Your concerns remind me about this crazy thread that was on bladeforums (or maybe it was knifeforums) last year. It was called something like "What illegal things do you EDC?" or something to that effect.

Of course, half the people wrote back with comments telling the author what he could do with his question.

The crazy thing is that the other half (or at least some number) actually wrote about things they carry illegally. You sometimes just gotta wonder what's wrong with people...