it was closed!

See... Competence

and my hand was all the way open

no fingers were around the knife

if I rotated my hand 90 degrees, it would fall on the floor

and he was so scared

fucking NYPD

He got himself so riled up... like being an adrenaline junky...

LOLOLOL

yes, adrenaline

then he proceeded to ask me why I had it

To cut beef jerky

I told him it was a tool that I use every day...many times.

he asked why I needed it.

So yes, I told him that I open mail, open food, cut food, etc.

and then he begins to lecture me that someone could take it from me and hurt me with it

I told him that if someone wanted to hurt me, they would bring their own knife or gun, or anything

he asked for my identification

I showed him my Texas driver's license, and he said, "oh, you're from *TEXAS*...."

*"....that explains it..."*

I said, yes, I'm from Texas, and that does explain it.

and I left.

hahaha

Asshole

typical low IQ NYC cop.

anyway, it was a long story, but a perfect example of the New York mentality.

and now apply this to guns

You know, that phrase... "Oh, you're from *Texas*"... we carry it with pride in South Africa

Those dumb fuckers see a picture of a gun and they piss their pants.

It means my meat is bigger than yours

Yes, I think you absolutely should carry that with pride..."that's right, asshole, I *AM* from SA!"

lmao

true

lol

I wanted to give you another link

cool

I read this for only the first time tonight, when the conversation began long ago.

but it seems to be mostly correct

https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/democracy-versus-liberty

It could be much stronger, but it still makes a few good points.

I have heard of CATO... can't recall though