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I carry a pocket knife because it occasionally comes in handy. Opening a box, trimming a loose thread, picking a piece of spinach out of my teeth. Those are all
by egdod 7y ago
I carry a pocket knife because it occasionally comes in handy. Opening a box, trimming a loose thread, picking a piece of spinach out of my teeth. Those are all good and lawful reasons, but I don’t think they’d be good enough for the Brits.
(I also carry a concealed handgun because someday it might come in extremely handy, but that’s a whole different kettle of fish.)
- lozenge 7y agoYou can do all those things with a knife legal to carry in the UK.
- egdod 7y agoAnd I’m sure their subjects are happy that they can still carry such knives, for now.
- wtallis 7y ago> Those are all good and lawful reasons, but I don’t think they’d be good enough for the Brits. It's not just the Brits who would wonder why you need a blade longer than 3" for those uses.
- egdod 7y agoThe Brits would also require it to be a non-locking knife, for some reason. I prefer a knife that locks open, for safety reasons. But the UK government, in its infinite wisdom, says no.