Neck knives aren't technically illegal in California are they ?

[Grumpy Old Man]

If you don't like California knife laws, go somewhere else, but don't say you're coming from California.

 

[DocJekl]

No. What I meant is that it is either thumb OR part of the blade. So you don't need to use the thumb on a flipper.

The law specifies that, "...'switchblade knife' does not include a knife that opens with one hand utilizing thumb pressure applied solely to the blade of the knife or a thumb stud attached to the blade..."

It doesn't say any other finger is okay. And it doesn't say whether a flipper operated by any finger IS NOT a switchblade. What we know is that only thumb operated one handed opening is definitely legal, and the rest of the fingers are "assumed" to be okay since it doesn't specifically say it is not okay to use other fingers.

 

[Hickory n steel]

If you don't like California knife laws, go somewhere else, but don't say you're coming from California.

It's not that simple for a lot of people.

Btw I actually don't really mind our knife laws at all.
The only one that has ano effect on me as a strictly traditional knife user is the concealed fixed blade issue because I have a few I wouldn't mind being able to carry in my pocket.

 

[RobMofSD]

The law specifies that, "...'switchblade knife' does not include a knife that opens with one hand utilizing thumb pressure applied solely to the blade of the knife or a thumb stud attached to the blade..."

It doesn't say any other finger is okay. And it doesn't say whether a flipper operated by any finger IS NOT a switchblade. What we know is that only thumb operated one handed opening is definitely legal, and the rest of the fingers are "assumed" to be okay since it doesn't specifically say it is not okay to use other fingers.

My mistake.