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Okay - maybe this is a stupid question... I pick my son up from Kindergarten after work. Before I get out of the car, I remove my firearm and place it in the glove box. Should I also remove my pocket knife? I assume so, but wanted to make sure.

I don't have an official answer, so, as to your dilemma, I guess I don't have a useful answer, but I have never even considered leaving my pocketknife behind.

I've never had to go into a school that had a metal detector; I suppose that might change things, if that's a factor for you.

Think it depends on the type of knife and if it is hanging on a clip in your pocket or just a small pocket knife down in your pocket. Also, depends on the school rules and if they have a metal detector, as JCole mentioned.

I personally have never taken my 3 - 4 inch blade knives out of my pocket when attending any school function.

If you look at PC §46.03, it is an offense to carry a firearm, illegal knife, club, or prohibited weapon in a school. Illegal knife is defined in PC §46.01. An ordinary pocket knife with a blade shorter than 5.5 inches is legal.

I don't know of any other section of law that makes it an offense to carry a knife in a school. You could search the education code.

As usual, IANAL, etc.

- Jim

Would "prohibited weapon in a school" be the catch-all for everything else?

Prohibited weapon means things like bombs, machine guns, brass knuckles, and zip guns, defined in PC §46.05.

It's a bit silly to put them into 46.03, as they are already prohibited everywhere.

- Jim

I have a folding knife with a 3.5" blade about half of which is serrated. It is hanging inside my pocket on a clip and I've never even thought about removing it before entering my daughter's school. No one has asked about it if they've noticed. I may have even pulled it out to cut something before in the classroom.

It is amazing to me the number of folks who translate, "over five and one-half inches" in to "shorter than 5.5 inches " for illegal to legal when legal really equals
5.5 or less. (nitpickin cause so many of my legal knives are 5.5 :) )

seamusTX wrote:If you look at PC §46.03, it is an offense to carry a firearm, illegal knife, club, or prohibited weapon in a school. Illegal knife is defined in PC §46.01. An ordinary pocket knife with a blade shorter than 5.5 inches is legal.

I don't know of any other section of law that makes it an offense to carry a knife in a school. You could search the education code.

As usual, IANAL, etc.

- Jim

No measurement is or can be exact. This is a law of nature.

- Jim

Non-sequitar and nature cant pass laws :)

seamusTX wrote:No measurement is or can be exact. This is a law of nature.

- Jim

Wow, you speak Latin! Where did you get your degree?

Every scientist and engineer learns at an early stage that no measurement can be exact.

Nature doesn't "pass laws." It's not a legislature. It has laws that God laid down or if you prefer were the only set of laws that resulted in a stable universe.

- Jim

Natural law has no pity and there's no appeal.

Which has what to do with the definition of a legal knife as defined by the texas legislature ?
You probably shouldnt use the word every in that sentence. Could just be one that wasnt.
Wow the universe(this one you mean right ) is stable ? Looks really unstable from here. :)

seamusTX wrote:Wow, you speak Latin! Where did you get your degree?

Every scientist and engineer learns at an early stage that no measurement can be exact.

Nature doesn't "pass laws." It's not a legislature. It has laws that God laid down or if you prefer were the only set of laws that resulted in a stable universe.

- Jim

Whatever.

I don't need anyone who doesn't pay my salary telling me what to type.

- Jim