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Mar 22, 2007, 10:36 am

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Originally Posted by davidcalgary29

I'm not sure that TSA and other security agencies are wrong in their blanket prohibition of knives in carry-ons at this point in time, because the legality of carrying knives varies greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and creating tailor-made regulations to fit each legal territory is simply not viable.

What we have today are rules that vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and rules that are inconsistently enforced -- or at least substantially ineffective -- even in those jurisdictions where knife-relevant rules are in existence.

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