Would you consider this irony ?

[Hickory n steel]

I was watching cops and a man was being arrested for pulling a knife on a security guard at Walmart, the knife in his pocket which he had used was none other than the infamous 1$ Ozark trail lockback. I'm.not sure why, but the whole thing seemed pretty ironic and funny to me.
I feel like the type of person who would this for no reason and stick around to get caught seems like the type of person who buys and actually carries a knife like this.

 

[Armadew]

What part is supposed to be ironic? Sorry, I'm missing it. This seems more like a W&C thread to me

 

[G. Scott H.]

What part is supposed to be ironic? Sorry, I'm missing it. This seems more like a W&C thread to me

Pulling a knife sold through Walmart on a Walmart security guard. I agree, though, that this should go to W&C. It would be much more fun there.

 

[Standard78]

Stupid is as stupid does.
Douche probably watched too many Bourne movies and thinks he's tactical. I hope they tased him. A lot.

 

[Etna]

Stupid is as stupid does.

Took the words right out of my mouth. And incidents like this only help fuel paranoia that knife laws need to be made stricter.

 

[Angus McGunnigle]

Now we could take this further and assume that he STOLE the walmart knife from Walmart and pulled it on a Walmart security dude...........so that means the goofball thief upped the charge from shoplifting to ROBBERY 2nd !!!!

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

Stupid is as stupid does.
Douche probably watched too many Bourne movies and thinks he's tactical. I hope they tased him. A lot.

Isn't that how you become tactical though? I've seen all of them, a Miltner Adams knife ad AND a Steven Seagal movie, so I consider myself extremely tactical. Any true operator should!

 

[Hickory n steel]

What I found ironic was that he pulled a 1$ Walmart knife on a security guard at Walmart.
I also find it fitting that the guy who was dumb enough to buy or steal and carry this pos 1$ knife and dumb enough to pull it on someone was also dumb enough to stay around and get caught. And no he wasn't high or drunk, he was just trash.
This is an example though of how the blades which are owned carried and loved by those in the knife community aren't really used in crimes often if at all, it's cheap folders like this and more often than not its cheap kitchen knives.
Those in the knife community are also generally good people which further contributes to the fact that " real knives " don't usually get used in crimes ( unless stolen by criminals of course )

 

[znapschatz]

What I found ironic was that he pulled a 1$ Walmart knife on a security guard at Walmart.
I also find it fitting that the guy who was dumb enough to buy or steal and carry this pos 1$ knife and dumb enough to pull it on someone was also dumb enough to stay around and get caught. And no he wasn't high or drunk, he was just trash.
This is an example though of how the blades which are owned carried and loved by those in the knife community aren't really used in crimes often if at all, it's cheap folders like this and more often than not its cheap kitchen knives.
Those in the knife community are also generally good people which further contributes to the fact that “ real knives " don't usually get used in crimes ( unless stolen by criminals of course )

About real knives; while the UK has strict laws governing the types of knives legal to carry, I have read that according to police reports there, the vast majority of knife crimes involve ordinary kitchen knives. That makes sense, because they are larger, longer and probably can do more damage than pocket knives, even of the locking variety. But even where I live in a state where almost any type or size blade is legal to carry, I am discrete as possible when opening a knife in a public space because people freak out easily. In fact, I carry a Swiss Army Knife most of the time when out, because most people accept that for what it is. Even my wife looks uneasy when I’m using my Delica in her presence. She says it looks like a weapon to her, even though I’m not an aggressive guy, especially not to her. You can’t help knee jerk reactions, I guess. I just live with it and get on with my doings.

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

About real knives; while the UK has strict laws governing the types of knives legal to carry, I have read that according to police reports there, the vast majority of knife crimes involve ordinary kitchen knives. That makes sense, because they are larger, longer and probably can do more damage than pocket knives, even of the locking variety. But even where I live in a state where almost any type or size blade is legal to carry, I am discrete as possible when opening a knife in a public space because people freak out easily. In fact, I carry a Swiss Army Knife most of the time when out, because most people accept that for what it is. Even my wife looks uneasy when I’m using my Delica in her presence. She says it looks like a weapon to her, even though I’m not an aggressive guy, especially not to her. You can’t help knee jerk reactions, I guess. I just live with it and get on with my doings.

Aye, most crimes committed with a blade involve either a kitchen knife or a box cutter. Politicians love their statistics, but tend to ignore the ones that don't fit their agenda. Knife laws are stupid.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Aye, most crimes committed with a blade involve either a kitchen knife or a box cutter. Politicians love their statistics, but tend to ignore the ones that don't fit their agenda. Knife laws are stupid.

The bad thing is that the government is perfectly aware of this.
In California there is a law against carrying an unsheathed fixed blade, and this was specifically created so someone doesn't just put a steak knife or something in their pocket, the problem with this is that they're basically saying that it's a against the law to commit crimes.