Yeah, especially 16-18 when I was working, I usually always had a pocket knife or multi tool on me because they would come in handy. That said, we didn't have metal detectors or strange prison like schools like we do now apparently.

I carried my Schrade Switch-It every day in the little seam pocket of my carpenter's jeans (as was the style at the time) and the only flak I ever caught for it was one day the principal spotting it and telling me he didn't want to see me with my "pager" at school anymore.

I told him he had my scout's honor that he would never see me with a pager so long as I lived. Yes, this sailed right over his head. I still didn't get into trouble, though, which is surprising given the sheer variety of other stupid and highly spurious things that somehow got me in trouble in school.

I knew a kid who did this. Some random kid saw and reported it. His dad was the head janitor of the high school, he helped his dad, was on the payroll so actually was working for the school district himself part-time. He still almost got expelled, managed to only get a week of suspension.

Depends when and where you grew up, probably. We had to pass through metal detectors every day and attempting to bring a concealed weapon would have been pretty dumb.

Times, they have changed. I was the same, as were most of the people I went to school with. Pocket knifes are just handy, I still carry one most of the time.

that would NOT fly today

Corn stalk or girlfriend stalk?

Sniper towers. All over town. Rooftop emplacements "You're kind ain't welcome here". They want to go back in time, remind ICE what that can be like. Warning shots only though, of course. Unless they don't back off.

At least you didn't break the knife size rule.