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#21280 - 11/13/03 10:06 PM Re: EDC and harassment???
frenchy Offline
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Registered: 12/18/02
Posts: 1320
Loc: France
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.... an automatic suspension with possible explosion .....


Waouhhhhhhhhhh......??!!??

I know security forces at airport regularly "explode" unattended/suspect luggages, but do you really do that to your students as well ????

<img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />or did you mean "expulsion" ??? <img src="images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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#21281 - 11/13/03 10:16 PM Re: EDC and harassment???
paramedicpete Offline
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Registered: 04/09/02
Posts: 1920
Loc: Frederick, Maryland
That is the problem with spell check, I failed to look at the word. It has been a long week. Thanks Pete

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#21282 - 11/13/03 11:25 PM Re: EDC and harassment???
garrett Offline
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Registered: 03/07/03
Posts: 249
Loc: North Carolina
From what gathered in this and other forums, no one has been stopped on the street and told to surrender his blade. I know about courthouses, schools, airports, clubs, concert halls, etc so I excluded those stories in my "research". One of the posts said that if you just mind your own business and you are smart about where you go and with what in your pocket you should be OK. I agree completely with this idea. No one seems to care about what I have in my pockets or on my belt unless I get it out. The Spyderco Military is a big knife, but it doesnt look like much in my pocket. And everyone is so used to seeing multitools now that I havent heard of anyone having a problem with them.

Thank you all for your replies and input. I appreciate it very much.

Garrett

PS: I hope after I leave the Marines I dont end up in a job where a SAK is considered a weapon. I dont think I could bear it!!

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#21283 - 11/14/03 02:30 AM Re: EDC and harassment???
MartinFocazio Offline

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Registered: 01/21/03
Posts: 2203
Loc: Bucks County PA
All in all, no no hassles at all, exceptin in Washington DC, where we got some static, but were not denied entry because of my rescue knife.

But I don't make a big show of it - it's just a small black bag that I carry all the time, you know? Most people only see the outside of it, and maybe I pull the first aid kit out. I don't have to explain why there's an MRE, KI tabs and various tools and such, since I don't go around dumping out my kit on the table all the time.
On the other hand, people who know me and hang out with my will casually ask me things like, "Say, do you have some electrical tape, glow sticks and zip-lock bags I could use?" and expect me to have it nearby.

And in all seriousness, my EDK is really that - I use something out of it almost every day, just running round being dad, a fireman, the guy at my son's school who fixes stuff and a homeowner.

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