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I just exchanged e-mails with a Los Angeles deputy public defender who is representing a guy who got pulled over in a traffic stop, and the cop asked if he had any knives on him, and he was nice enough to say that he had a pocket knife - a Camillus Lev-R-Lock.
Busted!
The city attorney thinks it's a switchblade under Section 653K of the CA Penal Code, though it is openly sold by retailers in California, as well as the rest of the country, as a non-switchblade.
The California statute now specifically exempts one-hand knives that open with one hand by pushing with the thumb against the blade or a stud attached to the blade. Whether a stud attached to the tang counts will be determined if somebody ever gets busted over a CUDA.
The definition of "switchblade" in California is not the same as it is for federal purposes. Here is the definition in Section 653k of the Penal Code:
The "other" and "any" in that sentence could be stretched to outlaw any pocket knife that can be opened.
Biologically improbable expletive deleted!
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
Busted!
The city attorney thinks it's a switchblade under Section 653K of the CA Penal Code, though it is openly sold by retailers in California, as well as the rest of the country, as a non-switchblade.
The California statute now specifically exempts one-hand knives that open with one hand by pushing with the thumb against the blade or a stud attached to the blade. Whether a stud attached to the tang counts will be determined if somebody ever gets busted over a CUDA.
The definition of "switchblade" in California is not the same as it is for federal purposes. Here is the definition in Section 653k of the Penal Code:
The "other" and "any" in that sentence could be stretched to outlaw any pocket knife that can be opened.
Biologically improbable expletive deleted!
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
