The fact is, law-abiding Americans, your neighbors and Mr. Fritz’s neighbors, carry and use knives every day for everything from pruning the roses to hiking, camping and fishing to EMT rescue. Mr. Fritz wants readers to ignore those millions of U.S. citizens. His tactic is to imply that only criminals have knives and inflame his argument with such words as “deadly” and “menacing.” But the 12-inch knitting needles we can carry on planes can be deadly. And the unstable person swinging a baseball bat can be menacing. AKTI has always advocated that criminals who use any weapon in the commission of a crime be punished severely. Law-abiding citizens who carry knives for legitimate purposes should not.Good rebuttal to a deceptive and agenda-driven Wall Street Journal article we referenced the other day in this post...
[Via Steven Van Dyke]
Never could understand the panic about switchblades; they aren't any more dangerous than an old Buck pocketknife. Most people aren't much dangerous with a knife than without; some are even less dangerous with a knife.
ReplyDeleteYou know what you call a person that can get through the day or week without a pocket knife?...........A woman.
ReplyDeleteNot dissing women, but most are proficient at things not requiring tools.