Topic: Knife Laws

2 chapters across the catalog

Harrison Smith recounts an anecdote about his wife being shamed in Germany for carrying a small pocketknife for self-defense. He argues that Europeans have been psychologically conditioned to be "abject subjects" who are terrified of the concept of being armed. This is contrasted with the American ideal of the "sovereign individual" who has the dignity and right to defend themselves.

A knife manufacturer from Washington State discusses the "egregious" legislation that bans the carry of automatic knives based on "Hollywood propaganda" from the 1950s. He describes the difficulty of lobbying in a Democrat-controlled state where knife rights are often used as "tit-for-tat" bargaining chips for gun control. The segment concludes that the intent of the criminal, not the tool, should be the focus of the law.