AKTI on gravity knives

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sliplock

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I read with interest (but some frustration) the recent newsletter.

I was suprised that, in light of the article about New York's gravity knife statute, there doesn't seem to be a perception hat AKTI should be working to define that term, as opposed to the others on the list.

While I am happy that retailers apparently have a respite from this law, a search of this forum and others shows that consumers are still regularly being arrested for possession of a "gravity knife."

Nearly every locking folder fits within the current New York definition of a gravity knife.

We desperately need legislative reform, comparable to California's, on this issue.

Seth
 
Almost any knife is a gravity knife in Texas too. In Texas a knife is "prohibited" (can't even own, let alone carry) if it is a "switchblade," which doesn't mean only what you think:

~ ~ (11) "Switchblade knife" means any knife that has a blade that folds, closes, or retracts into the handle or sheath, and that:
~ ~ ~ (A) opens automatically by pressure applied to a button or other device located on the handle; or
~ ~ ~ (B) opens or releases a blade from the handle or sheath by the force of gravity or by the application of centrifugal force.
http://www.bakers-legal-pages.com/pc/4601.htm

With enough of a swing, any blade that does not lock shut can be opened with centrifugal force (almost any lockback and certainly any linerlock) and is therefore a "switchblade" in Texas. We are just another fascist state down here, at the mercy of the government.
 
Not only does it stop me from carrying, it stops me from BUYING, which might possibily get the attention of the AKTI???
 
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