Collection at home, in PA

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ben191

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just curious. hypothetical. a police officer comes over to talk about a neighbor and happens to see a microtech OTF sitting on the counter. lets say i dont quite have the proper clearance (...for a small knife with a spring...though i can buy guns no problem) anyways;

you guys know if there is a problem if they only stay at home?? is it a state to state thing?? im in PA btw..

thanks in advance for responses. just something im wondering as im more and more facinated by autos, even though i never carry them.
 
Federal regulation of switchblades is limited to restrictions on sale over state lines and importation. There is no other law affecting the entire US.

In PA, it is illegal to possess a switchblade even at home, unless it is "solely as a curio." This is not a full exemption, but rather a legally allowed defense to violations of this law. In other words, the officer would be within proper procedure to place you under arrest or give you a summons and take the knife away, and the burden would be on you in court to prove you possessed it as a curio. If it's sitting on the counter top, this may hurt your ability to prove that, as opposed to in a locked display case.

http://knife-expert.com/pa.txt

It is worth noting to other readers that carry and ownership at home of switchblades is indeed a state to state matter. Very few states actually have laws on possession/ownership, and are only concerned with carry and/or sale. But again it varies by state.
 
In SC the interpretation is that you can have an auto displayed if it is in a locked case. If I carry one of mine I know the consequences so they usually stay in the safe.
 
There is no point at all openly displaying anything that can be considered a weapon. I don't know if some folks just get a perverse sense of pleasure by doing so, but it serves no real purpose. I keep my firearms, ammo and hunting knives in a large Greenlee jobsite box that I use as a small-arms locker (secured with two padlocks). It is kept inside a large (almost walk-in-sized) closet in the second bedroom that I use as a den. It is covered with an old comforter and the closet door remains closed at all times, completely out of sight of visitors.
 
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