Official switches opinion on knife

What a crock of SHI+! I think there's a lawsuit to be filed somewhere in all that indecision.

The Sangamon County state's attorney's office says it will prosecute anyone possessing either Kershaw knife.

Maybe Sangamon County authorities haven't done the research Umholtz has.

That state attorney's office needs to get it's head out of it's A$$!

Dayuhan
 
I think Kershaw needs to step in. However, can't a county, or a local town government make just about anything illegal that they want to?
 
This is what my state has to say about this situation:

Every person who:

1) Manufactures, sells, or disposes of or possesses any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot, sand club, or metal knuckles, or spring blade knife, or any knife the blade of which is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device, or any knife having a blade which opens, or falls, or is ejected into position by the force of gravity, or by an outward, downward, or centrifugal thrust or movement...

is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
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Interpreted literally, I guess I'm in deep doo-doo...
 
I think Kershaw needs to step in. However, can't a county, or a local town government make just about anything illegal that they want to?
 
Originally posted by WadeF
I think Kershaw needs to step in. However, can't a county, or a local town government make just about anything illegal that they want to?
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that depends on what power state law grants to a municipality; and of course, a municipality cannot violate federal law or the US Const.
 
Originally posted by WadeF
I think Kershaw needs to step in. However, can't a county, or a local town government make just about anything illegal that they want to?
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As long as they don't violate the constitution municipalities can be more strict on law. To make a long story short, city ordinances are more of a civil action. So it also takes less to convict. If I charge someone on a city charge I only have to prove they is a 51% probability they are guilty instead of 100%. Wew have many city ordinances that are not illegal at the state level. In my opinion a city could make it illegal to own an assisted opening knife. That sux, but cities routinely have ridiculous ordinances about blade length, etc.
 
this just reinforces my initial impression that that stuart umholtz guy is a moron
 
I've got a question and I'm not sure whether it applies to the discussion at hand or not. What caused Federal laws concerning switchblades to be enacted in the first place? According to Levine's site on the subject, the pivotal year was 1958. Over four decades ago. I was born in 1963 so this was a different generation than mine and the generation of my parents. I don't think that anyone will argue against the fact that times have changed--some things for the better and others, probably for the worse.

For those whom grew up during this era and are familiar with the subject, why all the hooplah about switchblades? What caused the Federal Government to step in and make legislature concerning a particular type of knife in the first place? Was this a political issue, a crime issue or a combination of both? Something happened.

Knowing where we came from might help us look at what we're trying to accomplish now and where we're going in the future.
 
I heard it was "west Side Story" and an article about thugs in "redbook" or some such.
 
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