Tell me about it, I think the fact that I volunteer at the 911 memorial and I work for the power company in NYC helped my cause. I was taken back on how they kept pushing the "gravity knife" issue. I purposely don't carry out my assisted knifes as I want to avoid trouble.
Its not going to deter me from carrying my knifes as this is the first time in 3 years of living in the city that I've been approached but I will probably avoid keeping it clipped on my pocket.