gotarheels03
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I carry my 3" benchmade mini pika 99% of the time on campus. The only times I don't are when I'm going to the bars or getting hammered at a party.
I've had people freak out and get scared when I take it out to open stuff. I use it for all kinds of things. Most people assume knives are illegal on campus. I even had campus PD stop me and tell me it was illegal once.(I had it clipped to the outside not inside of my pocket....)
University policy is strange and vague. Here it is in full
A student shall not possess, use, or threaten to use any of the following items:
1. Any firearm (including any weapon or instrument from which a shot, projectile, or other object may be discharged by force, whether operable or inoperable, loaded or unloaded);
2. Any deadly weapon, defined as any instrument, item, or material readily capable of causing death or serious physical injury;
3. Any BB gun, pellet gun, air rifle, paint gun, sword (whether decorative or not), or other martial arts weapon;
4. Any bomb, knife (other than an ordinary pocketknife carried in a closed position, with a blade of three inches or less), switchblade, billy club, blackjack, bludgeon, metal knuckles, slingshot, razor, bicycle chain, or ice pick; or
5. Any explosive chemical or device including a substance or a combination of substances possessed or prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation, including fireworks and illegal or potentially dangerous chemicals.
#1 could ban even slingshots, 2 is so vague it could ban almost any self-defense object short of pepper spray, but then #4 says a pocketknife is OK. Ive always taken #5 as allowing ammunition, though I doubt it does.
I've had people freak out and get scared when I take it out to open stuff. I use it for all kinds of things. Most people assume knives are illegal on campus. I even had campus PD stop me and tell me it was illegal once.(I had it clipped to the outside not inside of my pocket....)
University policy is strange and vague. Here it is in full
A student shall not possess, use, or threaten to use any of the following items:
1. Any firearm (including any weapon or instrument from which a shot, projectile, or other object may be discharged by force, whether operable or inoperable, loaded or unloaded);
2. Any deadly weapon, defined as any instrument, item, or material readily capable of causing death or serious physical injury;
3. Any BB gun, pellet gun, air rifle, paint gun, sword (whether decorative or not), or other martial arts weapon;
4. Any bomb, knife (other than an ordinary pocketknife carried in a closed position, with a blade of three inches or less), switchblade, billy club, blackjack, bludgeon, metal knuckles, slingshot, razor, bicycle chain, or ice pick; or
5. Any explosive chemical or device including a substance or a combination of substances possessed or prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation, including fireworks and illegal or potentially dangerous chemicals.
#1 could ban even slingshots, 2 is so vague it could ban almost any self-defense object short of pepper spray, but then #4 says a pocketknife is OK. Ive always taken #5 as allowing ammunition, though I doubt it does.