Concealed carry laws and Bowie blade folders

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I know this sounds like a dumb question. But if a jurisdiction requires open carry for a list of weapons that includes bowie knives, do you think it includes a folder with a bowie shaped blade, like the Benchmade 720? My assumption is that when they are talking Bowie knives, they mean fixed blades with a bowie shape and not a simply referring to all knives fixed and folder that happen to have a Bowie shaped blade. Thoughts?

Kref
 
Typical law enforcement reading "bowie knife" is going to think of a big fixed blade. The bowie definition is so broad anyway, that'll do. They would never recognize a blade shape on a folder as part of the definition. That would be like the TSA confiscating the tiny plastic rifle of a GI Joe doll. :)
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Typical law enforcement reading "bowie knife" is going to think of a big fixed blade. The bowie definition is so broad anyway, that'll do. They would never recognize a blade shape on a folder as part of the definition. That would be like the TSA confiscating the tiny plastic rifle of a GI Joe doll. :)
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Bad news, I've read of fellas in the GI Joe newsgroup having the "guns" torn from the new boxes by those TSA rentacops! :mad: These aren't even the bigger guns that fire a spring-powered missle, but the little solid pistols and rifles, just b/c they looked like the real thing, but only a couple of inches long.

Back on topic, I'd agree that any Bowie-shaped folder wouldn't come under the same law as a "regular" Bowie knife, unless the blade length itself is also longer than the legal limit in your jurisdiction.

Matt in Texas
 
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