Is Kershaw's Speed Safe legal in Texas?

[TOM1960]

The reason for the LEO telling you to lose the scallion (as little as it is) is that people and even off duty LEO's aren't supposed to have any sort of item that could be a weapon on a licensed premise. A bar or club has a liquor permit and a beer license and thus any licensed facility (for alcoholic beverages at least) can't have weapons carried in. Now the owner or manager is allowed to carry in order to protect what is his, but any patrons or persons entering are not allowed (or supposed) to carry.

In Texas, we can have "more protection" than what the US government gives us, thus we have our own state laws and city ordinance laws. So as an example:

Let's say US says 6" is the legal blade length (made up number)
Then we as Texas can say "no, 5.5" blade length" (it's less than the US, but not above it)
Again, it can be lowered by the city to anything below 5.5, but not above it....savvy?

So traveling between cities you can walk around at rest stops and anything along the way with a 5.5" blade, but once you enter a city, it's their ball game. Once I become a Peace Officer (this May :thumbup I won't be a hardass about knives unless the person is obviously up to something

Now ask me 5 years from now how I feel about knives and we'll see how I am after possibly being stabbed or shot on a routine basis :foot:

Come to think of it, I did see those signs quite often on the front doors of Texas restaurants. I assumed that they meant firearms, so I left my 4" Cold Steel "Voyager" lockblade folder in my pocket while dining in these places. Had no idea that I was in violation of Texas laws.

 

[joe-bob]

Come to think of it, I did see those signs quite often on the front doors of Texas restaurants. I assumed that they meant firearms.

They do. Texas law has a whole list of illegal knives that are considered weapons, the rest are not.

 

[batosai117]

I know you were joking but I have to chime in....

just because you get shot does not equal all guns are bad....

just because you get stabbed on a daily basis by the criminal element does not equal all knives are bad....

go after the person commiting the crime not the object that was used in the crime...this generally works better....

I have 13 years of LEO experience..

sorry not trying to call you out...I just am strongly opinionated about some jokes especially firearm and knife ones...

Thank you for your service :thumbup: and I didn't mean anything negative by my last sentence. Purely a "bladeforums" type of joke. I know it's not "bad gun; bad knife; or even bad car." Just the person behind the tool and how they use it.

 

[The Government]

RE: disable speedsafe

-In california assisted openers are legal, but when you disable the speedsafe mechanism the knife no longer has a "bias against opening" and can swing open freely. That makes it illegal.

You might want to check your local laws to see if your knife needs a "bias against opening" before you disable the speedsafe.

 

[joe-bob]

There was a recent bill signed by the governor last summer that was a clarification of existing Texas law. The AKTI website has the info on it. Long story short, assisted opening knives are still legal in Texas (they were never not legal.)