US Mint Concealed Coin-Knife Causing Consernation

I find it odd how the article refers to the knife as a "weapon" more than once....Makes ya wonder.
troy
 
Yeahboy! How about them plastic dagger-combs? Or the knife-pens. They're never gonna keep stuff from sliding past security. Heck, you could carry a small grinder and a piece of bar stock through and grind your own bowie in the gate waiting area:-) You'd think they would figure out that maybe arresting terrorists might be an easier solution to the airline security problem. :D :D
David
 
What a weapon, weapon, weapon, weapon:confused: :confused: :rolleyes: :mad: :barf: :barf: wolf
 
Saw these at the Mint's Blade Show booth. (Yes the US Mint was at the Blade Show this year). As a long time numismatist (i.e. jaded eyes) they were knida cool but a little pricy :).
 
I thought maybe it was a joke at first. How could that "Thing" be called a weapon? lol. Did the article sound like it was a sales pitch to anyone else? Why mention the one year warranty? A fine terrorist weapon indeed. :rolleyes: :barf:
 
I had to go back and look again. The guy that wrote the article is a defense attny. from N.J. They seem to specialize in weapons laws. Then I take a look at 2 books they offer as well as their link page which has one entry for the NRA.

Now I am cornfused (so what else is new):)
 
Oh sh!t, on of those dreaded "assault coins" :eek:

I really hope that the restrict those WEAPONS i wouldn't want these to show up in my part of the world..

Sometimes people are so stupid they ought to self-destruct from forgetting to eat or something...
Morons...
 
I emailed the guy and asked him to please educate himself on what a real knfe is and to stop raising alarmist attitudes towards silly novelty knives. What a friggin' joke! It's idiots like these that are going to cause more and more restrictive knife laws to be passed.:mad:
 
the loonie toons in Zoo Jersey specialize in weapons laws or seem to think that they do.

They're so anal retentive in Zoo Jersey. . .you even have to have a "license" to make noise when you fart ! :rolleyes:

What ya wanna bet that the blade length of that fine "fightin' warrior" piece is all of 1" long ? I could do more harm with a. . .oh. . . never mind. . .

And. . .and. . .and. . . "In addition to selling the concealable coin-knife, the Mint sells a police shoulder patch that "bears the original 1780 Treasury seal." Someone wishing to impersonate a U.S. Mint police officer could acquire the patch online for just $8.95."

Give me a friggin' break ! What would "a normal human being" do if some jag-off (aka Bad-Guy) pulled them over and was flashin' "a official U.S. Mint police officer patch, which by the way bore the the original 1780 Treasury seal ?

Jesus H. . . I'll be so glad to leave this state ! :D
 
LOL, you don't need a coin-knife to smuggle a "weapon" past a metal detector. You only need a tool pouch and a butt-set.

Nobody ever checks the phone guy. If I was a thief I could have stolen tons of stuff because much of my work is in behind-the-scenes places in businesses - storerooms, private offices, tool rooms. People see you back there but take one look at your tools and go on about their business. Just today I was waved around a metal detector by a security guard in a court house - AFTER showing him my pocket knife and offering to go back outside and leave it in the truck. True, you need a cable knife and scissors to do the job, but for all he knew I also had a gun in the cable box. He didn't check ANYTHING.

I'm an honest guy and I'm glad they trust me but they shouldn't trust you JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A TOOL BAG!
 
People have been trained for so long here in the US to never, ever try to defend yourself against an attack, that there are people that really believe that a one inch long blade is a weapon.

The whole concept is so painful, I can't bear to think about it.

So far, security hasn't seemed to object to "oversize" women's earrings. Soon, terrorists will start dating women that wear VERY large earrings (probably out of blue or red G-10) with sharpened edges. Mercy me!:rolleyes:
 
I've seen earrings made of large discs of anodized titanium. Talk about hiding in plain sight.

I hope this "attorney" never gets a look at my knife collection. I don't want him dropping dead of a heart attack on my living room floor. My knife blades tend to be a little larger than a thumbnail ... how about a 5" S.W.A.T. butterfly up under his nose, alongside the Vaquero Grande?

What an idiot!
 
Look out! Hes cleaning under his fingernails! Aaaa! hes opening a letter now, oh the humanity. I feel faint.
 
Just think, with a pocket full of these "secret weapons" one can stand in front of a postage stamp machine, constantly insert these weapons and eventually will "gut" the poor machine. WEAPON? Wanna see a weapon? How about a Franklin Mint Gas pump knife. You can smuggle one of those into the exxon Fuel holding facility in NJ, and since their professional Security staff will clearly mistake it for a "real gas pump" you can sneak up and puncture cast iron and plated steel tanks and then light a match....DUH, DUH..TRIPLE DUH.....wolf
 
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