Quote Originally Posted by KMacT
I can see two alternate law enforcement approaches. The police could take issue with weapons (even small knives), or they could assess each individual and make a specific determination. What would an individual approach look like? A baby with a small knife? Not a danger to anyone (leaving aside danger to the baby). So the police don't care about the baby's weapon. An adult with a good (non-weapon) reason to have a knife? Then they may not take issue. And then there is Dreadbelly. A self-professed dangerous person. If the police are to make individual determinations, I would expect them to lock up Dreadbelly because he's a walking weapon and a potential danger to others. As he says, he doesn't need a weapon to do a lot of damage, so in this approach a weapon would not be a prerequisite to detaining him.

I prefer the focus to be on weapons and not the potential danger inherent in people (aren't we all potentially dangerous?), but that's just me.

There is a third option, I suppose, where the police don't care at all about what you are carrying, be that a small knife, an automatic weapon or a ground to air missile, but I'm a Canadian so it's hard to comprehend such unrestricted freedom.

Kevin
Our nation is rapidly becoming spineless pussified dipsticks... Wouldn't suprise me if there was some sort of bright idea to make people boneless so they couldn't bludgeon somebody with their own natural weaponry.

We'll all be oozing bags of skin blobbering around soon.