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10% of homicides are via stabbing, the second highest cause after gun (the undisputed king at 80%). I am not proposing a “ban” on carrying knives though (clearly at no point did I ever say such a thing?), I am just questioning the need to carry one in every single context.
I’ve found that when I do this, very similar to gun people, knife people get absurdly defensive. Like you are here. “How dare you suggest my weapon not be on me at all times! It has a legitimate purpose, you see”. No one is saying that’s not true, it’s the same thing as the gun arguments, these are just deflections from the point of “do you need to carry a weapon 24/7”.
Well listen, you go ahead and carry a knife into the labor and delivery ward then as is your god given right in America. I apologize for questioning the idea of not having one on you at all times. I’m sure when you are visiting a newborn child a sudden attacker or possibly a random clamshell case could get you out of nowhere, and it would clearly be the worst thing in the world to not be able to deal with that in every single context that ever exists