I've been looking into getting myself a butterfly knife for some time now, but was concerned about the legality of it. So I did some researching, and apparently the laws vary from state to state. In Texas, of particular note are penal code Sec. 46.01, 46.03, and 46.05
I thought I'd found a loophole in 46.05 where you can own a butterfly knife if it's as a "curio"- a novelty/collector's item. But then I went back to 46.03 and saw that it's illegal to possess one on the premises of an educational institution- and seeing as how I live at school, I guess that doesn't work so well. And add to that the Federal law that says you're not supposed to be able to get one in the mail or across state lines anyways, and it adds up to quite a predicament. But hell, I dunno... maybe I'll get a knife anyways cuz seriously, as they say: "it's not illegal until you get caught," right? Heheheh.
I dunno, I mean, I certainly don't plan to go killing anyone anytime soon or anything- from my (very limited) practice in the art of knife fighting, half the time I prefer to just use the knife as a distraction while I do most of the pummeling with my fists/feet... but that's a whole 'nother story. But yea, I think the benefits of knife ownership are probably 99% psychological. You just feel like you're in less danger. And anyways, if anyone ever pulls a gun on you, knife or no-knife, you hand over your wallet, no questions asked, hahaha.
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In other news, I finished reading Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five this afternoon, making it the first and only book of "leisure" reading I've successfully completed while at UT (either year). It was a good book; like Catch-22 in a lot of ways, but slightly less oddball. Here's one of my favorite passages from the book: (after being abducted by aliens)
I thought I'd found a loophole in 46.05 where you can own a butterfly knife if it's as a "curio"- a novelty/collector's item. But then I went back to 46.03 and saw that it's illegal to possess one on the premises of an educational institution- and seeing as how I live at school, I guess that doesn't work so well. And add to that the Federal law that says you're not supposed to be able to get one in the mail or across state lines anyways, and it adds up to quite a predicament. But hell, I dunno... maybe I'll get a knife anyways cuz seriously, as they say: "it's not illegal until you get caught," right? Heheheh.
I dunno, I mean, I certainly don't plan to go killing anyone anytime soon or anything- from my (very limited) practice in the art of knife fighting, half the time I prefer to just use the knife as a distraction while I do most of the pummeling with my fists/feet... but that's a whole 'nother story. But yea, I think the benefits of knife ownership are probably 99% psychological. You just feel like you're in less danger. And anyways, if anyone ever pulls a gun on you, knife or no-knife, you hand over your wallet, no questions asked, hahaha.
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In other news, I finished reading Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five this afternoon, making it the first and only book of "leisure" reading I've successfully completed while at UT (either year). It was a good book; like Catch-22 in a lot of ways, but slightly less oddball. Here's one of my favorite passages from the book: (after being abducted by aliens)
Billy licked his lips, thought a while, inquired at last: "Why me?"
"That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?"
"Yes." Billy, in fact, had a paperweight in his office which was a blob of polished amber with three lady-bugs embedded in it.
"Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why."
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