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

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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.

[libertybele]

I carry a pocket knife that I got from the NRA in my purse.  It comes in handy to open things, that's about it. Not something that I would consider as a self-defense item.

[roamer_1]

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

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

Yep, a flashlight.

Yep. Got one of them too - But I have to confess, I use my phone for that anymore... Flashlight with magnifier means I can see that small print on stuff. And the phone does all that. 

[roamer_1]

I carry a pocket knife that I got from the NRA in my purse.  It comes in handy to open things, that's about it. Not something that I would consider as a self-defense item.

It's always about defense, I guess, but it's really not about defense. It is an artifact from a life where I used them all every day... Cutting twine on hay bales, gutting fish, skinning martens and beaver and deer and elk, cutting off gas line and zip-tie tails... There's a thousand reasons to carry a knife if you're handy.

I don't know how any man lives without em. 

[Cyber Liberty]

It's always about defense, I guess, but it's really not about defense. It is an artifact from a life where I used them all every day... Cutting twine on hay bales, gutting fish, skinning martens and beaver and deer and elk, cutting off gas line and zip-tie tails... There's a thousand reasons to carry a knife if you're handy.

I don't know how any man lives without em. 

I carry a small Gerber I bought on our Honeymoon.  I like that the blades lock, and it has a small scissors.

[roamer_1]

I carry a small Gerber I bought on our Honeymoon.  I like that the blades lock, and it has a small scissors.

I still have all my hunting knives - The same ones I have used all my life... I have only had 2 axes in all that time (that I liked enough to keep anyway), one of which I lost up in Meadow Creek canyon...

But that big folding knife is the one I beat to death in order to preserve the rest - Always an Uncle Henry Pappa Bear or Old Timer Cave Bear (pretty much the same thing except style), I can't even tell you how many f them I have had - Somewhere between 10 and 20 I suppose - I lose em more than anything, but I have clean wore out a few.