The Fun Police Strike Again

[Skvez]

I agree the non-locking 3" knife law rule is weird but the law states "without a good reason" and a good lawyer could have argued that teaching children outdoor-skills was a "good reason" for having your Leatherman.
The Cadets were probably just scared that if a child cut their finger they'd get sewed. Whereas if I'd cut my finger at that age I'd have considered I'd learnt an important lesson about knives!

Unfortunately the American Constitution doesn't seem to be doing them much good.