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RE: The Right Thing For The Wrong Reason
That knife law is pretty stupid. when I was working as a mover in NYC I carried a similar knife, as just as u said, it's useful for cutting things like tape on boxes with just one hand. If someone wants to stab someone, then they can easily get a kitchen knife and conceal it. Makes little sense to worry about the tool used in a potential crime, but much more sense to work on prevention, by engaging with marginalized communities, educating, more visible policing, etc.
Plenty of stuff is illegal somewhere - drugs, sex, rock n roll, firearms, thoughts ...
Generally I advocate freedom to do whatever you want, as long as you're not bothering or endangering anyone else.
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Agreed. Even a cheap kitchen knife is better for someone acting with ill intent than the most flamboyant folder, butterfly knife, or switchblade. But Hollywood tinges public perceptions, and the gullible majority clamor for laws in the name of sssssaaaaaafetyyyy regardless of reason and evidence.