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Concealed carry laws
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Virginia - 18.2-308. Carrying concealed weapons... A. If any
person carries about his person, hidden from common
observation... (ii) any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, razor... he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and such weapon shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth... B. This section shall not apply to: 1. Any person while in his own place of abode or the curtilage thereof... 4. Any regularly enrolled member of a weapons collecting organization who is at, or going to or
from, a bona fide weapons exhibition, provided that the weapons are... securely wrapped while being transported.
5. Any person carrying such weapons between his place of abode and a place of purchase or repair, provided the weapons are.. securely wrapped while being transported...
D. Any person may apply in writing... for a two-year permit to carry a specific type of concealed weapon...
- 18.2-309. Furnishing certain weapons to minors.--If any person sell, barter, give or furnish... to any minor a... dirk, switchblade knife or bowie knife... such person shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
Pennsylvania - Pa. C.S.A. 18.908. Prohibited offensive
weapons. (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a
misdemeanor of the first degree if, except as authorized by law, he makes, repairs, sells, or otherwise deals in, uses, or possesses any offensive weapon. (b) Exception.-- It is a defense under this section for the defendant to prove by a preponderance of evidence that he possessed of dealt with the weapon solely as a curio or in a dramatic
performance, or that he possessed it briefly in
consequence of having found it or taken it from an
aggressor, or under circumstances similarly negativing any intent or likelihood that the would be used unlawfully. (c) Definition.--As used in this section "offensive weapon" means... any... dagger, knife, razor or cutting instrument, the blade of which is exposed in an automatic way by switch, push-button, spring mechanism, or otherwise...
- also see 24 P.S. 13-1317.2. re: students bringing weapons on to school property.]
Pennsylvania case law:
Where opening knife required lock to be released, and once lock was released blade could be exposed by flip of wrist, knife did not have blade which could be "exposed in an automatic way"... by "otherwise" legislature referred to knives that were opened by some sort of mechanism which is not a "switch," "push-button," or "spring" mechanism but still a mechanism... (1979)
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[This message has been edited by TheMartialWay (edited 03-29-2000).]
person carries about his person, hidden from common
observation... (ii) any dirk, bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, razor... he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and such weapon shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth... B. This section shall not apply to: 1. Any person while in his own place of abode or the curtilage thereof... 4. Any regularly enrolled member of a weapons collecting organization who is at, or going to or
from, a bona fide weapons exhibition, provided that the weapons are... securely wrapped while being transported.
5. Any person carrying such weapons between his place of abode and a place of purchase or repair, provided the weapons are.. securely wrapped while being transported...
D. Any person may apply in writing... for a two-year permit to carry a specific type of concealed weapon...
- 18.2-309. Furnishing certain weapons to minors.--If any person sell, barter, give or furnish... to any minor a... dirk, switchblade knife or bowie knife... such person shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
Pennsylvania - Pa. C.S.A. 18.908. Prohibited offensive
weapons. (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a
misdemeanor of the first degree if, except as authorized by law, he makes, repairs, sells, or otherwise deals in, uses, or possesses any offensive weapon. (b) Exception.-- It is a defense under this section for the defendant to prove by a preponderance of evidence that he possessed of dealt with the weapon solely as a curio or in a dramatic
performance, or that he possessed it briefly in
consequence of having found it or taken it from an
aggressor, or under circumstances similarly negativing any intent or likelihood that the would be used unlawfully. (c) Definition.--As used in this section "offensive weapon" means... any... dagger, knife, razor or cutting instrument, the blade of which is exposed in an automatic way by switch, push-button, spring mechanism, or otherwise...
- also see 24 P.S. 13-1317.2. re: students bringing weapons on to school property.]
Pennsylvania case law:
Where opening knife required lock to be released, and once lock was released blade could be exposed by flip of wrist, knife did not have blade which could be "exposed in an automatic way"... by "otherwise" legislature referred to knives that were opened by some sort of mechanism which is not a "switch," "push-button," or "spring" mechanism but still a mechanism... (1979)
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[This message has been edited by TheMartialWay (edited 03-29-2000).]
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It's my guess that you will NOT find a single state in the US where it's legal to carry a "concealed knife." Even in states that have Concealed Carry permits for handguns, said permits generally won't cover anything but the gun.
Razor
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Actually, as far as I have been able to tell from the Mass. statutes, there is no problem whatsoever with concealed carry.
--JB
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--JB
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Cold Steel advertises some of thier blades as "legal to carry concealed in CA"... so I'm rather certain that laws do exist. When I carry my Sig I'm covered because I have a license to carry concealed firearms (I thank God I live in the USA and have this right!). When the handgun gets to bulky, I like to carry a blade. Recently I purchased a Cold Steel Peace Maker, a rather large offering. I'm a bit stand offish about sporting it on my person because of the size. It would be rather stupid of lawmakers to allow a person to carry a firearm capable of mass destruction and not allow that same person to use the license to carry a blade. Any thoughts?
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True -- and those who make weapons laws generally are stupid. In New York State, I have a permit to carry a concealed handgun -- but that permit most definitely does not permit me to carry the knife of my choice, silly as that may sound.
Timothy Macveigh (have I spelled that correctly?) was arrested after the OK City bombing on a weapons charge, if I remember it right. The news item was that he was arrested not because he had a holstered handgun (which was legal in OK) but because he was carrying a knife of some kind.
The California law referred to in that Cold Steel Ad was a specific victory in California. A modification made to CA's infamous "dirk and dagger" law exempts folding knives from the dirk and dagger definition, which means any folded knife, regardles of length, can be legally carried. I guess I was making a semantic distinction -- I still think you'd be hard pressed to find a law on the books that positively states, "knives of such and such length may be concealed on the person." But I'm generally pessimistic about weapons laws in generally being designed to screw anyone but the real criminals.
Razor
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