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[-] k_tx@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

If I’d encounter someone wielding a naked 15cm blade, I’d be extremely wary as well. That blade can easily cause serious harm or kill, regardless of being a replica toy or not. Walking around with what is essentially a dagger is reckless. Maybe the sentence is a bit harsh, but that dude deserved being stopped.

[-] locuester@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 months ago

Can’t pretty much everything around you cause serious harm or kill??? I don’t understand this stance.

[-] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes, you're right everything can cause serious harm or kill, but certain things are designed to harm or kill, or designed to look like something that could harm or kill.

Context is a big factor here. A person holding a 6 inch knife in a kitchen? No one is going to bat an eye. They're probably using that knife to prep vegetables. Same knife, same person but they are walking around a market/playground/movie theatre? Suddenly it's a very different situation and context.

Is that stranger with the knife safe? I don't know, but I do know that I don't have anything to defend myself aside from what is around me if they ARE NOT a safe person.

[-] locuester@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

There is nothing wrong with running around swinging knives simply because you want to. That’s just freedom, and it’s ok.

I don't have anything to defend myself

So instead of arming yourself, you’re trying to disarm the rest of the world? Why take that difficult path instead of the easy way?

[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 5 points 4 months ago

Public safety.

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