Security Gone Too Far?

[English Bloke]

... a plastic knife can be a significant threat. Look at the knives here: http://www.coldsteel.com/nise.html

Jeepers Geoff. If you don't mind me saying so, those are Bl**dy terrifying.

It must be a pretty harsh neighbourhood a Bloke lives in where he needs one of those hidden in every room!!

By the way, I do like the way threads get recycled on here and new input added to the subject.

[freddie]

Recently I saw a thing called a 'sgian brew' which is a traditional sgian dhu handel on a bottle opener instead of a blade. I wonder if security would confiscate one of these ?
Talking about airport security, during a recent trip to Minneapolis I gave my Father In Law a couple of bottles of beer and when we came to leave the hotel he realised he hadn't drank one of them. He was hurridly going to consume it when his wife said "Take it to drink at the airport". Of course they confiscated it at the security check in and I've never seen him looking so upset!

[Geoff Withnell]

Jeepers Geoff. If you don't mind me saying so, those are Bl**dy terrifying.

It must be a pretty harsh neighbourhood a Bloke lives in where he needs one of those hidden in every room!!

By the way, I do like the way threads get recycled on here and new input added to the subject.

I would agree. I don't have one in every room. But as a friend of my once said on a pro-keep and bear arms discussion board, "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away!" Weapons aren't terrifying. These knifes cannot do any more damage than a good carving knife such as you probably have in a kitchen drawer. It's the bloke holding the thing that scares me.

Geoff Withnell

[O'Callaghan]

I like the phrase 'security theatre' i think a lot of what we see nowadays is security theatre and not real security.

[BoldHighlander]

But as a friend of my once said on a pro-keep and bear arms discussion board, "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away!"

Indeed....I'm a private security guard, however I do work twice a week as part of "homeland security" (rail & bus), and I can attest to what your friend said from personal experience. Thats why when on the job I'm loaded for bear, even if not required, I've had to deal with alot of nuts out there!

[English Bloke]

... These knifes cannot do any more damage than a good carving knife such as you probably have in a kitchen drawer. It's the bloke holding the thing that scares me...

I agree about the "Bloke holding the thing" sentiment. I've handled weapons most of my working life but in UK (don't quote me, I'm no legal expert) I'm sure that if your violent intruder was lying on the kitchen floor with a carving knife in his neck; because that was the first thing that came to hand during the struggle, you'd have a much easier time explaining that to the investigating authorities than if he had one of those things sticking out of him. A carving knife is exactly that, primary function, to carve stuff. Those are made to damage people (or worse) and covertly to boot. Not to mention the 'cool' factor possessing one would engender among the morons who get off on such things. You can't legally carry hand-guns in UK but I'm sure having one of those would up your street cred among your pseudo-gang mates. Too many teenagers getting killed over here for me to accept those are neccessary.

I'll stick to Sgian Brews when I eventually get round to getting one.

Sorry Geoff, not you personally of course... and I'll get off my soap box now!!