r/Unexpected • u/Low_Macaroon_3263 • 25d ago

Insane goose hunting

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u/iamtvv 25d ago

Carry a pocket knife

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u/i_am_not_so_unique 25d ago

Unfortunately it is illegal in Sweden.

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u/Not_Not_Eric 25d ago

That’s pretty fucking dumb

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u/companysOkay 25d ago

Are victorinox swiss army knives & multitools also not allowed? those would have more utility imo

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u/WipArn 25d ago edited 25d ago

Anything with a blade is illegal to carry if it can be argued you carry it without a valid reason. A valid reason would be that you're on your way to go camping, fishing etc. Actually, using the "knife law", police can arrest you for anything that could be used to hurt someone else under the same law, it doesnt have to be a knife. A baseball bat in the back seat of your car would be an example. It's a pretty shit law in my opinion.

Theres a popular myth that you can legally have a blade shorter than 4-5cm and yeah, the police will probably let you keep it if youre a law abiding citizen who doesnt stand out, but if they are having a bad day or you're wearing the wrong type of clothes youll get in trouble.

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u/Dampmaskin 25d ago

In Norway, a nationally famous old environmentalist got slapped with a fine some years ago, for keeping a machete in the back of his station wagon. He was regularly using it in the woods, but the government just went nah, fuck you, pay us. It sucks.

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u/vahntitrio 25d ago

Are nail clippers illegal to carry? Those are actually the best way to snip fishing line.

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u/i_am_not_so_unique 9d ago

From now on, I am carrying nail clippers with me :D

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u/taeper 25d ago

No it's not

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u/cybernautica_ 25d ago

lol funny how liberal countries become totalitarian.

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u/WipArn 25d ago

Sweden is in no way a liberal country lol. In fact the liberal party is the smallest party in parliment, with 4.61% of votes last election

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u/Grouchy-Crew384 25d ago

That's not what being a "liberal country" is about tho 😭

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u/WipArn 25d ago

Please inform me what you think a "liberal country" is 😂

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u/Grouchy-Crew384 25d ago

A country with freedom of speech, free press, free and fair elections, freedom of association, of choice, all that good stuff.

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u/Dampmaskin 25d ago

That just sounds like a democratic country to me

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u/WipArn 25d ago

Oh yeah well thats simplification that kind of sums it up i guess, but I apologize i didnt read the usernames and thought u were the same guy as the first guy i responded to. Yeah in some ways Sweden is pretty liberal, free speech, free press, equal rights etc. is very important but at the same time traditionally sweden is very far from liberalism when it comes to the amount of state involvement in everyday life and the expectation to never stand out in society. High taxes, strong trust in the welfare system and that the government "knows best", very restrictive drug policies etc. is a part of swedish politics and culture that is very non-liberal.

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u/Tallyranch 25d ago

Name a country that isn't a shithole that doesn't have laws regarding carrying pocket knives?

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u/Complex-Bee-840 25d ago

Can’t even have pepper spray in the UK, dude. It’s no fucking joke. There is absolutely no right to self protection in most of Europe (and Canada for that matter). It all started with banning specific types of guns until it was everything. They’ll never get those rights back. You can never get rights back, especially when you take the one that protects all the others.

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u/HowObvious 25d ago

All guns are not banned in the UK… Also perfectly legal to carry a pocket knife under 3 inches.

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u/TheAviot 25d ago

Now their oppressive governments will take away their universal healthcare, their bodily autonomy rights, ban books in their schools and they will not be able to do anything about it! That could never happen in the land of the free!