[weaponeer]

But Rich Eilinger, one of the parents who called to complain about the multi-tools, was shocked that they were on sale. "Two days ago, my son came home - he's 11 years old and in the fifth-grade - and asked my wife if he could buy a knife in school. That raised a few eyebrows," Eilinger said Thursday.

Bunch of weenies is correct. My parents gave me a Cub Scout multi-bladed pocket knife on my 8th birthday. I have carried a knife in my pocket virtually every day of the 47 years since, including all through school. Nobody cared.

I also on many days brought my .22 rifle to school on the bus and kept it in my locker all day until getting on my friend's bus and going to his farm to shoot woodchucks after school. Nobody cared. Nobody ever got shot or cut.

We've become a nation of sheep. Baaaaaaa.

[NewHampshireDuo]

My parents gave me a Cub Scout multi-bladed pocket knife on my 8th birthday. I have carried a knife in my pocket virtually every day of the 47 years since, including all through school. Nobody cared.

My grandfather gave me a pocket knife when I was a relatively little kid and told me to always carry it. While that knife is long gone, I've always carried a knife (and where I'm allowed, a gun).

[Eaker]

I got my first knife when I was four. It was a cheesy Stuckeys souvenier, but it was a knife and it was mine.

41 years later I still have it, plus about 100 others and I carry one everyday. I have a "travel" knife with a ceramic blade and kevlar body. Never been stopped by a metal detector so far.

I too, carry a gun everywhere that is "legal". I guess the use of the term "legal" proves just how bad it has gotten. I am ashamed of myself having to use that term.