Fact Check: Yes, Some American Students Can Carry Knives to School if They Are Sikhs

[rangerrebew]

 
Fact Check: Yes, Some American Students Can Carry Knives to School if They Are Sikhs

 By C. Douglas Golden
  June 9, 2026 at 5:23pm
In places where you aren’t allowed to carry knives, when can you carry knives? When you’re a Sikh, apparently.

For those of you who haven’t been paying attention to developments across the pond, the ritual Sikh knife, the kirpan, played a role in the murder of Henry Nowak at the hands of the religious minority.

The case has come under scrutiny for a number of reasons, particularly since police initially discounted Nowak’s injury and believed the story of his killer, Vickrum Digwa, who falsely claimed to have been the target of a racist attack by the decedent.

 https://thepostmillennial.com/massachusetts-public-school-district-allows-sikh-students-to-carry-ceremonial-knives-no-one-else-is-allowed-to-carry-weapons

[roamer_1]

I carried a big folding jackknife every day of my life, including right now. An Uncle Henry (I am very partial to Uncle Henry) Pappa Bear, these days, like most days. Right now I carry that jackknife, a multitool, and a little rancher-style 3 blade sliver-gitter penknife all the time.

Just cuz a feller has a knife don't make him bad... It's the murder that makes him bad.

[Sighlass]

I think the point is they get special privileges others are not afforded.

I carried a big folding jackknife every day of my life, including right now. An Uncle Henry (I am very partial to Uncle Henry) Pappa Bear, these days, like most days. Right now I carry that jackknife, a multitool, and a little rancher-style 3 blade sliver-gitter penknife all the time.

Just cuz a feller has a knife don't make him bad... It's the murder that makes him bad.

I also feel naked without a knife, but the older I get them more another tool has come in play.

Yep, a flashlight.