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Knife confiscated from Greyhound bus passenger Print E-mail
Written by SCOTT STANFIELD
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Thursday, 28 August 2008
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A Greyhound passenger wants to know why he had to complain before security confiscated the nine-inch blade openly held by another passenger.
Darold Moore said drivers would have been able to see the large knife as the passenger got on and off the bus many times during his 1,700-kilometre journey between Whitehorse and Prince George.
Moore said he easily noticed a fellow passenger was carrying a knife during his journey to Prince George from Grande Prairie, Alta., and said the driver would also have seen the blade had he been paying attention, especially during a half-hour stop in Mackenzie.
"Everybody could see (the knife)," said Moore, mindful of a 15-year-old passenger who was traveling solo. "They should be searching persons and their stuff. It's hanging right there, outside his pants."
Moore's comments come just weeks after Tim McLean, 22, was beheaded on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba by another passenger with a knife.
Vince Weiguang Li, 40, of Edmonton, has been charged with second-degree murder.
Adam Smith said he removed the knife in Prince George after a security guard asked him to put it in his luggage.
"I had a knife from Whitehorse up until this bus stop," Smith said Wednesday. "It has probably a nine-inch blade on it. The only reason that it got taken away was because somebody else said something about it to one of the other passengers."
Smith said the four or five drivers between Whitehorse and Prince George did not pay much attention to the knife as he walked on and off the bus at stops.
Smith, who was in the midst of a three-day journey from Whitehorse to Reno, Nev., said what happened to McLean was a one-in-a-million incident that would not have been prevented by tighter security.
"That would have happened regardless," said Smith, who considers storing bags underneath a coach an "inconvenience."
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written by Angelrayne , August 29, 2008 (07:51:21 AM)
What happened to Tim might have been a one in a million BUT whats wrong with being cautious?? There is no need to carry such a weapon on a bus! If nothing else, since what happened to Tim, people are nervous. Why not be respectful of their fears and just put it in your luggage and be done with it.

Ps..."inconvenience" has nothing to do with safety
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written by dhood , August 29, 2008 (09:35:42 AM)
I have always been under the impression that it was illegal to carry any knife with a blade of more than 3 inches. What happened to that rule? Only E. Indians ar allowed.
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Only East Indians are allowed?
written by Thoughtful , August 29, 2008 (09:56:55 PM)
Yet I notice an East Indian was up on charges for holding 2 of his church leaders supposedly against their will with his ceremonial dagger (got off with no jail time, and sexual assault charges against the accused), guess he accuses them of sexually molesting him, and he was a boy at the time. Guess the Catholics aren't the only ones into little boys, as even the Sikh leaders are now wallowing into such putrid actions...
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written by Buddy , August 30, 2008 (06:34:51 AM)
I hate to burst your bubble but it's fairly common for East Indians, & Arab males to have sexual relations with each other. They want virgin wives so this is their alternative. They don't consider it a homosexual activity.


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written by dhood , August 30, 2008 (10:02:25 AM)
I was not being racist about my comment! I was merely stating a fact that these daggers are allowed because of their religion. I guess you have to spell everything out for some people. If that has changed then someone should just say so. A weapon can be anything including your car keys if necessary or a jack-knife as long as it's under 3 inches. Even a utility knife can be legally carried and that can slice someone's jugglar pretty darn easy. There are definitely a lot of NUTS out there it's plain to see.
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written by dhood , September 03, 2008 (08:44:00 AM)
Are u voting "no" because you never ride the bus?
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