Age requirement to carry knives?

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ryts100

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Is there an age requirement to carry knives in California? For example would it be illegal for someone under 18 years of age to carry or own a knife? I'm asking this out of curiosity, nothing else.
 
Yes, you have to be 18 to carry a knife in California. You also have to be 18 to purchase one...multitools and SAKs included.
 
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Wrong, there is no law about age to carry or own a knife that I am aware of.
 
straightpuke said:
Yes, you have to be 18 to carry a knife in California. You also have to be 18 to purchase one...multitools and SAKs included.
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what section are you referring to?

neither 12020 pc nor 653k pc mention anything about the age of the violator. i am not aware of any state restriction on minors owning otherwise legal knives.
 
So to clarify, it is LEGAL for minors to own(what about carry? There's a difference right?) legal knives(no over 2"blade automatics, switchblades, etc.), correct?
 
ryts100 said:
So to clarify, it is LEGAL for minors to own(what about carry? There's a difference right?) legal knives(no over 2"blade automatics, switchblades, etc.), correct?
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yes.

however, you need to be aware of city and county laws which often restrict minor possession and carry of knives.
 
MORIMOTOM said:
yes.

however, you need to be aware of city and county laws which often restrict minor possession and carry of knives.
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Ok, thanks. What about carrying knives? I'm guessing minors aren't allowed to carry knives right? Btw, all of these questions are referring to Santa Clara/Sunnyvale.
 
ryts100, both possession AND carry are legal for minors. To be concise, there is no age restriction for anything with regards to knives, period, for state law.

Now, local law for the locations you mentioned:
Santa Clara (city): No knife laws. You cannot possess a firearm without parental consent, and it is illegal for an adult to give a firearm or air gun to minor without parental consent.
http://www.codepublishing.com/CA/SantaClara/html/SantaClara09/SantaClara0905.html#9.05.080
Sunnyvale: No weapon laws far as I can tell.
http://www.qcode.us/codes/sunnyvale/
Santa Clara County: No knife laws. Some for guns, but that wasn't your question.
http://www.sccgov.org/scc_ordinance/TOC.HTM

So, it appears you more or less fall on state law only. And state law has no age restriction for possession or carry of a knife that would otherwise be legal for an adult to possess or carry. In summary: Fixed blades must be open carry. Folders of any length may be concealed. Automatics and balisongs must have blades less than 2".
 
glistam said:
ryts100, both possession AND carry are legal for minors. To be concise, there is no age restriction for anything with regards to knives, period, for state law.

Now, local law for the locations you mentioned:
Santa Clara (city): No knife laws. You cannot possess a firearm without parental consent, and it is illegal for an adult to give a firearm or air gun to minor without parental consent.
http://www.codepublishing.com/CA/SantaClara/html/SantaClara09/SantaClara0905.html#9.05.080
Sunnyvale: No weapon laws far as I can tell.
http://www.qcode.us/codes/sunnyvale/
Santa Clara County: No knife laws. Some for guns, but that wasn't your question.
http://www.sccgov.org/scc_ordinance/TOC.HTM

So, it appears you more or less fall on state law only. And state law has no age restriction for possession or carry of a knife that would otherwise be legal for an adult to possess or carry. In summary: Fixed blades must be open carry. Folders of any length may be concealed. Automatics and balisongs must have blades less than 2".
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That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much.
 
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