Folding knives

[LAC]

I carry a folding knife with me every day and I have not been searched yet. I have gone through a few metal detectors and been refused entry because of the knife. One of my favourite stories was when I went to court as a witness and the metal detector got me. I showed them the knife. Explained it was legal but they refused me entry with it. They kindly offered to dispose of it for me but I refused and they refused to store it while I was in the building. I phoned up the lawyer and explained and they postponed the court day, on the day, so I could attend. Lawyer was furious because it cost them thousands. A few months later I arrived again without the knife and no metal detectors I just walked in. Boy did I laugh at the waste of money. The prosecution was not amused. Although they did win so I suppose it worked out for them.

This is a classic case of bloody mindedness. The simple act of them refusing to store a legal object cost thousands in postponing the date, and it then seems that rather than modify their processes, they scrapped the whole thing (metal detectors) and now a real criminal or terrorist can smuggle a weapon through!