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If I had not had a sharp kirpan in Delhi, you would not be reading my silly posts these days because I would have achieved shaheedi and would be at my Guru's feet today.  :carefreekaur:

And my son's murderer would be alive, running around, free to brag about the Sikhs he killed that day in November.

I do not believe children should carry sharp kirpans.  Their brains are not fully formed and they CANNOT have real understanding of consequences.  As I understand it, the frontal cortex is not fully formed until adulthood.

I believe that adult Amritdharis should carry sharp kirpans, if they feel they have the capacity to act rationally.  We need to be able to protect ourselves and others;  that is part of what a Sikh does.  I also believe we and our children should study gatka so we can defend ourselves unarmed.

It should be legal for Amritdhari Sikhs to carry a sharp kirpan.  I also believe that any Sikh, Amritdhari or not who uses a kirpan or any other weapon in a way that is illegal should be tried in a court of law as would anyone else committing the same act.

Now I'm tired...