"Oops, I didn't mean to bring this here."

yobbos1 said:
I once crossed from Canada to US at Vermont by car. There was a problem and we all had to get out of the car and head into the main office to be checked out (paperwork). I realized while standing in front of the desk that I had a push-dagger clipped to my boot. When no-one was looking I casually walked over to the window with my back to the staff and dropped the knife into a cup of coffee, then put the lid on the coffee and dropped it into the trash.
To this day I don't know what the knife laws are like in Vermont, but I do know that in a lot of jurisdictions push-daggers are trouble.
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You'd probably be fine in Vermont, but push daggers are all kinds of illegal in Canada.
 
Wasn't me, but a friend of mine walked into a federal courthouse with a throwing star in his wallet. He'd had it in there for 2 years and forgotten about it.

The guy at the metal detector found a bunch of change, but missed the star because it was behind a card. When he went through again and set the detector off again the guard asked what else he had that could be setting it off -- well, there were the five screws still in my friend's tibia so.... Buddy walked right in with the star still in his wallet. He found the star while putting his change back in and turned about the same color as longtrang when he realized what he'd done.

Good this was before 9/11.
 
Airport security. Luckily it was just a Spyderco Ladybug. And luckily they didn't confiscate it. They allowed me to mail it back to myself.
Another time. Airport security. Again. A SOG TiNi Access Card. lol the lady called it a switchblade. When I explained how expensive it was they sympathized and put it in a special sealed bag and kept it in the cock pit. This was a small plane. Maybe 30 seats.
Both cases were last year in Canada. In both cases I really didn't know I had them on me. If I'm bringing a knife with me for plane travel I put it with my baggage if I have any.
 
Once when I was working in the middle of a large chemical plant in Florida, I carried my courier bag in with me (I rode a motorcycle) just like every other day, and didn't realize until I got to my desk that I still had my Sig P229 in it from the range trip the evening before. I walked into my boss' office and told him that I needed to head back home, but I would be back in half an hour. He (of course) asked why and since we got along really well, I told him. He said "Yep, you definitely need to take that home... but first bring it in here and let me check it out!" :D
 
worst was that I brought a buck vantage to a night club. it was a night club that had had a few "issues" with knives in the past so I should have expected a pat down. I never bring knives to bars but this night we were supposed to just have a house party (so i had my knife in order to slice a lime for the most part) and one whiny dude dragged everyone to the bars. didn't get in shit but the confiscated it and wouldn't give it back until I came back the next day because they didn't know I was DD and "couldn't trust that I would make sober decisions with a knife". whatever.
 
I use the same pack for camping and school and one morning after a weekend camping trip I woke up latr.I stuffed all of my stuff in my backpack not tqking the time to check for knives. So I get on the bus to go to school and someone lights a match. Everyone is searched and the security guard looks up from my bag and pulls out my bk9 and buck 110. I say o shit and explain to him what happened. He took the knives and since I didn't have any prior offences he just warned me and said I could get em back after school. (Me and the guard are pretty good friends) anyway I walk into his office after school and he's sitting at his desk fondling my bk9. He says be careful then as I'm leaving he says nice knives
 
I unwittingly went to class with a boot knife at least 10 times when I was still in college. Also, once I forgot I had a bowie on my hip at a karaoke bar (in GA all weapons are illegal in any establishment serving alcohol). I was never even approached about it.
 
Dorito Monk said:
You'd probably be fine in Vermont, but push daggers are all kinds of illegal in Canada.
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Yeah, funny I EDC'd that thing all over Ontario for abut three years and never gave it a second thought. I meant to leave it at home for the trip but forgot about it as it was such a part of my daily kit. I wasn't a knifenut back then, just carried the pushdagger on a keychain or boot and a little Buck folder, they were the only blades I owned. I sometimes wonder if tossing the little dagger somehow caused me to want to accumulate about a gazillion knives after the incident.:o
 
I was carrying a Paramilitary while on vacation in Florida and we decided to visit the Kennedy Space Center. I decided to leave it in the car which turned out to be an excellent decision as they had security and metal detectors at the entrance. Not sure what may have came of it but better to not find out!
 
I went on a cruise for my honeymoon and they X ray all bags and I got flagged. I figured it was my Salt folder which was allowed 6 months prior on another cruise. They start making a big deal and call security and the police. I then heard one tell another something about a revolver. So I start trying to figure out what I had that could look like a gun. About 5 mins later I remembered the little .38 that I used to CCW and was put in a secret pocket in one of my bags. My wife said she could tell the exact instance I realized what it was by the look on my face.

After they searched all of our stuff multiple times taking them to the x ray until they were happy there was nothing else they let me talk to the police that had come in. I explained I had a concealed carry permit and it was over looked and they filled out some paperwork and called the gun in to make sure the serial # was clean. Finally we had to get permission from the boat captain to be on his boat. Someone from the staff came down and it was explained to him I was legally allowed to carry it but had forgot about it. They were from a foreign port so I was a little nervous but they let me on. My wife said she was going regardless if they let me go or not. I think she was serious too.

Edit: After all that searching they missed a BM Rift I had also forgotten about as well as a speed loader for the .38
 
Years ago, long before reciprocal CCW permits, I went to a big gun show in Denver. Had a North American Arms Mini Revolver in my pocket. Never gave it a thought until time to leave when I discovered there were metal detectors on the EXITS! Manned by Denver cops in uniform. I considered dropping the revolver in the trash can. Luckily, I knew a guy with a table and dealer credentials. He walked the gun out through the detectors which didn't go off.
 
I did some work of a law office for a few years and every now and again would find myself waiting in the metal detector line, or worse i front of the guard, holding out my Kershaw leek or Spyderco Endura trying to look innocent, at the court house. They may not be the most threatening knives but the place kind exaggerated their effect.

Now I think of it I made the same mistake when I went to the embassy during my application for residency, I left the knife in the car but at the time I used to carry one of those multi cards in my wallet and the guy puled the knife out the side of it, it was a cheaper ripe of of the swiss and they made up for it with serrations and a mean looking blade shape, that was unfortunate. :eek:

:p
 
Coming home from a knife show I had accidently left a fixed blade in my carry on by mistake. I used that bag to transfer knives to and from the hotel room but a stray knife in its sheath remained buried in my carry on as I went through security at the airport.

Now this was long before 911 back in the 1980's. The security guard looked at me with a serious face, then looked down at my bag, and repeated this several times. Then he looked up at me one final time and said 'take your bag and go to your gate'. I found the knife while digging around for smokes (the world was still decent enough to allow people to freely smoke on planes then) and discovered the knife. That explained the serious looking face the guard had.
 
Good thing you left it. One of my friends had a pocket knife confiscated by security there.

RetiredGuns said:
I was carrying a Paramilitary while on vacation in Florida and we decided to visit the Kennedy Space Center. I decided to leave it in the car which turned out to be an excellent decision as they had security and metal detectors at the entrance. Not sure what may have came of it but better to not find out!
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I took my S&W .38 special into the Key Arena, the thing is so small and light its easy to forget you have it. Took my .40 into the post office, forgot about that law till I was at the counter, you not even suppose to be in the parking lot with a gun. I park on the street now and leave it in the truck. Im not sure what the law is on knives in the p.o., since its federal thats probably a no-no too but oh well.
 
BobSig said:
Im not sure what the law is on knives in the p.o., since its federal thats probably a no-no too but oh well.
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2.5" maximum in a federal government building. But unless you've got a big knife obviously visible on your belt, nobody will notice or care what knife you might have in your pocket at the PO.
 
brought a buck 112 to six flags by accident, security made me toss it in the trash... on my way out i tried to retrieve it, but i never found it
 
My 10 yr. old son brought my Cold Steel Rubber Tanto training knife to daycare without me knowing one time. They have strict regulations on military toys and guns ,etc. there.

When I went to pick him up the supervisor showed it to me. I explained that it was a "toy" knife and that he should have known better , but it was a red-face moment. Once back home , a stern talking - to happened regarding leaving those things at home.

Good thing he didn't take some serious steel there , although he routinely carries them in the bush.
 
ONce on a flight from Toronto to Altanta, post 9/11. CRKY KiSS, used it as a money clip always and forgot about it...D'oh... They let me check it...all by itself in a huge box... Just checked it onthe return trip.

Twice at the Canadian Parliament Buildings... They have a standard sealed security bag they put them in to be return upon exit... Buts its def. a red faced moment...
 
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