are tomahawks/hatchets legal to carry?

pullrich said:
Really? I'm not doubting, I'm just confused, because apparently in Seattle you can walk around with a firearm like this:

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THE pistol is because he "KILT" the last guy to call it a skirt?
 
What if you are running around your neighborhood in your underwear at 2am? (true story)

Oh, I'm in NC, I was wondering the same thing, also about fixed blades. NC blade laws are so vague.
 
I'm from Texas and between North East Texas all the way to Dallas where I travel in Oklahoma I carry ether my M48 or my SOG Fast Hawk into the casino restaurants gas stations where ever and I've never had any issue with law enforcement over them, but if I carry a bowie knife they pitch a fit even though the bowie should be the official knife of Texas.
 
Here in VA you can open carry one and depending on blade length your good and it can't be advertised as a throwing hawk! The thrower would violate one part of the law and blade length can violate another but there is also no law in VA that says anything about Hawks or axes I do it and I live in the middle of the city not one cop has ever said anything. I also open or conceal carry a firearm and open carry large fixed blades. Read the laws check case law too and if need be call a lawyer. Most police will just say no or I don't know or transfer you to a different person ect. If it's legal don't argue or cause a fuss do what they ask and get locked up! Why? Wrongful arrest ect sue the hell outta them!
 
lazy otter said:
Here in VA you can open carry one and depending on blade length your good and it can't be advertised as a throwing hawk! The thrower would violate one part of the law and blade length can violate another but there is also no law in VA that says anything about Hawks or axes I do it and I live in the middle of the city not one cop has ever said anything. I also open or conceal carry a firearm and open carry large fixed blades. Read the laws check case law too and if need be call a lawyer. Most police will just say no or I don't know or transfer you to a different person ect. If it's legal don't argue or cause a fuss do what they ask and get locked up! Why? Wrongful arrest ect sue the hell outta them!
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i am in VA as well, there is no blade length in this state, if you open carry you can carry any blade size you want, concealing is another story, but open carry you can strap a sword to your back if you so wish, not saying the cops will not try to cause issues but by law we can carry what we want.
 
TomahawkRoesler said:
I'm from Texas and between North East Texas all the way to Dallas where I travel in Oklahoma I carry ether my M48 or my SOG Fast Hawk into the casino restaurants gas stations where ever and I've never had any issue with law enforcement over them, but if I carry a bowie knife they pitch a fit even though the bowie should be the official knife of Texas.
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By state law, in Texas it is illegal to carry in public either a tomahawk (or any other type of ax/hatchet) or a Bowie knife. You can legally carry either one around your own property (and I do, regularly) but not in public. If you have not been charged for carrying an illegal weapon (tomahawk) in public, you have been lucky to encounter lenient LEOs.

From the Texas Penal Code--

CHAPTER 46
WEAPONS
Section
46.01. Definitions.
46:02. Unlawful Carrying Weapons.
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(followed by many more sections listed in the code)
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Sec. 46.01. Definitions.
In this chapter:
(1) "Club" means an instrument that is specially designed, made, or adapted for the purpose
of inflicting serious bodily injury or death by striking a person with the instrument,
and includes but is not limited to the following:
(A) blackjack;
(B) nightstick;
(C) mace;
(D) tomahawk


(subparagraphs 2,3,4,5 deleted as they relate to explosive and firearms)


(6) "Illegal knife" means a:
(A) knife with a blade over five and one-half inches;
(B) hand instrument designed to cut or stab another by being thrown;
(C) dagger, including but not limited to a dirk, stiletto, and poniard;
(D) bowie knife;
(E) sword; or
(F) spear.
(7) "Knife" means any bladed hand instrument that is capable of inflicting serious bodily
injury or death by cutting or stabbing a person with the instrument.
(8) "Knuckles" means any instrument that consists of finger rings or guards made of a
hard substance and that is designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting
serious bodily injury or death by striking a person with a fist enclosed in the knuckles.


Subparagraph 8 is what makes knives of any length and blade type/style illegal in Texas if they have a "D-guard".


Sec. 46.02. Unlawful. Carrying Weapons.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on
or about his or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(1) on the person's own premises or premises under the person's control; or
(2) inside of or directly enroute to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under
the person's control.

Subparagraph (a-1) refers to handguns

(a-2) For purposes of this section, "premises" includes real property and a recreational vehicle
that is being used as living quarters, regardless of whether that use is temporary or permanent. In
this subsection, "recreational vehicle" means a motor vehicle primarily designed as temporary
living quarters or a vehicle that contains temporary living quarters and is designed to be towed
by a motor vehicle. The term includes a travel trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, motor home,
and horse trailer with living quarters.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class A
misdemeanor.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the offense is committed on
any premises licensed or issued a permit by this state for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
 
I think Idaho issues their ccw with no restrictions on what you can use,


I am in Oregon open carry is OK, I see things bigger than that all the time. big knives cna't be concealed here -I don't know about hawks
Oregon law on this is a joke! look up Oregon Knife law and give it a quick read. it will leave you laughing - or completely confused.
 
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The law in Texas has changed since this thread was started yea these many years ago. Tomahawks, Bowies, clubs, saps, knuckles, and double edged blades are all legal carry in most areas.
 
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