RHFC said:
yes i understand, but, I'm just guessing, that this knife isn't extremely sharp. And as said on this post that it is worn under clothing and is hard to get it, Would it be easier to just grab that pen or pencil and use it, or a bat something that they wouldn't have to "dig" at to get at
While I don't think a random person could do much damage with a pen (yes, it would hurt, but not to the level of a stabbing with an actual knife) I agree with you on that one. Though I don't think most people have a bat on hand most of the time.
Guy. E said:
OK Kids, from now on, we use plastic scissors, crayons, cardboard rulers, play dough in wood working and easy bake ovens in home-ec because you can stab or cut people with pens, wood/ steel rulers, hand saws/ chisels, kitchen knives and silver ware.
We are sorry for the inconvenience. we hope you will have a nice and normal child hood.
You know, I have herd more stories of my dad getting together with his friends when he was about 10 and shooting each other with bb guns in the bush then I have of kirpan incidents in schools.
If I had the mindset of a Liberal pinko-commie (not saying you're one or anything) I'd say the only reason we haven't heard of Kirpan incidents is because of the Sikh lobby on the government and the Tamil Tigers giving big bucks to our leaders.
Fortunately, I'm not blind to reality. However, I still stand by what I said previously and will say again that just because something hasn't happened, does not mean nothing will. Before Munich, people didn't think a hostage situation could turn this bloody. Before Marc Lepine went into Polytechnique and shot a whole bunch of women, nobody thought something like that would happen in Canada. Before 9/11, nobody thought terrorists would use planes as missiles. Until some Sikh kid kills another kid with his dagger, people will say "oh, it's not gonna happen."
I don't agree with your (I hope) exaggeration of taking any danger away from kids. Obviously we must have some measure of restraint. I do think, however, that the line must be drawn at items which are primarily weapons being brought in schools. While you can hit someone with a baseball bat, stab someone with a pen, or burn yourself on an oven, the chance of maliciously injuring someone with those, compared to the overwhelming use of those items, is so low as to be statistically insignificant.
Mr. O'Leary, I'll admit I misread RecceDG's post. However, we've had airplanes going around for many, many years before they got turned into missiles. Like I said earlier, just because something hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't.
RecceDG, like it was pointed out earlier, just because something that's not primarily a weapon can be used as a weapon, doesn't mean it should be banned. However, something that IS primarily a weapon, should be. Or at least it should be restricted, IE firearms.