Well I think there is definitely something about 'being too smart by half." I also thought that the intent of this thread was not so much E&E but EDC. Maybe I didn't read closely enough.

I was going to mention that a center punch is not necessarily an appropriate EDC item but the concept was E&E. Again I wouldn't carry one for that either, similar to carrying a lock pick set. Regardless how 90% of our kit looks to a LEO, a lock pick kit puts off a whole lot of alarms to them.

When it comes down to it, if its a bad situation and I'm trying to get out of something or into something, I am not worried if I break a door jamb with my foot or throw something through a window.