Boredom. Too hot outside to do anything. So I read this entire thread. And now I'll make a comment that's about 9 years too late to be relevant, just because I can.

I don't recall every giving anyone a hard time about a knife they were carrying unless they had used it in a crime. For the last nearly 20 years that I've been out of law enforcement I just clip a little Kershaw or Gerber into my pocket and I've never worried about getting hassled by the police over it. Mostly because I avoid doing things that will get me into contact with the police. I'm not saying it's not important to understand the law and sometimes, like with this subject, that can be difficult.

But maybe we tend to overthink things sometimes?

I'll check back in another 9 years.