You're a mean one, Mr Snark

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DunkEm said:
For the life of me, the best I can figure for some of our restrictive knife and gun laws is that we must have passed them back in the serious fighting days and just never bothered to get them off the books.
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zzyzzogeton said:
Most of those city ordinances were passed by "feel good" politicians back in the 1990s who wanted to be able to say they were "getting tough on crime".
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I'm neither a legal scholar nor a historian, but I'm pretty sure you're both right to one degree or another... give or take 150 years or so. It's mostly bull-puckey, either way.

If I remember correctly, TX, TN and other states specifically outlawed the carry of "bowie knives" way back then... apparently they were deemed just too dangerous and scary to be allowed on public streets. Similar laws have been enacted throughout history with varying degrees of success, in pretty much every nation/culture on the planet. You don't even want to contemplate what would have happened to you in feudal Japan if you were low-born and caught with a BK-9 or even a BK-11, much less a katana... There's a very important socio-political reason why "empty hand" and farm-tool-based fighting styles developed there... ;)

Please join me in supporting AKTI and KnifeRights. :thumbup:
 
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zzyzzogeton said:
Most of those city ordinances were passed by "feel good" politicians back in the 1990s who wanted to be able to say they were "getting tough on crime". If you notice a bunch just prohibit knives in city parks. Usually, these were to target people getting drunk in their parks and then getting into fights. Whether a knife was ever used in a fight is immaterial. It gives the local LEOs something else to hang on the charges.

Texarkana's was due to bus seats getting cut up. San Antonio's and Corpus Christi's were promoted as being a tool to combat "gang related activity". Who knows what caused the town of Melissa (near Dallas) to ban peddlers, solicitors and handbill distributors from carrying ANY cutting instrument. In addition to the County of Dallas ordinance, the CITY of Dallas specifically bans any cutting instrument from being brought into a city library. Apparently, people were cutting things out of books and magazines.

San Antonio's ban on locking knives specifically exempts "people traveling", unfortunately WITHOUT any definition of what constitutes traveling. The state dropped that language from the gun laws a few sessions back due to the vagueness.
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Reminds me of a similar thing around here. In our county there were laws passed that prohibited concealed weapon holders from carrying in city and county parks. It (they) had been in the books for quite a while. Not sure why or how, but the state got wind of it, and there was a little pecker slapping that resulted. The state informed the counties and the cities that they regulated gun laws, and that they were the only ones that could prohibit where guns could and could not be carried. Even went as far as to pass a specific law preempting the cities and counties in 2011. So now, if I want to conceal carry in a county park, I can do so without worrying about being fined or arrested (provided I don't break some other law). Same thing happened when they had the last RNC in Tampa. The mayor wanted to prevent CCW holders from carrying in the city (event zone) during the convention. He couldn't do it based on the above mentioned law. So he and the city council petitioned the governor and asked if he would issue such and order. The governor denied the petition. The mayor was not a happy camper.

Before someone goes off half-cocked, the secret service banned weapons in the event facility. The area the mayor wanted a temporary ban in the event area or zone defined by the city police.

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DunkEm said:
That's a thing?
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Yes. There's pro paintball as well, it just never really made it mainstream. It's been televised before, but never really caught on. It's too hard to follow what's going on.
 
Congrats on the articles Todd!

Congrats to your wife and incoming move Crimson!

Warrior those pictures of your boy remind me of the some of the crazyness that used to be me 10 years ago. :thumbup: looks like hes on the right track.

710 that 3inch pocket fixed blade looks sweet!


Lots of snark to catch up on :( between the stress of work being crazy busy, kids being sick and getting up multiple times in the night, the past two days I've gone to bed the same time as them lol. 730pm bedtime for everybody! wewt! at least I get to catch up on my snark first thing before work! Everything should go back to normal in about two more weeks.
 
Dubz, your son is one of those guys that is good at everything he does. I'd be proud of him too and call it good genetics..:D
 
tradewater said:
Dubz, your son is one of those guys that is good at everything he does. I'd be proud of him too and call it good genetics..:D
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He really is. He's full in, on whatever he decides to do. Sometimes it scares me the chances he takes, but he researches everything he does to the fullest. :thumbup: Definitely good genetics, haha. :D
 
The guy that taught me to climb is in his 60's and he's still going strong at it. If I'm half as active as he is at that age, it'll be a miracle!
 
mrn8 said:
The guy that taught me to climb is in his 60's and he's still going strong at it. If I'm half as active as he is at that age, it'll be a miracle!
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Same here....he's 63 and still is going at it. like Dubz, I have a weak power to weight ratio (too much weight, not so much power....) so I don't think I'll ever be much of a climber.
 
In other news... I know his "style" isn't quite what Beckerheads are usually into, but if y'all ever get a chance to meet Jerry Hossom and pick his brain, go for it! He's a cool cat and he knows his stuff... I suspect he would fit in just fine at a Gathering. :)
 
I talked with him at Blade with Ethan and it was sweet. He had made some ivory knife as a gift to I think Knife Rights.
 
daizee said:
Hells yeah!
(I do hope you figured out that the biru portion should only be operated with the sheath ON! :D)
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Either I figured it out before opening, or I figured it out quickly during.

mrn8 said:
The guy that taught me to climb is in his 60's and he's still going strong at it. If I'm half as active as he is at that age, it'll be a miracle!
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Took a "class" on climbing safety with a guy in his 60s a few years back. Dude climbs over 200 days out of the year outdoors. That's the dream.
 
My hats of to you guys that have the balls to climb. I can imagine the rush, the feeling of freedom, and accomplishment that comes with it. Not to mention the athleticism involved. But I'm not a big fan of heights, and I'm definitely not too keen on falling. Im afraid id never be able to do it.
 
GSOM's scales and a few extra trinkets came in today! Damn, they do class the joint up a bit. The few pictures I've taken don't do them justice at all.
I'll update his thread when I get a chance later this evening.
 
TMHunt said:
My hats of to you guys that have the balls to climb. I can imagine the rush, the feeling of freedom, and accomplishment that comes with it. Not to mention the athleticism involved. But I'm not a big fan of heights, and I'm definitely not too keen on falling. Im afraid id never be able to do it.
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I admire that, too. Fear of heights notwithstanding, I'm just too dang fat and lazy for that kinda thing. I'll hike up a mountain trail and repel down a cliff though, that's really freakin' fun!
 
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