Kansas knife laws

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Charlie_K

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As of midnight last night the state of Kansas has officially done away with its archaic knife restriction laws, the only laws relating to melee weapons now being dedicated to truncheons, bludgeons, knuckles and hira-style shuriken. This is definitely a wonderful development and I'm looking forward to proudly wearing my BK9 in public to celebrate.

Maybe it's just my optimism but doesn't the definition of "knife" in HB 2033 suggest that the definition could include swords, axes, tomahawks and other goodies of such? http://kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2033_enrolled.pdf
 
Charlie_K said:
Edit: Downtown though I saw somebody actually carrying around a sword with them.
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Maybe he was patroling.

The one caveat I see is that they left in "or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument of like character" and right after the where they deleted "dangerous knife, straight-edged razor, stiletto"... so maybe that's an area for interpretation. Not sure.
 
Langadune said:
Maybe he was patroling.

The one caveat I see is that they left in "or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument of like character" and right after the where they deleted "dangerous knife, straight-edged razor, stiletto"... so maybe that's an area for interpretation. Not sure.
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It could be. But my reading of the law went along the lines of detailing specific examples of bludgeoning devices and then the "instrument of like character" which to me sounds like be on the lookout for people trying to carry crowbars, hammers, hunks of pipe, chains, pickaxe handles and other similar things.
 
Charlie_K said:
As of midnight last night the state of Kansas has officially done away with its archaic knife restriction laws, the only laws relating to melee weapons now being dedicated to truncheons, bludgeons, knuckles and hira-style shuriken. This is definitely a wonderful development and I'm looking forward to proudly wearing my BK9 in public to celebrate.

Maybe it's just my optimism but doesn't the definition of "knife" in HB 2033 suggest that the definition could include swords, axes, tomahawks and other goodies of such? http://kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/measures/documents/hb2033_enrolled.pdf
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Yes, you are correct based on the definition of knife in that document. Also note the removal of the related 4" length limit.

As with any law, you're still subject to creative interpretations of the law by judges and DAs, and ignorance of, or refusal to abide by, the law by LEO. It'll be interesting to see how KS LEO reacts when he pulls me over and gets to hold my Ultratech.
 
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