If they have to ban a knife there is no knife more worthy of banning than the Stanley. I have had knives pulled on me on far too many occasions (grew up and lived in some dodgy areas
) and it has always been a Stanley style knife that the idiot was waving around.
These things cost a couple of quid, are available from hardwear stores, supermarkets, newsagents, etc and no-one bats an eyelid when you purchase one as every builder, plumber, chippy and sparkey has one in their tool box.
I used to have one in my tool box until i realised that there is no job that they can do that can't be done better with my Opinel or my Petzl Spatha (which is an awesome UK legal carry knife - looks funky too!)
On the other hand, what level is this going to be taken to? a few years back i saw a guy stabbed with a steel ball point pen. the wound was really nasty, but fortunately the guy survived. So do we start a campaign to ban BIROS? (they are being used as weapons against freedom by pen pushing bureaucrats!)
or was this just an example of the pen being mightier than the sword![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
These things cost a couple of quid, are available from hardwear stores, supermarkets, newsagents, etc and no-one bats an eyelid when you purchase one as every builder, plumber, chippy and sparkey has one in their tool box.
I used to have one in my tool box until i realised that there is no job that they can do that can't be done better with my Opinel or my Petzl Spatha (which is an awesome UK legal carry knife - looks funky too!)
On the other hand, what level is this going to be taken to? a few years back i saw a guy stabbed with a steel ball point pen. the wound was really nasty, but fortunately the guy survived. So do we start a campaign to ban BIROS? (they are being used as weapons against freedom by pen pushing bureaucrats!)
or was this just an example of the pen being mightier than the sword