this-is-odd-o-meter pegged this morning

[tombogan03884]

Getting fired is one thing, going to jail is a different matter. Carry some thing else, like that heavy lap top. Is a knife an option ?

[fightingquaker13]

yes but carry in IL is totally verboten - so in my estimation I'm more likely to get sideways of the law getting caught with a firearm than I'm am to get caught up in an active shooter thing (which didn't even come to mind the other day - gee thanks pal)

It does make the 'seven seconds to safety' argument sound a bit more feasible   

Its possible I carried illegally in a DC suburb when making night deposits. I was jumpier than a cat on cack because I just knew that that was when I'd get pulled over for some BS and the cop would bust me for the gun. Still, going to an ATM at ten at night with several K in cash made the risk worth it. I never (hypothetically) carried anywhere else as I figured the risk of jail was greater than the risk of being mugged. The BGs on the other hand didn't seem to care.
FQ13

[Magoo541]

Do they have metal detectors ? Do you have something that can be deeply concealed ,like an LCP ?
It's easier to get forgiveness than permission.

Tom Gresham has said , and I paraphrase, that there is only one other person that should even know you carry, so that if you're hurt and unable to fight, they can assume the role.  

Definitely an individual choice.

I remember the first machine shop I worked in while in trade school, it seemed everyone carried to work.  

[wtr100]

Getting fired is one thing, going to jail is a different matter. Carry some thing else, like that heavy lap top. Is a knife an option ?

if my pants are on I've got a knife    unless I'm headed to the courthouse

[Big Frank]

if my pants are on I've got a knife    unless I'm headed to the courthouse

That's where a plactic knife comes in handy. 

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That's where a plactic knife comes in handy. 

there is a guy that makes a knife out of saphire( man made) that will even beat the metal detectors...  I would not want to get cuaght with it in a court house...

[Magoo541]

In Stephen Hunter's latest book "Dead Zero" the vilian uses a plastic knife to cut the throat of one of the good guys.  Having machined all kinds of plastics, metals and a few ceramics I have come to the conclusion than anything can cut you.

[tombogan03884]

http://www.agrussell.com/ag-russell-cia-letter-opener/p/AGCIALO/

[Big Frank]

I had this one on me on jury duty.    http://www.trueswords.com/lansky-knife-p-2420.html

[PegLeg45]

I had this one on me on jury duty.    http://www.trueswords.com/lansky-knife-p-2420.html

I guess one of the many good things about living in a rural area is they let us keep folding knives in our regular state superior court....Cell phones are a $50 fine, but a 3" folder is OK.
Federal court is a no-go, though. The fed guys even made me take a small key ring knife off my keys for federal jury duty a few years back.