[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I was told, just last weekend by the local sheriff’s deputy, that my Gerber pocket knife is considered a “weapon”.
3-inch blade.
Go figger.

[rktman]

That's not a knife. 👮🔪

[ryderann]

I have a two-inch overall Swiss Army knife. How many years will that get me?

[wildcard_redneck]

“I was told, just last weekend by the local sheriff’s deputy, that my Gerber pocket knife is considered a “weapon”.
3-inch blade.
Go figger.”

That is totally absurd. Next time you have an asshole cop say that to you just casually look at your surroundings and then point out the improvised weapons you see: rocks, glass bottles, sticks, etc. and focus on any of the ones that can kill more effectively than your pocket knife.

People kill people.

[nevergore]

Unless going into a courthouse or airport most states regard any knife with a blade less than 3 1/2” not a weapon.....

Unless used in the commission of a crime.....

[Manly Warrior]

Whip out federal law and tell him otherwise. State or local laws may vary, but 15USC29 says a 3 “ knife is not a weapon...unless so used.

[Openurmind]

“please show me the code and arrest me or write me the ticket then”. “And please sir, if not... may I have one of your cards? I know you are required to give me one if I ask, thank you”.

Situations change when you ask for their card when they are “making up laws that don’t exist as they go”.

[Hoffer Rand]

I had security at the courthouse give me grief about having "handcuffs" in my purse. He at least had the grace to look a little sheepish when I pulled this out.

[riverrunner]

If you do not know how t use your 3 inch pocket knife as a weapon you need a better imagination or better training

[dznutz]

To a normal, law abiding person like yourself, a knife with a three inch blade is a tool. That same knife is in the hands of a rampaging, wild eyed, muslim yelling allah akbar, what would you call it then?
I guess it depends on who is holding the knife and what purpose it is used for.