They will try and ban anything and everything thhat can be used as a weapon.
For example, the Scottish author Irwine Welsh suggests that hammers should be registered and have serial numbers.
I’d like their opinion on unionized law enforcement which represents the Democratic Party’s political police force.
One thing I remember from the book “All Quiet on the Western Front” was after years of hand to hand combat, the Germans began to prefer their spades, sharpened to a rifle or a rifle with a bayonette.
The author was a real German WWI soldier who had been in the thick of it.
I also noticed the Russians seemed to have the same idea.
I know this doesn't address the issue that almost all laws against weapons are unconstitutional.
There is no knife that is more dangerous than a modern handgun; to the contrary, knives are much less dangerous.
I'm certainly no authority, nor do I have a clear idea how to measure dangerousness; that said, I've met more than one or two cops and martial artists who'd tell you only fools are less wary of knives in criminal hands than guns.
Thank God this is finally getting some traction!
‘He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.” The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.” “That is enough,” he replied.’
Luke 22
The Biblical foundation for right to bear arms was originally for swords, the light arm of the day. The idea that I can have a shotgun but not a switchblade is lunacy.
***There is no knife that is more dangerous than a modern handgun;***
Strange. Years ago, some eastern police commissioner wanted to ban knives because he felt they were MORE dangerous than handguns because the knife was “always loaded”.
1887 Webster`s Dictionary:
to bear, bear v.t., 1. to support and move; or carry 2. To be equipped, furnished, or marked with; to have as belonging, distinguishing, identifying, or characterizing; as to bear a sword,
“There is no knife that is more dangerous than a modern handgun; to the contrary, knives are much less dangerous.”
That is a haphazard and subjective statement. Knife injury mortality is very high, because unlike a relatively small hole left by a bullet, knife cuts can damage both surface and internal capillaries, lots of them, and all at once. And they likely produce major arterial bleeding more often than do guns.
Knife laws are ridiculous because most legislators are idiots. I always carry a knife here in California because that is the most lethal weapon I can legally carry (until I move to Arizona—hopefully in a year or so).
Butterfly knives are illegal because they “look” scary. My Kershaw speed-assist knife opens faster than a butterfly knife and is perfectly legal. My KA-
BAR tanto knife with an 8 inch blade is WAY more lethal than a switchblade and I can carry that as long as it is in the open. (Jax Teller’s KA-BAR USMC knife on the show Sons of Anarchy is legal carried like that even here in California.)
The only time I ever deployed my knife was a couple years ago when I came across a man beating his girlfriend ground and pound style in a Sunnyvale parking lot. I ran at him yelling for him to get off as I pulled my knife and flicked the blade open. He ran away. When the police took the report, they didn’t give me a hard time or even ask to see the knife.
I have one friend who tried to help a guy who was jumped by three gangbangers. When they started beating him, He pulled his knife and stabbed all three. One died a few days later but no charges were filed because his life was in danger. He moved to San Diego though after he heard the Norteños gang had a bounty on his head for killing one of their members.
When I lived In California, the law stated that I could openly where a belt knife, with a —blade length — of no more than five (5) inches, so I wore this:
http://www.bestglide.com/AF_Survival_Knife_Info.html
Just like the folks tell you about kitchen knives, a solid tang is better.
Does this mean I can open carry my short sword here in Houston?
I sure hope so!!!!!
I hope no politicians in my neck of the woods reads this. Instead of reading that knives are protected, they will read that knives are to be registered, licensed and regulated.
My two teenage boys and I were camping this weekend. They carried 6 and 4 knives each. The resot of the boys had at least one each if not 2-3. No one was killed or injured.