Yes I agree. The standard for &quot;deadly weapon&quot; has deteriorated to the point at which anything that any conceivably imaginative movie plot might suggest could cause a death in very particular circumstances, is thought to qualify. Yes it&#x27;s possible that a two-inch penknife might be able to sever the vein of an immobilized person, given several minutes of sawing. That doesn&#x27;t mean that such a tool is considered a &quot;deadly weapon&quot; by reasonable people, in any situation which includes police firing guns.