impounded assisted

[MORIMOTOM]

This is true. As a LEO though I hate that. I want laws that are very specific. Specificity makes them easier to enforce and less likely to be abused.

i believe very specific laws are harder to enforce. if given too many elements to satisfy, or too specific a situation in which to apply it, the law becomes obsolete and unusable.

especially where technology is concerned. laws will never be able to keep up with the improvements and changes in weapons.

 

[rifon2]

Well, sure, there has to be a balance. As with most things.

But often, too often, legislators will leave a law vaguer than it should be because they don't want to do the work entailed to tighten up the language.
They'll leave it "good enough" and "let the judges decide the fine points".

And then the judiciary gets nailed for "legislating"!

It would be comical if it wasn't so serious.

 

[3rdMusketeer]

I think the worst part of all this is that the law and/or Customs interpretations use the idea of "what the person may do" in the future......

You can not have that gun because you "might" do harm to someone in the future.

You can not have this single edge knife with a swedge/false edge because you "might" sharpen the swedge/false edge in the future turning it into a double edge....

And so on......this is the real scary part.....how the hell do they know what I will/will not do in the future?

 

[fdd19]

Hey guys,

Im in Brisbane Australia and ive just had a buck rush impounded.
Just wondering if anyones had an assisted knife seized before and if youve managed to dispute it and get it back.

apparently.. this is the current legislation in Qld:

Flick knives or similiar device, made of any material, that have a blade folded or recessed into the handle which opens automatically by:

a) gravity or centrifugal force; or
b) pressure applied to a button, spring or device in or attatched to the handle of the device.

I rang customs and the girl said that as she understood it... that meant that there was some sort of device in the handle that helped open the blade and it didnt matter how much it helped.. whether it be 1% or 100% like a flick knife.
I said that to me.. it sounds like the release had to be attatched to the handle of the device ie. button..lever etc.
An assisted knife has to have manual pressure applied to the blade itself which doesnt fall in the same category but she disagreed.

any ideas?

thanks

simple, if you have the certificate or even a CPR card, claim youre a First Responder and that it is your rescue knife, i use a tactical Blur and i am a certified First Responder with Certificate and CPR card (i also have a cert to go take the test to become a licensed EMT, i aced the class and just got bored of it lol, so im covered fully)