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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
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?
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We Have a similar law in Sweden and pocket knifes (or small knifes) are usually accepted but it depends a bit on circumstance and how you behave.
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Because the nannies assume that because I could do something unlawful with that knife, I will do something. Even though I have decades of proof to the contrary. My "lawful reason to carry one" is that it's a handy tool that I use for many purposes.
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No, that is not the reason. The reason is a statistical argument and the fact that it is extremey hard to predict how people will behave and especiall with alcohol involved. And other people can get access to you knife also.
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I wonder if they know how much damage someone can do with a screwdriver? Or a piece of string? Or their bare hands?
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In Sweden a screwdriver fall under the same law. It all depend on circumstances if it will be confiscated or not.