Automatic Knife Laws

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lespaul36

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I guess my question is probably a little difficult to answer, but here it goes:

Why is California so strict in comparison to most other states? The knives that I like, I can't even order. I think that switch blades should be legal to everyone...not just law enforcement and military.
 
Alas, you and I would probably agree with many of the folks in here. Tools are NOT imbued with qualities of good or evil. Only the intent of the human accomplice should be measured.

There should be no problem walking into a corner convenience store, paying cash for a switchblade and a fully automatic Uzi, and walking out without completing even a single slip of paper.

Actions of people should be judged, not their purchases.


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Ken Grubb
Lacey, WA, USA
 
I think that switch blades should be legal to everyone...not just law enforcement and military.
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Of course, the modern one-hand opening folder can be opened much quicker than a switch blade, but don't tell that to law enforcement.
 
I live in California, and I am ready to purchase an automatic knife for occasional carry regardless of these rediculous laws. In California it is okay to carry a large blade provided it is in a sheath and in plain view on the hip.(really). But it is not okay to carry a folder that is over 4.25"
in length, or an auto. Thinking about just keeping the folder I have since it opens just as fast as an auto, and not purchasing. If I didn't live in this state I would have more fun with my hobby/tools.
How do laws in other states compare to Cali's?
 
Florida allows for the carry of automatic knives as long as they are not concealed from ordinary view. This of course does not apply to those that have a CCW. OTOH, only military/govt. and LE are able to purchase them. We have a store in our main mall that sells all flavors of Benchmade, MOD and Mircotech but all of these companies made it clear that they were for sale only to select customers. One more intersting point is that it is illegal to transport an automatic across state lines so technicaly if you bought your knife in say Texas and brought it to Florida it would be contraband? hmm.. thinking outloud. I regulary carry either my BM Autostryker or BM Tanto (autos) attached to the inside of my pocket (clip) with said (CCW) and have never seen a head turn. I think the agreed statement is that if you do not do anything illegal you should not have to worry what or where you carry. Open carry leads to questions by LE or the general public IMO. We may have no reason to obey an unconstitutional law, but the LE community has every right to arrest you if they believe PC. MY standing philosophy is to be as legal as possible ie (CCW, Pistol Permit what have you) be an upstanding citizen and vote in/out the people that can make the changes need to ensure our basic rights.

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I live in West Virginia and, no kidding, there is a kiosk in the local mall that sells autos to just anyone. I myself bought one. The owner said he couldn't find any laws against selling them, but that you couldn't carry one without a CCW. Wierd.
 
I think that the law in colorado is that it is legal to purchase and own auto and gravity knives, but you cannot cary them. So you can go to the store and purchase it, but you have to leave it there.

Just kidding, basically they are ok to own for colection, but it's not cool if you are carying it.

as far as "it won't matter as long as I don't do anything illegal", I'm going through the wringer with that one.
I was stopped for having a headlight out, and am now facing a concealed cary violation.
I think that I'm pretty defendable though...
We'll see.....
 
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