Re: bayonettes are too a useful device

You wrote: 

>And its utility off the rifle is of little doubt. Most military 
>people I know tend to carry 2-3 bladed tools/weapons on their person 
>(a gerber, leatherman, or swiss army knife/tool,  a bayonet (issue), 
>and often another knife - a short or long bladed fighting knife like 
>a bowie or a sykes-fairburn). Knives are quiet (as pointed out), 

I'll second that about half-way.  I personally carry a leatherman and a 
second knife with a 6 1/4 inch blade.  I have yet to use the latter for 
anything of substance.	90% of all knife work in the military consists 
of cutting 550 cord.  :)  I don't know what I'd do with a bayonet if I 
had one, and I wouldn't like to trust the M-9 in a fight anyway.

John M. Atkinson