Good Morning Blast,

I too have cut myself on a tape measure when I released a large contruction model then grabbed the moving tape, DUH.

At work I daily carry a small one metre tape but never thought of it at a survival tool. The coiled steel spring within a tape measure may even be more valuable than the measuring tape itself?

I frequent courthouses in my rural area and there are no metal detectors at all. Security is usually just the one local Police Officer assigned to court duty that day. The only real thing to limit what you carry in court are the signs posted at the courtroom door, and they mostly tell you to turn off your cell phone and remove your hat.

Mike