Knife laws in LA

reconranger said:
Looks like county and city pretty much copied eachother anyway....

I avoid the big cities whenever possible anyway. Use to be that out in the Inland Empire we were in the country. Unfortunately, the city has moved out here now, and the formerly empty hills are getting full of housing developments.....
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yes, that is definitely the case.


even outside la, you should be aware of any local laws each city has. for example, within la county, there are roughly 20 various incorporated cities.
 
Emerson calls the Super Karambit blade 3.4", but even when I measure it with a flexible measuring tape along the curve of the blade, it comes in right at an LA legal 3" (even shorter if measured straight across)!

There is case law defining the blade length of a knife as being only the sharpened part....
 
I'm looking for it, and another that defines a "dirk or dagger". The were asides in something I read, so I'll stumble across it again if I read enough stuff....
 
reconranger said:
I'm looking for it, and another that defines a "dirk or dagger". The were asides in something I read, so I'll stumble across it again if I read enough stuff....
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thx, please let me know if you find it.

dirk/dagger is defined well enough for me in the pc. what i find interesting is that a dagger is NOT defined as a double edged blade.

i have crossed paths with other officers who thought it was, and even a couple who intended to arrest based on that.

i have always measured the cutting edge, but many measure tip to scale.
 
reconranger said:
There is case law defining the blade length of a knife as being only the sharpened part....
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There is case law defining the blade length of a knife as being only the sharpened part....[/QUOTE]

I remember reading that the Court (sorry, not sure which court, but it was some major appellate court or some state Supreme Court) rejected that argument.

I thought that it was something about someone bringing a Leatherman on to some school property and that Court held that both the sharpened and unsharpened portions were to be included in determining the length of the blade.

To hold as you stated, (“defining the blade length of a knife as being only the sharpened part”) really makes no sense. I could see a situation where someone could have an 8 inch blade and only the last 2 inches sharpened. How could it not be the legislative intent to have that situation prohibited by a law prohibiting 3 or 3 ½ inch blades?
 
Sorry to burden, but by chance can anyone dig up Orange County's law. It would be greatly appreciated.
 
Okay thats good. Pretty much I'm fine wherever I go with a knife under 3". How about a nice Calypso Jr.? Any opinions.
 
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