Carrying a knife while taking a walk at night

[Sweyn Forkbeard]

I guess my hypothetical statement was poorly phrased, sorry i'm a little high.

Maybe i should keep things simple.

Less guns = less people getting shot = less fear? Discuss.

I'm talking about some sort of magical land where the guns could be disappeared and weed would be legal of course.

[clever421]

i would carry one but wouldnt kill someone if they just kicked my ass i would only use it if they used deadly force because you can get charged with murder unless you get a good lawyer and if you did get cought by the cops with a knife like that you would get into some trouble

[onequestion]

Would somebody who has possesion of weed on his record and got like a 100 dollar fine have problems getting a concealed weapons permit? Would they say that you might be a dealer or something?

[Reefer Rogue]

Well most of the murders done with firearms are illegal to begin with. I don't think you'd see that big of a drop in the murder rate. It's usually either illegal weapons (usually fully automatic guns) like a tec-9 say, or ones that are bought/owned illegally, ie not registered.

Good point reefer, I see what you mean. However, I'll live on probability. If I'm going to a worse part of town, I'll be much different about things. But if I'm going to a part of town I know I should be ok, I'm just going to assume I'll be fine. I'm very observant and street smart so I can usually catch something before it happens, but I'll deal with things as they come, I have in the past, and will in the future. I'm not going to live in fear. And sorry if I came off a bit rude, I just really disagreed with that statement. I don't want any hard feelings.

No hard feelings, you made a valid point, there are more dangerous areas then others, however i still believe that in todays society safety is no longer among us. By safety i mean true peace between humanity, i'm just not seeing it ya know :jointsmile:

[Kid Dynamite]

I dont think carrying a knife at night is a good idea. You should only ever pull out a weapon if your going to use it. Quite often the person who brings the weapon to the fight is the one who ends up getting hurt by it.

That said, i cycle through the town centre and 2 large parks to get home each night, and i carry a large wrench for running repairs and self defence. I have only had to use it once but it gives me a bit of peace of mind.

[Sweyn Forkbeard]

That said, i cycle through the town centre and 2 large parks to get home each night, and i carry a large wrench for running repairs and self defence. I have only had to use it once but it gives me a bit of peace of mind.

Be prepared eh? I was a fine scout once.

Happy birthday by the way :thumbsup:

[jaGerbom]

I guess my hypothetical statement was poorly phrased, sorry i'm a little high.

Maybe i should keep things simple.

Less guns = less people getting shot = less fear? Discuss.

I'm talking about some sort of magical land where the guns could be disappeared and weed would be legal of course.

yeah, if that magical land existed, the murder rate would drop. but that magical land doesnt exist and guns would be just as easy to get if they were made illegal.

[Jeff Spicoli]

i dont carry knifes, i carry my pistols, thunder and lightening, all i need

[slipknotpsycho]

i used to carry my butterfly knife everywhere.. (single edged, so it was legal... tho i'm sure the cops would love to give me hell over it)

i guess i grew outta the habbit... you never know when you'll need a knife to take a life, or save one tho... or even just when one could make your life easier, so i've always had a habbit of carrying some type of knife...

dunno why i stopped, i just quit walking mostly i guess...

but as psycho said... if you don't know how to use it, you're just giving them a weapon... not actually helping yourself... but i'd like to add to it... if you're not 100% ready to stab or slice someone should they actually do somethign ot warrant it, don't even carry that knife...

it actually does take alot more balls to stab someone then you'd think tho... i mean you can say you're hard and would do it all you want, but when the oppurtunity.... or situation should i say, is there.... it's alot diffrent...

i know i and alot of other people as human beings with consciences find it hard to severely injure or maybe even kill someone... until they've put our life in such danger we actually believe they're about ot severely injure us or kill us theirself...

kind of a me or him situation... i'm not afraid of death, i'm not even afraid of pain... (lol ask my wife) but i am (cursed or blessed, guess it depends on how you look at it) with a very, VERY large conscience...

basicly all i'm saying tho, is unless you know how to use it, when to use it, and have the balls to use it... don't even carry it.... you're actually just making yourself more vulnerable, either by giving your attacker a weapon they didn't have before, or giving yourself a false sense of security....

despite what you see in movies... it's not very hard to disarm someone with a knife...

[thcbongman]

I don't see the point, if you use it, you'll be going to jail.

Save yourself with your fists. The best thing you can do is don't be an ass, and don't show fear.