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To: Pete Dovgan

I carry a pocketknife virtually everywhere. As a tool, not a weapon. Of course, a screwdriver can also be a formidable weapon in the right circumstances.

I’m so used to having the pocketknife that when I fly somewhere, I sometimes check my luggage with the knife, or buy a really cheap one at my destination and throw it away at the airport.

That is absolutely no excuse for this thug’s actions. But to make such a strong statement that a deadly weapon at a track meet is also a bit inflammatory.


12 posted on 04/22/2025 6:11:52 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: cyclotic

That is absolutely no excuse for this thug’s actions. But to make such a strong statement that a deadly weapon at a track meet is also a bit inflammatory.

Was it a pocketknife? Nobody said he had a pocketknife, just a knife. I suppose, with luck or a skilled person, a ‘pocketknife’ is still a deadly weapon (which is why you can’t fly with them), but they didn’t say pocketknife. The reality that the media (whom generally tries to defend liberals) didn’t say ‘Pocketknife’ makes me believe it was probably more like a hunting knife.


17 posted on 04/22/2025 6:44:43 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: cyclotic

Are you actually trying to equate carrying a knife as an adult to that murderer carrying a knife at a school event?
As you stated you can not carry a knife through TSA at airport. Why not?


21 posted on 04/22/2025 7:23:27 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: cyclotic
I carried a pocket folder daily from 2nd grade until May 1984 when I almost lost my nice Gerber service anniversary folder because it had a locking mechanism. I was returning home via the airport at Oakland. TSA let me take it home and it went into my dresser drawer. I had a gold Pacific Telesis emblem with 3 rubies. Clearly not something you select with ill intent.

I haven't flown since Sept 2017. My EDC is a CRTK Obake in a kydex sheath on my belt. I use it to open the mail and boxes shipped from Amazon. Technically it could serve as a means of self defense. I leave it in the car when visiting the local hospital and courthouse.

28 posted on 04/22/2025 8:12:49 AM PDT by Myrddin
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