[marktwain]

There is no question that knives are arms covered by the Second Amendment.

[dfwgator]

What about pointed sticks?

[Uncle Miltie]

United Kingdom

The 1689 Bill of Rights ensured that only Parliament and not the King could restrict the right of the people to bear arms. Over the last 60 years, Parliament has enacted a series of increasingly restrictive laws and acts regarding the possession and use of knives and bladed tools. The United Kingdom (to include England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) has one of the most comprehensive set of laws of any developed nation governing an individual’s right to import, purchase, possess, sell, and carry knives.[34]

[Idaho_Cowboy]

There is no question that knives are arms covered by the Second Amendment.

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Well that depends. You see the founders clearly meant knives as well, but what would they think of modern assault knives. Maybe they didn't mean that coverage to include modern stainless steel knives, especially if they have camouflage handles. These knives are a far cry scarier than their revolution era counterparts./sarc

[rfreedom4u]

So “keep and bear arms” means I can go out with one of my swords on my belt?

AWESOME!!!!

[TigersEye]

Bans of knives which open in a convenient way (bans on switchblades, gravity knives, and butterfly knives) are unconstitutional.

One more thing cops are allowed to have but "civilians" are not.

[ZULU]

I thought the Second Amendment covered weapons customarily used by the military.

Wasn’t that the argument used back in 1939 to justify lawas against sawed off shot-guns and silencers?

Don’t get me wrong - I love knives - and swords also.

[bunkerhill7]

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,

[JoeProBono]

[Marcella]

Funny knives would be mentioned today. Yesterday, I was looking for a machete and thought the “Cold Steel 24 inch machete” would be the one to get. It's not expensive and I could use it to chop off very thin limbs that insist on coming over a neighbors fence into my back garden and dumping its leaves in my garden every fall.

I have to cut these back every year and using a pruner to do that takes a long time and it's heavy to hold up there. Some chops with a machete should get rid of those very thin limbs quickly.

But now, are you telling me knives could be outlawed? And would that include machetes? I mean, you could whack off the head of a zombie with one of these and still stay almost two feet away from the zombie. :o)

Will law abiding citizens have to go through a background check to buy a machete so the government would know I had one and where I live? Is the government going to check my long pants to see if I have a machete hidden in my pants? :o)

I already have a major brand “assault” knife, the up and personal type that folds and flips out but right now I don't know where it is. Some work had to be done in my downstairs and that knife got moved to somewhere. Will the government say I have hidden that knife so they can't find it? :o)

Hussein and his rules and laws are so unconstitutional - I'm not giving up my guns, my ammo, my assault knife I can't find, or that machete when I get that.

And if anyone tries to get in my house, besides my guns, I will have a machete to chop off the head of the bad guy after I shoot him to make sure he's not getting up again. Now that drastic action would be in the case of a SHTF condition. :o)

[JoeProBono]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I am much more comfortable carrying my knife than my pistol. I carry the knife everywhere. The pistol, almost everywhere.

In close combat situations, I feel the knife will be as much of a deterrent as the pistol. Example: In an elevator. Having a pistol could be a disadvantage.

I'll never give up either but would rather use the knife. It opens fast, is 8" when open and always has a very serious edge on it.

[Politicalmom]

Weird. I was just discussing this with my daughter in the car this morning. I told her I have no problem with Sikhs carrying their Kirpans. Then I said the rest of us should be allowed to carry knives or swords or whatever. :)

[Billthedrill]

Curiously, knives are covered under the Idaho concealed weapons legislation going back to the olden days. You can’t carry a “dirk” into “a mining camp”. I suppose you still can’t. Legally.

[Jack Hammer]

“Bans of knives which open in a convenient way (bans on switchblades, gravity knives, and butterfly knives) are unconstitutional.”

http://www.nicnac.net/

[Graybeard58]

I gave my oldest sons shot guns when they were 12 and 13 respectively, knives when they were about 10. That was nearly 30 years ago, now I have a 13 year old son and gave him a pocket knife a couple of years ago but he dare not carry it to school.

I’d give him a shot gun too but we live where there’s no where near that’s convenient to shoot it. I may buy him one anyway.