can't afford that semi-automatic firearm? Maybe you just want something with less bang. In any case Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation that blocks cities from passing laws that block citizens from carrying knives.

The new laws list of weapons allowed for manufacturing, sale and concealed carry includes brass knuckles, cestuses (a spiked glove), billy clubs, blackjacks, sandbags, switchblade knives, spring blade knives, gravity knives, and similar weapons.

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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -- François de La Rochefoucauld

"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

Libertarian paradise! It's not just for Somalia any more!

I can finally own a switchblade ?

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This can only end well.

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It is what it is.

It's a worse crime to illegally carry a switchblade here than your basic Glock 17/Sig P226.

Who knew?

Time to put the Benchmade back in the drawer, and the Walther into the waistband....
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Time to put the Benchmade back in the drawer


My Benchmade isn't a switch blade, but it's thumb operated, so it's street legal in CA.

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I am that Masked Man.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

The new laws list of weapons allowed for manufacturing, sale and concealed carry includes brass knuckles, cestuses (a spiked glove), billy clubs, blackjacks, sandbags, switchblade knives, spring blade knives, gravity knives, and similar weapons.


That is just insane.

Many of those are defined as 'prohibited weapons' in CA, illegal to own, let alone carry.


This can only end well.


Yeah, there will probably be subsequent legislation passed to allow 'shall carry' firearms.

You know, to protect one from all the people now carrying brass knuckles, cestuses (a spiked glove), billy clubs, blackjacks, sandbags, switchblade knives, spring blade knives, gravity knives, and similar weapons.

Yeah, that can only end well.

Seriously, there must be something missing in all that.

Maybe only allowing manufacturing but not possession in public, concealed or not?

Or we're back to insanity.

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I am that Masked Man.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

These people are writing laws to placate a bunch of yahoos.
That is not what laws are supposed to be for.
This country is going to hell. Fast.

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This country is going to hell. Fast.


I've heard that for decades, growing up, in response to some change, usually having some liberal lean.

And somebody always pipes up with saying 'I've heard that for decades'...

But this is nothing like those who complained over those decades, could have ever imagined.

Saying this is worrisome is an understatement.

The idea of some states 'rounding up' those who 'just don't fit in' almost seems like an actual possibility.

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I am that Masked Man.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

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This country is going to hell. Fast.


I've heard that for decades, growing up, in response to some change, usually having some liberal lean.

And somebody always pipes up with saying 'I've heard that for decades'...

But this is nothing like those who complained over those decades, could have ever imagined.

Saying this is worrisome is an understatement.

The idea of some states 'rounding up' those who 'just don't fit in' almost seems like an actual possibility.

Now *that's* a much better justification for an AR-15 than shooting innocent kids at a school.

While I have a bunch of pocketknives, mostly w/ 3" blades, or under, you make a good argument for perhaps optioning the EDC to one of the few that are closer to 4" blades. I've got a couple of assisted open (Ken Onion) Kershaws that'll work, the red one has a coated drop point serrated blade, and the space gray one has a Damascus Tanto point plain blade, so it's too purdy for EDC. I wish the points/styles could be swapped-- a coated Tanto point serrated blade would be my ideal EDC for those.

And you're sure right about thumb operation, especially the assisted open kind. The bigger Kershaws are easier to operate (for me anyway) because of their size, and w/ their heavier spring they snap open as well as most switchblades. Plus, the opening thumb stud is ergonomically located. The push button on the smaller Benchmade automatic is recessed, and not as ergonomically positioned, yet for reasons that escape, is illegal without a permit.
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Now *that's* a much better justification for an AR-15...


I can understand that interpretation, but that is absolutely not offered as such.

My 'EDC' knife is a Benchmade Barrage thumb operated spring-assisted with a 3.75" drop-point serrated blade.

Serrations will make short work of a seat belt or moderately thick line, where a straight blade struggles.

But for me a knife is a tool, and certainly a last ditch self-defense weapon.

As an instructor once pointed out, a knife fighter is a one-handed fighter.

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I am that Masked Man.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

I use my Swiss Army knife frequently. The screwdrivers get most of the use but the item I use almost daily is the plastic toothpick. I’ve thinned it on a bench grinder so it slips in between most of my teeth and is mostly unbreakable.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

I find the 8x magnifier on my old school SAK Explorer invaluable for quick checks of negatives/transparencies when I am scanning. In the past, the scissors were used to cut up film strips.

But for one handed use, a well-tuned Kershaw spring-assist flipper is my go-to daily carry knife. I keep a SAK Champion in my car.

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“A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.” Seneca the Younger

The police have no duty to respond. See Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005) or Warren v. District of Columbia[1] (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981)

Judge Lee wrote that “we cannot jettison our constitutional rights, even if the goal behind a law is laudable." 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

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