Oregon statute

166.240 Carrying of concealed weapons. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who carries concealed upon the person any knife having a blade that projects or swings into position by force of a spring or by centrifugal force, any dirk, dagger, ice pick, slungshot, metal knuckles, or any similar instrument by the use of which injury could be inflicted upon the person or property of any other person, commits a Class B misdemeanor.

"subsection (2)" has is empty. Obviously open to interpretation... how much centrifugal force???


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Originally posted by MR2Spyder:
166.240 Carrying of concealed weapons. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who carries concealed upon the person any knife having a blade that projects or swings into position by force of a spring or by centrifugal force, any dirk, dagger, ice pick, slungshot, metal knuckles, or any similar instrument by the use of which injury could be inflicted upon the person or property of any other person, commits a Class B misdemeanor.

"subsection (2)" has is empty. Obviously open to interpretation... how much centrifugal force???
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In Kalifornia, centrifugal force is the "catch all" for including butterfly knives as prohibited. We also have a specific exception in the law for "thumb studs" - thank you Mr. Buck! - If your folder has sufficient detent set, i.e., the blade doesn't fall open or open with slight movement, you should be ok, but that's IMO!

Hank
 
It's vague and open to interpretation by the officer and the DA's office.

First, your high quality "flickable" folder would have to truly be concealed...pocket clipped knives are not considered concealed unless completely covered by the outer clothing.

Next, you'd have to run into an officer who, for whatever reason, really wanted to find or add a charge (or another charge) on you.

Then, the officer would have to be knife savvy enough to know that most high quality lined folders can be flicked open and be able to argue and demonstrate in court that it's a common method for opening these knives.

Unless you were really up to no good, I'd be busy admiring your blade rather than trying to push a charge based on a vague statutory description.

Hope that helps.
 
Thanks Ric24581, I figured the law would usually be used if someones actions demanded attention.
 
There was a court case that might answer you question. State of Oregon vs. Delgado.
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Shootist:

There is no blade length limit in Oregon.




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