Am I breaking the law?

One Legged Josh

One Legged Josh

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My buddy who lives in New York State (not City), was turned away from getting his BK-7 from Amazon (because of his location). His county does not have the same restrictions that NYC has. He asked me if he could ship it here (Ohio), and I forward it to him. I don't foresee a problem, but I was wondering if it was against the law somehow?

Thanks guys.
 
have you tried asking over in the knife laws forum ?
It is hard to say weather or not this is because of a law or an amazon shipping policy.
 
IANAL.
IF: 1. It is not an illegal item for you to own and...
2. It is not an illegal item for you to ship and...
3. It is not an illegal item for the receiver to possess (because of personal reasons [age, criminal history, etc.] or area-specific laws).
THEN: I would ship it and feel that I have done nothing illegal or immoral.
 
1. Moved to Knife Laws.

2. Josh, there's no problem for a private citizen shipping to another private citizen. Go ahead, it's OK.

The problem for Amazon and other major dealers is that NYC interpretation of the law makes certain otherwise legal knives a gray area, and the local District Attorney and the NY Police Dept have teamed up to harass anyone found carrying them -- and any dealers shipping them.

So rather than take chances, many dealers simply won't ship to NYC, and some won't take the chance of shipping to NY State at all. We can't blame them because the DA has inflicted serious financial penalties for this.

But between private parties? No one is even looking.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
1. Moved to Knife Laws.

2. Josh, there's no problem for a private citizen shipping to another private citizen. Go ahead, it's OK.

The problem for Amazon and other major dealers is that NYC interpretation of the law makes certain otherwise legal knives a gray area, and the local District Attorney and the NY Police Dept have teamed up to harass anyone found carrying them -- and any dealers shipping them.

So rather than take chances, many dealers simply won't ship to NYC, and some won't take the chance of shipping to NY State at all. We can't blame them because the DA has inflicted serious financial penalties for this.

But between private parties? No one is even looking.
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Thanks for the quick answers guys, better safe than sorry.
 
It is good to see that some of the big sellers like True North have changed their policy to 5 boroughs instead of all of NY. Hopefully the rest will come around.
 
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