Scouts in UK No Longer Allowed to Carry Pocket Knives
Scouts in the UK will now be a little worse-prepared after they were banned from carrying pocketknives due to the fears of those in charge of health and safety.
I can’t imagine scouting without having a pocket knife. If the Scout Motto was “Be Prepared,” it must now be “Pander to People’s Fear of Anything that Could in Any Way Be Dangerous.”
A good knife is one of the most essential tools required to be prepared. Without it, it becomes extremely difficult to build shelter, make good use of rope (in any form), provide food, start fires, cook, eat, fashion other tools, and the list goes on. Excerpts from the Telegraph article are below:
“Dave Budd, a knife-maker who runs courses training Scouts about the safe use of blades, wrote that the growing problem of knife crime meant action had to be taken.”
Yes, because there are so many Boy Scouts involved in violent crimes involving knives, I’m sure.
“The series of high-profile fatal stabbings [has] highlighted a growing knife culture in the UK.
And this step by the Scouts will help deflate that growing “knife culture”…how?
“I think it is safest to assume that knives of any sort should not be carried by anybody to a Scout meeting or camp, unless there is likely to be a specific need for one. In that case, they should be kept by the Scout leaders and handed out as required.”
The day the BSA does the same thing is the day I pull my boys out.
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My oldest son is an Eagle Scout and is now married, 2 children and getting his Engineering degree from the University of Utah.
My second son was only 2 merit badges and a project away from Eagle Scout. He is married, 2 children and the youngest supervisor of 20 in his machine shop.
Scouting was pivotal in their lives. I have no fears that if a time came that their families needed their scouting knowledge to make it through a difficult situation they could easily handle it with their scouting skills.
I understand that people need to be protected but come on, this is ridiculous! Things have been taken too far.