Last week, a dad went to a public school (11 miles down the road) to pick up his child and (a GOOD policy) had to provide photo i.d. to ascertain he was on "the list" of OK people to pick up children after school. Un-zipping his jacket and reaching for his wallet to get driver license photo i.d., a janitor noted the clip of a knife on an outer jean pocket. He rang police! The entire school went into "shut-down" mode; police came; and he was escorted away -- now facing several charges for having a knife on school grounds! The news story did NOT mention the type/action of said knife, but I have a strong feeling that IF it was, say, a switchblade, gravity knife, or even an automatic -- that would have been also specified in news report.
I generally -- 99.0% of the time -- carry a small pocket knife. I have several, as a matter of fact, and my "grub" (most of the time) carry is an el cheapo Kershaw (~$35.00 USD) flipper -- with the outside clip clearly visible on my left trouser pocket!
Both hearing this story on local radio as well as reading in news, I had a rude awakening. To wit, how many times (in past) have I been in "knives prohibited" places without having given this a thought?
Hence -- I reckoned I'd share this story -- hoping a good member of this forum does not risk "getting busted" by just having a pocket knife in the wrong place! I have been in the habit of removing any/all "metal" before going into County Courthouse and similar -- they have metal detectors one needs pass thru -- but soooo many other places I'd not have given a thought to.
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