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by jkmcf 423 days ago
Is a 4 inch knife significantly less dangerous than longer knives?

A shiv is a short knife, and razor blades are banned from airplane carry-ons.

They try to discern between common objects being weapons and it becomes situational, except for cooking utensils. For some reason hammers aren’t seen as a weapon because some people don’t know about maces or clubs.

Sorry kids, your dad can’t cut the turkey because we aren’t allowed to have a long enough knife.