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Originally Posted by tompe
It is different since it is normal to carry a pencil and I have not yet heard any example of cases were a pencil was uses as a weapon in a fight but using a screwdriver or a sharpened tool is common.
Also showing off your pencil to impress your friends sound a bit silly.
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Isn't it normal for people with glasses to carry a screwdriver in their fix-it kit? Or construction workers, or civil/structural engineers? Sounds like a sizable chunk of folks, just off the top of my head. Besides, a nice pen would do very nicely as a slender, pointy, weapon in a bar fight. More so than a broken bottle or glass would, at least. Those take time to break and wield, and never survive first impact, whether you score a fight ending injury or not.
But how about keys? You can do some major damage with those stuck between your digits, as a kind of poor man's brass knuckles (with points!). Should we outlaw keys and go fully biometric because they can be used for nefarious purposes?
ANYTHING can be used as a weapon! We should ban everything except for water wings... Except a baby might suffocate under one if they can't lift it off of themselves after they knocked it over crawling. I guess we better ban those as well!