Disarmed by a Renta-Cop at Social Security

[MikeTF]

Actually the guard was respectful...

He was a 50+ year old black man who I judge was either ex Military or ex LEO...

Obviously he had a job to do...

I thought he & I both handled it pretty well...

The point of writing was to show just how far we are from carrying a hand gun...

I've been carrying a pocket knife everywhere since the 5th grade...

My mistake. You were there and I'm guessing his tone of voice and non-verbals were polite. All I had to go on were the words.

 

[5.56blaster]

The guy was just doing his job. Inside the SS office here they have a BIG sign that says NO Weapons and then for the folks that don't speak English they have nice pictures of guns and knifes. After listening to some of the A$$holes that come into the office I get why they don't want weapons in there.

 

[sgt23preston]

Not trying to be the jerk here, but regardless of your age or appearance there's 2 issues to consider;

-we all know that carrying any kind of weapon into a Federal building/office is likely illegal and if not will certainly get a challenge
-the security person is doing his job

This is no different than the open vs. concealed carry. When it's fully concealed it's usually not a problem.

No I honestly didn't know that...

And obviously I've been in other SS offices before...

The only thing visible on my knife is the clip...

The entire knife sits completely inside & below the top of the pocket...

 

[Mdeng]

So if you need to cut something or defend yourself you just interject with "hold on, let me grab my spare pair of pants?"...

It definitely feels like current society prefers everyone to be a victim (sheep) except the criminals (wolves) and then of course it's not their fault, it's their environment. Unless of course you're a politician with a security detail and then it's justified.

Nah I normally am wearing jeans. Since today i am off work I'm lounging around the house in my Speedos

 

[Mdeng]

Looks like a kershaw oso sweet. An excellent budget knife in my opinion.

Yes, yes it is. I have 4 of them and never go far without one. Cheap, small and keep a sharp edge without much effort. They also open quickly with one hand which is a requirement for my daily carry knife.

 

[jaybee]

gee, I wonder how they would have handled it in the shitty

 

[TLL]

I was in the Glen Burnie SS office last year and the lady guard spotted my Kershaw. She calmly and quietly informed me the knife had to go.
Interesting group of people, kind of walmartish. Of course I was there too!

 

[Minuteman]

Sgt. Preston, sorry that happened; the guard was doing his job, but probably could have been a little more polite. I don't like the no weapon policy, because a criminal would care either way, it only disarms the good guys. You might want to start toating a cane for when you can't carry anything else; no one will look at you twice with concern.

Knife rule is actually <2.5 inch blade is ok, open or concealed, no difference. I have a lot of these little knives, they have become my knife niche. Legal just about everywhere except on a plane.

 

[SummitCnty]

I had a knife clipped inside my pants before a baseball game and before I even got close to the gate was told it couldn't come in with me.

 

[jaybee]

Sgt. Preston, sorry that happened; the guard was doing his job, but probably could have been a little more polite. I don't like the no weapon policy, because a criminal would care either way, it only disarms the good guys. You might want to start toating a cane for when you can't carry anything else; no one will look at you twice with concern.

Knife rule is actually <2.5 inch blade is ok, open or concealed, no difference. I have a lot of these little knives, they have become my knife niche. Legal just about everywhere except on a plane.

or a court house

I have hidden a pen knife in the bushes outside a court house since I did not want to walk back to my car

 

[Minuteman]

or a court house

I have hidden a pen knife in the bushes outside a court house since I did not want to walk back to my car

Yep.

Funny, I was forced to do a similar thing once. I went to the airport to pick someone up, and ended up needing to go through security for some reason, so I 'hid' my tiny Victornox knife (you know the one with mini scissors and tweezers. After I picked them up I went back and thankfully no one had found my knife. It was such an ingenious way to hide it, I'm not going to say in an open forum, but will tell my little secret to friends.

 

[fivepointstar]

I was at SS in Abingdon on Thursday....I kept mine

 

[Straightshooter]

Why would you go to the office? I signed up on line last month, took all of ten minutes.

 

[alucard0822]

The best is the courthouse up here. They have lockers available to the public to store firearms with a LTCF, but knives, multi-tools, cellphones, scissors, tactical pens, and Dillo bottle openers. All those have to go back to the car, that was one trip for me that resulted in 3 trips back to the car for my gear while my G27 and spare mag were OK to keep in a locker next to the guard post, and retrieve on the way out with the key I was given.

As others have said, SS is a different animal being federal, weapons are mostly unlawful to take into there.

 

[photoracer]

In my younger days when I did a lot of IT calls at various Fed locations I got really good at hiding my carry blades just outside the premise mainly due to the metal detectors I often had to go thru. Never lost one of them.

 

[Onwrd Farm]

Surprised that you did not have to go thru a metal detector.

 

[pbharvey]

I don't know what it is about the SS office but those guards are very,very strict.

 

[swinokur]

Yes, I had one jump up and yell at me because I didn't see the NO DRINK sign.

Paul Blart indeed.

 

[sgt23preston]

I was at SS in Abingdon on Thursday....I kept mine

It really is a small world Star...

Sorry we both didn't choose to go on the same day...!

Obviously the guard knew what he was looking for...

He was polite but firm...

Pointing at the clip, he said "You need to put that in your car"...

It just goes to re-enforce that NONE of our Government Agencys trust any of us...

I'm convinced that we will never see carry permits in Merry- Land...

 

[pcfixer]

Without knowing anything about the 'rent a cop', I think you could teach him a lesson if it came down to it - without a knife.

You (and I'm guessing everyone else this 'cop' has interacted with) should have been treated with a lot more respect.

Yep, Where is the RESPECT for your service to OUR Country?