Guyon
Member
Title of this forum just struck me as odd--given that knives get so much discussion here.
I tend to think of a knife as a tool first and as a weapon only in certain scenarios. Just like I think of my hand as an appendage first and as a weapon only in certain scenarios.
One of the biggest legal challenges to knife owners involves perception. Too many folks these days have a gut reaction of "dangerous weapon" to a knife. But as most common sensical folks know, a knife ought to be considered a tool just like a wrench or a screwdriver. Most of us (hopefully) will go our entire lives and never employ a knife in a fight.
Organizations like AKTI spend a lot of time and money trying to combat "evil" perceptions of knives in the public eye. Should we perpetuate that stereotype here by discussing knives in a forum called "Non-Firearm Weapons" ?
I tend to think of a knife as a tool first and as a weapon only in certain scenarios. Just like I think of my hand as an appendage first and as a weapon only in certain scenarios.
One of the biggest legal challenges to knife owners involves perception. Too many folks these days have a gut reaction of "dangerous weapon" to a knife. But as most common sensical folks know, a knife ought to be considered a tool just like a wrench or a screwdriver. Most of us (hopefully) will go our entire lives and never employ a knife in a fight.
Organizations like AKTI spend a lot of time and money trying to combat "evil" perceptions of knives in the public eye. Should we perpetuate that stereotype here by discussing knives in a forum called "Non-Firearm Weapons" ?