knife is not a weapon in and of itself. It is the misuse that makes it a weapon.That last section is so vague. Almost anything could be used as a weapon to cause physical injury.
It's intentionally vague.
That sounds like a good definition of anarchy. If people choose to disobey any law that THEY consider to be "oppressive", we would have anarchy, rioting, looting, etc.Disobedience is the means that the masses have to retain liberty from oppressive laws, and to moderate the powers of the lawmakers. Popular laws will be observed and recognized, while bad laws are not, and when enough people weigh in with disobedience on a particular law it can motivate changes to such laws up to including the abandonment of them.