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I was in Brooklyn subway station waiting for the train while listening to music, and I was wearing an NRA long sleeve shirt. All of the sudden I felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned my head, and saw a badge in my face. The officer right away lifted the right side of the shirt where I carry my knife (HK Ally), and my pen. He saw the clip of the pen, but after he lifted the shirt, he saw the knife clip too, and took it out of my pocket.
First question, "Why do you carry it"
I replied politely, "I carry because it is legal, officer".
I recited the state penal code stating which knives are prohibited, and the city's administrative code that talks about the prohibition of open carry, and the length of a blade. I remembered that some people got arrested even with manual knives after officers were able to flick them open constituting "centrifugal force", and therefore a gravity knife. So the first test the officer did right away was the flick. It opened, and locked. First thought, "oh s***", and I started to shake.
He took my info down, asked what I was doing in Brooklyn (live in Westchester). I said I work at Kings County DA as a computer technician, and showed him my work ID.
He said he will go easy on me, gave me the knife back, and told me to put it in my backpack. I complied, thanked him, shook his hand, got in the train, and went home. It was a close one, and scared the crap out of me. If it had gone the other way, in the worst case scenario I would have been facing a year behind bars.
When I got home, I took out my toolset, and tightened the pivot screw to the max that the knife barely opens. But I don't think I will carry anymore. I'll stick to the pepper spray, which I also had on me, on the left side clipped to the belt. I had had one pepper spray confiscated once because it didn't have labels indicating it is a pepper spray. The one I have also doesn't have any.
Question: What happens with the information he took?
First question, "Why do you carry it"
I replied politely, "I carry because it is legal, officer".
I recited the state penal code stating which knives are prohibited, and the city's administrative code that talks about the prohibition of open carry, and the length of a blade. I remembered that some people got arrested even with manual knives after officers were able to flick them open constituting "centrifugal force", and therefore a gravity knife. So the first test the officer did right away was the flick. It opened, and locked. First thought, "oh s***", and I started to shake.
He took my info down, asked what I was doing in Brooklyn (live in Westchester). I said I work at Kings County DA as a computer technician, and showed him my work ID.
He said he will go easy on me, gave me the knife back, and told me to put it in my backpack. I complied, thanked him, shook his hand, got in the train, and went home. It was a close one, and scared the crap out of me. If it had gone the other way, in the worst case scenario I would have been facing a year behind bars.
When I got home, I took out my toolset, and tightened the pivot screw to the max that the knife barely opens. But I don't think I will carry anymore. I'll stick to the pepper spray, which I also had on me, on the left side clipped to the belt. I had had one pepper spray confiscated once because it didn't have labels indicating it is a pepper spray. The one I have also doesn't have any.
Question: What happens with the information he took?