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Folder Laws in Los Angeles County?
- Thread starter Bender
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Folders of any size are legal in California, so long as they are in the folded position when the police see them. EXCEPT in L.A., where the folder law is 3" or less, so a Delica is cool, an Endura is not. Fixed blades are not allowed. I bought a Delica just for my trips to Los Angeles.
-Travis
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Close, but no cigar!
The three inch rule for the city of Los Angeles, as well as Glendale, Burbank, and maybe some other places, applies to open carry.
Here's the text of the ordinance: http://www.chaicutlery.com/citylaw.html
So carry your Endura, et al., they way you normally would, with most of it inside your pocket.
I've been walking around Los Angeles, Glendale, and Burbank for years with pocket clips showing, and haven't been troubled by law enforcement over it. Of course, I don't go out of my way to trouble law enforcement either.
When The Wife was pulled over a few years ago for a nonconforming lane change, and there was a 5" fixed blade knife in the glove compartment between her and the registration papers, she just said "There's a knife here - don't worry," and put it on the floor of the car, and the cop didn't say anything about it.
Your mileage may vary.
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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The three inch rule for the city of Los Angeles, as well as Glendale, Burbank, and maybe some other places, applies to open carry.
Here's the text of the ordinance: http://www.chaicutlery.com/citylaw.html
So carry your Endura, et al., they way you normally would, with most of it inside your pocket.
I've been walking around Los Angeles, Glendale, and Burbank for years with pocket clips showing, and haven't been troubled by law enforcement over it. Of course, I don't go out of my way to trouble law enforcement either.
When The Wife was pulled over a few years ago for a nonconforming lane change, and there was a 5" fixed blade knife in the glove compartment between her and the registration papers, she just said "There's a knife here - don't worry," and put it on the floor of the car, and the cop didn't say anything about it.
Your mileage may vary.
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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Yep. Any pocket knife. Like the Cold Steel Vaquero Grande bread knife.
I wouldn't advise going out of one's way to attract the attention of law enforcement while carrying it. They might look long and hard for a code section. And never tell any authority figure you're carrying a knife "for protection."
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001
I wouldn't advise going out of one's way to attract the attention of law enforcement while carrying it. They might look long and hard for a code section. And never tell any authority figure you're carrying a knife "for protection."
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001