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Old 01-02-2011, 07:06 AM   #821
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Originally Posted by Worldwalker View Post
I have had a knife in my pocket (Gerber LST, if you want to know) for approximately 30 years. In those 30 years, it has cut string, opened boxes, made fuzz-sticks, sliced food, sharpened pencils, and done a hundred other things. None of those were unlawful. So why would merely carrying that knife subject me to arrest in Australia?
Quite simply you would not be arrested in most contexts for simply having a knife on you. But if you were in the midst of a fight, and you were arrested as a result and found to have a knife on you, then you would be charged with having an offensive weapon. Just as you would be charged if you carried a screwdriver.

In the situation for most people, they might carry a knife and be no worse off for it. Get yourself arrested for anything, then you would be searched and that is when the charges will occur.
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