"weapons charges" (whatever that means)

[bluestateguy]

Only this time it wasn't a gun--though Maryland's gun laws are already draconian--it was a switch blade. Or so they thought.

No Guns, no knives, no whips, whatever it is, when you put ever more of these laws on the books, you are giving police more tools to harass, intimidate and threaten people. Combine that with white police racism, and that only makes it worse.

[Hoyt]

1. Now that's a unique approach to even more lax gun laws. Why don't we just restrict pistols, and

get that problem out of the way.

Fact is, in most states, knives are more heavily regulated than gunz. Why not make people leave guns at home and restrict the number people can own to only a few.

Obviously, the police were just using the small knife as an excuse for harassing -- and subsequently killing -- Gray.