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I don't think we are getting the full story here. In the knife enthusiast community it's well known that "cutting seat belts" is more made up marketing fantasy than reality. While many fireman and EMTs carry knives most will state with years on the job they have never used their knife to cut a seat belt. I'm sure it has happened but the reality is it's almost unheard of in actual practice.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending the liberal idiots in any way. I'm just pointing out that the seat belt story sounds perfectly legit to the uninformed but it's mostly fantasy. So I tend to think there is more here than we are being led to believe.

I'll be willing to listen, but if the young man didn't threaten anyone with his multi-tool Swiss Army Knife, then all that's happened is they've found a wee little pocketknife in his belongings on school grounds.

'Intent' better be part of this story you're wondering we haven't heard everything about. Please ping me to any thread where we learn of violent intent.

(As far as need for equipment, I'm pretty sure the vast majority of armed police have never shot anyone with their sidearm. I do know a paramedic who had to use his knife to cut a child's plastic car seat away from a toddler after a bad vehicle accident where the fire dept had to use 'Jaws of Life' spreader to open up the car enough so he could crawl in and rescue the child.)