ACP230--I agree Completely!
Even when I was a junior high/high school principal, I believed that it was perfectly fine for a student to bring a "pocket-knife" to school, BUT, to leave it safely in the pocket. Oh how the world of education has changed with the ZERO tolerance law!
However, for adults, in Michigan, it is not permitted to use a knife for self-defense. Or, so the CCW (Director of the County S.W.A.T. team & a practicing attorney told our CCW course). It has to do with the fact that, save for a head-shot, one-shot, instant-kills are truly rare! Most people with a knife in hand, can cover about 40 feet before being stopped by pistol fire! That means that most people would get cut if they BG really wanted to do so, inasmuch as most defense situations occur at about 7-10 feet. Add to this that kevlar does NOT stop a knife, and one understands why knives are not permitted for self-defense carry (in Michigan).
He told us, carry your knife by all means, EVERYONE should, BUT, if pulled over, tell the police that you work at Xxxxxx" store and shooting range, and that you use it to open boxes. Okay.
Personally, I take one of the following:
1) Cold Steel Land & Sea Rescue
2) Leatherman Tool (Original Model)
3) Sheffield razor (Locking, folder)
Care to guess my favorite? Exactly--the Leatherman Tool!
Doc2005
Even when I was a junior high/high school principal, I believed that it was perfectly fine for a student to bring a "pocket-knife" to school, BUT, to leave it safely in the pocket. Oh how the world of education has changed with the ZERO tolerance law!
However, for adults, in Michigan, it is not permitted to use a knife for self-defense. Or, so the CCW (Director of the County S.W.A.T. team & a practicing attorney told our CCW course). It has to do with the fact that, save for a head-shot, one-shot, instant-kills are truly rare! Most people with a knife in hand, can cover about 40 feet before being stopped by pistol fire! That means that most people would get cut if they BG really wanted to do so, inasmuch as most defense situations occur at about 7-10 feet. Add to this that kevlar does NOT stop a knife, and one understands why knives are not permitted for self-defense carry (in Michigan).
He told us, carry your knife by all means, EVERYONE should, BUT, if pulled over, tell the police that you work at Xxxxxx" store and shooting range, and that you use it to open boxes. Okay.
Personally, I take one of the following:
1) Cold Steel Land & Sea Rescue
2) Leatherman Tool (Original Model)
3) Sheffield razor (Locking, folder)
Care to guess my favorite? Exactly--the Leatherman Tool!
Doc2005