Originally Posted by uavking

He proceeds to pull out one government issue butter knife that I forgot I had in my bag and waves it in my face (it's a daily use bag so I had a set of silverware from the mess hall in there for barracks use). He says "look at this deadly weapon you have in here, you want to explain this?" I said "it's a rounded end, dull government issue butter knife that's permissable under your own regulations. what's the issue?" He says, "look at this serrated edge, I can't let this through, it's a deadly weapon that you're trying to smuggle past my checkpoint." I replied, "really? have you ever taken combatives and if so, are you really going to tell me that this dull butterknife is an effective weapon? that's government property you're holding right there and it's on you if you're going to steal it"