NY laws

The Manager is a small slipjoint folder, and therefore is legal to carry both because the blade is under 4 inches and it does not lock open. To explain the locking open part, NY police and the courts have made a patently absurd misuse of the "gravity knife" statute in NY, such that any knife they can grasp by the blade and fling open with one hand, and locks open, falls within that definition.

One thing you must remember is the knife must remain completely concealed at all times while in public in NYC. They have the reverse of most areas in that open carry of any knife at all is illegal, while concealed carry is allowed. Even something as tiny as your knife dangling from a keychain has resulted in arrest and fining of numerous people. Keep it in a pocket or bag.

Whether the knife is allowed into malls or museums is up to that respective mall or museum. Some have metal detectors and have policies against knives. Most don't. But it's that building's policy, not the law.

Regarding shipping knives to NY, there is no such law preventing this anywhere. Many knife sellers simply refuse to ship there, either out of ignorance and fear of NY's insane handling of knife laws, or out of protest of them. This is matter of the individual seller though and not a legal matter, so you will have to check with each seller you want to ship, and in some cases, with the individual products.
 
I noramlly agree 100% with Glistam, but on the sale of knives, there is a law banning the sale or transfer in any way ( including loaning or giving as a gift) certain knives that are banned. Since the NYC Da has determined MOST locking knives are gravity knives, then the sale of them via any means including shipping into state, is illegal. There were a few times in NY history that this law has been enforced against out of state knife dealers. The most famous was a few years back against BudK and he paid a heavy fine and agreed to certain conditions of sale going forward. DA Vance did give a few dealers from out of state an issue also with his recent action against knives. There are certain knives that lock, but by design will not flick open and therefore are legal.
 
I didn't realize Vance actually managed to charge out of state sellers. How exceedingly bizarre. That is basically a city DA attempting regulate interstate commerce, something that is generally only the jurisdiction of the federal government.

On a more practical note, was a buyer ever charged when purchasing knives from out of state?
 
Ok, thank you very much for the replies!!!
I am looking at a small sub 6inch total neck knife to buy so i dont think that would be a problem then. If you guys ever come to sunny SA then feel free to contact me about our laws or nice destinations
 
Regarding shipping to NY, Knifecenter just sent me an email stating that they could not ship my Superleaf to my NYC address. Not sure of you're going into NYC but I believe the carry/shipping laws are different within city limits.
 
I live in NY (not the city) and am always amazed at the rules/laws we have here. (and the taxes too)
 
carrying the manager in nyc is legal ,just keep it in your pocket , and shipping knives to nyc is also legal ,
 
It really depends on area. NYC is terrible, and pretty much nobody will ship there. I live in upstate NY, not far from Spencerport, and people here are rather tolerant of knives. Hell, local knife shop sells Spydercos and Benchmades. Basically, the more rural you are, the safer you seem to be. I still have plans to get out of here one day, go somewhere my collection will by safe for sure...
 
Raylas said:
I still have plans to get out of here one day
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Ditto. Friend of mine had his property taxes raised, and paid more in taxes than the mortgage payment! sold his house, moved to NC. Pays about 20% of the taxes he used too :O 12 more years to retire, 12 more years, 12 more years...... LOL
 
kenstogie said:
Ditto. Friend of mine had his property taxes raised, and paid more in taxes than the mortgage payment! sold his house, moved to NC. Pays about 20% of the taxes he used too :O 12 more years to retire, 12 more years, 12 more years...... LOL
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We have much the same situation in MA. High taxes to fuel a bloated bureaucracy, where the politcally-connected get their in-laws jobs with huge salaries and very generous benefit packages that can only be dreamed of in the dreaded private sector, where most of us average "Joe Sixpack" types have to work. That said, my girlfriend and I purchased our retirement property in south Alabama. Nice weather, low taxes, friendly people. Firearm and knife-friendly political environment; complete opposite of MA.
 
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