Gun Control & RKBA

donP: It's supposed to be about who carries a pocket knife, what they use it for, what kind it is... It's interesting to see the differing opinions and knives and the vast majority of posts are on topic, about what kind of knife they carry. But the inevitable handful of gun control fans insist on declaring all of them "weapons" and anyone that carries one is just a "potential killer" for carrying a "deadly weapon".

Ok I bit. I scrolled down the entire thread of ~228 posts (sept 18); donP contends that gun control fans used the word 'killer', yet, guess what donP? the only two posts where the word 'killer' appears in the ENTIRE THREAD, is from two gun enthusiasts, hack & oneshooter:

hack89 (31,591 posts) 193 I keep forgetting that to you weapons are magic talismans capable of turning the mildest man into a serial killer.
oneshooter (7,453 posts) 194. I am just pushing the anti self defense peoples meme. If you carry a weapon, you are a killer in waiting.

Go ahead, donP, post something where a 'gun control fan' said "anyone that carries one is just a "potential killer" for carrying a "deadly weapon"."

donP: and anyone that carries one is just a "potential killer" for carrying a "deadly weapon".

Actually donP, I didn't see any 'gun control fan' use the term 'deadly weapon'. Why don't you copy & paste where a gun control fan wrote 'deadly weapon', since all I come up with using 'deadly weapon' is by oneshooter & some replies by innocuous knife guys:

oneshooter (7,453 posts) 165. It is truly amazing how many democrats carry a deadly weapon. n/t
oneshooter (7,453 posts) 3. A pocket knife IS a weapon, even if it is not used as such.. when all LE consider it as a weapon.
oneshooter (7,453 posts).... 173. So you admit that you carry a deadly weapon to use on others?

In fact donP, the only one who comes close to using the words as you attribute to 'gun control fans', is oneshooter:

oneshooter (7,453 posts) 191. If they routinely carry dangerous weapons concealed on their person, they have the capability of injuring, even killing others.

And observe what ms Poppet had to say: Lizzie Poppet (5,061 posts) 211. I don't carry my knife to use on others. That's what the 9mm is for.

Mineral man 166 replied to oneshooter post 165: I can't imagine how a non-locking pocket knife is much of a deadly weapon, you know.

Is that what you meant donP? that mineral man was somehow saying that anyone who carried a knife was a potential killer carrying a deadly weapon? bizarre reasoning, donP.
Comrade grumpy used 'deadly weapon' but hardly what donP contends:

Comrade Grumpy (12,507 posts) 176. Hell, I drive around every day in a deadly weapon. If deadly weapons are all you're looking for, deadly weapons are all you'll find. Or are you trying to make some sort of gunner point?

MineralMan (75,752 posts) 18. Mine would be useless as a weapon, but it's a great tool.
MineralMan (75,752 posts) 24. I think a lot of people forget that knives are tools first.
Aerows 101. As for it being a weapon, my would be absolutely useless for that because it's only about 1 1/2" long. It's just a tool.
uppityperson huh, I never thought of it as a weapon.Maybe because I carry at least one and use it regularly as a tool and you don't carry one or use it as a tool.
zipplewrath Maybe "Handyman".... It's a tool. Not only that, but if I tried to even use it as a weapon, the person most likely to get hurt would be me. Without a locking blade it is extremely difficult to use as a weapon.
Adrahil I don't think most of us carry them as weapons. Mine is used as a tool. I guess I could stab someone with it, but if I felt THAT unsafe, I'd carry a gun.
yuiyoshida 74. I own two swiss army knives because I thought they were cool and handy, but I never carry them with me, as it might be considered a weapon, and I don't wish to end up in Jail