Knife carry is not as restricted as it is in places like California or New York, but we have people trying to make knives illegal, just the same as you do in the USA.

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I blame it on all the bleeding heart conservatives.

"I blame it on all the bleeding heart conservatives."

This is not a party issue as much as it is a control issue. All governments want as much control of their victims as they can possibly get. They want you disarmed in every meaning of the term.

Sorry Susan, that was a bit of a dig at Benjamin for a comment he made in another thread.
I put the most meaningless phrase together I could imagine which would sound like a political epithet.
The previous post of mine which Ben was responding to was a bit sarcastic too. (We don't really spend all of our time appologising, but I am certainly sorry if it seems that way.)

You are quite right in your comment though. Here in Canada it does not matter which party is in power. Bleeding heart conservatives or law and order liberals Those phrases should not even make sense, and I find it a bit scary that they seem to...
Whatever, they all seem to pass the same laws when it comes to limiting our rights and approve the same budget expenditures to implement their restrictions.

Now about the original post. There is not enough information in the story to know what even happened. Some guy had a knife and somebody else got stabbed. The guy with the knife is claiming self defense, the kids are likely claiming something quite different.
It is basically a non-story.
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Ben drops head, puts on cone cap, and heads back to naughty corner again...

sigh, sometimes funny ain't so much fun.

LOL, sorry Ben, (not really, but you can quit pouting now)

"Man, I leave for a few hours and I come back to a monkey-house!"
-Words spoken by me to my daughters this weekend and now here.

Thanks for self-disciplining yourself Ben, I can't be everywhere at once. A few more people in this thread might cowboy-up in the same manner.

-Blast

I also live in Sacramento, thankfully not in south sac.. I if i can avoid it do not go into South Sac.. It's just not safe.. The regular police did get funding though. So I will wait and see what happens.
kat

what do you guys think of personal panic alarm?

Would it be useful to alert other people of your predicament ?

I would consider a personal alarm as “another tool in the toolbox”, but would not rely solely upon it to thwart a personal attack. Too often alarms (car, home, personal) lead one to a false sense of security. Most of the car alarms I have heard go off are totally ignored, as they have become too commonplace. An alarm of any type may deter the majority of thieves/attackers, but if they are determined, you must have an alternative form of deterrence/protection.

Pete

A panic alarm in South Sac is a dinner bell to the locals that weren't paying attention the first time.