Proposed Boston Knife Licensing
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OK, well, again, from 1999 to 2010 I was a subject, er...resident of Boston
And what do I think? I think the whole thing is summed up here:
That's a city-wide thing. Not state wide. Take a bus a few miles out of town to Dedham, or Norwood. Buy a pocketknife. Go back to Boston. The proposal isn't about carrying, it's about selling
Another political football to be driven forward in the name of votes, with the side-benefit that it will do nothing to deter the crimes in question, so come next election, we can get tough on crime...again!
It's a parallel to their concealed carry of firearms philosophy in a way. They likely won't let you get that license if you live in Boston. Records don't get cleaner than mine, I got a Class A with a no concealed carry restriction, just like 99% of the people. But a guy from Westwood can carry his concealed firearm into Boston 100% legally. So that deters crime and helps the law-abiding people...how?
Captain Quint can comment on the entire idea:
Anti-shark cage. You go inside the cage? Cage goes in the water? You go in the water? Shark's in the water. Our shark...Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, to you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again...
Now, also- which penny-ante news-source is this story from, again?
And what do I think? I think the whole thing is summed up here:
That's a city-wide thing. Not state wide. Take a bus a few miles out of town to Dedham, or Norwood. Buy a pocketknife. Go back to Boston. The proposal isn't about carrying, it's about selling
Another political football to be driven forward in the name of votes, with the side-benefit that it will do nothing to deter the crimes in question, so come next election, we can get tough on crime...again!
It's a parallel to their concealed carry of firearms philosophy in a way. They likely won't let you get that license if you live in Boston. Records don't get cleaner than mine, I got a Class A with a no concealed carry restriction, just like 99% of the people. But a guy from Westwood can carry his concealed firearm into Boston 100% legally. So that deters crime and helps the law-abiding people...how?
Captain Quint can comment on the entire idea:
Anti-shark cage. You go inside the cage? Cage goes in the water? You go in the water? Shark's in the water. Our shark...Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, to you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again...
Now, also- which penny-ante news-source is this story from, again?
motorhead0922
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The only real effects of "knife registration" are to 1) make it appear (to those who don't actually think about it) that the govt is "doing something" about the problem. And 2) to provide both a source of income and expansion for the bureaucracy, and at the same time create a new class of criminal out of people carrying knives& tools the way they have for centuries.
We are NOT made safer by laws like this, only made into either criminals or a further revenue source for the govt, simply for doing what our ancestors have been doing since the discovery that a sharp edge was a useful thing.
We are NOT made safer by laws like this, only made into either criminals or a further revenue source for the govt, simply for doing what our ancestors have been doing since the discovery that a sharp edge was a useful thing.
One of the many things that irritates me about laws like this is that it presupposes that that we, the citizens, will be "bad". We have to demonstrate our lack of "badness" before we can be trusted by our own government to do the right thing.
It makes me fear that government of the people, by the people and for the people is perishing from this earth.
It makes me fear that government of the people, by the people and for the people is perishing from this earth.