Don't worry folks, Mayor Bloomie to the rescue!
Bloomie will probably ban all knives next!
Police nab suspect in East Harlem cop stabbing - NYPOST.com
My friend, I'm sure you already know that our pals across the big pond (England) have not only banned virtually all guns, but all knives as well. Even sword and knife collectors were not immune to the seizures. They lost their rights to self-protection in a piecemeal fashion. One little bit here - one little bit there - and voilà - no more guns. It would be funny if it weren't so frightening. I suspect that Mayor "ShortStuff" Bloomberg would enjoy such a society where no bad guy ever broke a law and butterflies flew out of our lilac-scented posteriors.
Here is the communist state of Delaware, simply carrying my "assisted opening" knife is a crime. It is not a "switchblade" but rather a little pocket knife that has a spring to help it open fully and lock in place. Delaware has defined it as a switchblade. I bought it in Florida (my home state), but even with a concealed-carry permit for firearms, I cannot legally carry this small knife in Delaware. Heck, brass knuckles, "Ninja fighting stars", and many other devices are also illegal in Delaware.
If I could sell my Delaware house without losing my shirt, I would permanently move somewhere more friendly to my personal beliefs. Alas, all of my family is in Delaware. With my multitude of health problems, I need their support. So here I remain. At least Delaware passed a reciprocity law that honors my Florida resident permit. I would really like to move to Texas, probably west Texas on a ranch of several thousand acres where I could hunt, fish, and shoot my guns whenever I wanted to do so. Such are dreams defined and broken. (No, I don't have the money to do anything of the sort; more likely, I could get 5 acres and a mobile home!)
I don't mean to flog this point, but can anyone explain to me why it is okay for me to carry a .45 caliber pistol concealed, but not carry a pocket knife? No one in the Attorney General's office will respond to my inquiries.
As to the related story you posted, I am always more worried about a guy with a knife than someone with a gun, especially a "gang-banger". In all probability, he hasn't trained much with his gun, shooting it sideways as all good hoodlums do, but he can sure enough cut me without too much skill. As I mentioned on this forum a while back, I was slashed severely once (as a LEO) by a HUGE (and I mean HUGE like a walking mountain) black guy, high on PCP as he advanced on me. I shot him and he kept coming, managing to cut me to the bone with a butcher's knife. So I shot him again. The first shot to center of mass actually broke his sternum and hit his heart but he didn't stop. I was shooting .45 caliber ACP ball ammo at about 15 feet.
I feel for the cop in the article - his was not a slashing wound (which bleeds a LOT but is seldom life-threatening) but rather a stabbing or puncture wound in his temple. Of course, none of this would have happened if our justice system was not broken. With his prior record, the perpetrator should have been incarcerated until he was old and decrepit. Our kind and liberal-minded friends in the court system and parole system allowed him to return to the streets, only to visit violence upon a police officer.
One thing I know for sure is that we can't possibly pay our cops well enough to put up with this type of behavior and risk of life. Let's face it - every day, they risk their lives. And their reward for capturing a criminal is to see that same criminal get a plea-bargain deal from the prosecutor to a lesser charge, allowing him/her to reenter society in a short time. Something is broken here. Heck, everything seems broken.
Sorry to go off on one of my tirades. I have too many friends who are retired LEOs to listen to very much criticism laid at their feet. And some of you guys here are guilty of making their jobs even tougher with your macho bravado and trying to "prove a point" about your rights. Yeah, you know to whom I speak. (Not you, Outlaw.) Giving a cop a hard time does nothing for our cause here. LEOs are not the enemy. Sure, there are a-holes in any profession, law enforcement included. But a little courtesy never hurt anyone. And remember that the cop who pulled you over didn't write the laws - he's just trying to do his job and go home at the end of his shift with everything intact.
Rant mode off...
MilShooter
