Questions about balisong laws in Canada

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EnigmataErratta

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Okay, I have a whole heap of questions here.

Firstly, I would like to know the specific status about possessing a butterfly knife in canada. May I own one, as long as I keep in in my house and do not carry it with me? Is it legal to bring them into the country, via mail or in the luggage of a person travelling by air? What about if it isnt assembled? Are there specific laws about the kind of blade that the knife has? How about the length?

Secondly, I am travelling to asia in a couple of months, and I was wondering if bringing back some balisongs (assembled or dissasembled), swords (replica/real), or nunchakus stored in my luggage would get me in hot water?

Thanks in advance.
 
Okay, Balisongs and nunchaku's are totally illegal, period. Even in martial arts training you are required to use imitation weapons.

Airports do not necessarily follow the laws as to what is or is not legal, they use their own discretion as to what they will allow, and there's not a snowball's chance in hell that they would allow either a balisong or nunchaku's. You may be able to bring a sword in a specially locked approved weapons container, that meets federal regulations, and even then they are bound to be real pricks about it. If you want to try that, call the airlines and ask about their regulations first.

There are no laws about blade length in Canada, except municipal by-laws that are not part of the criminal code.

Technically unassembled pieces of balisongs or nunchaku's are not considered restricted weapons and they do occasionally get through customs. You might be able to have them mailed in an anonymous package to your place of residence from Asia, if it is nondescript and you send it by surface mail, or even better divide them up into several packages. However they are still considered weapons and customs may seize them.

As long as the parts stay unassembled and in your home there is not much risk of them being considered a prohibited weapon, but I would make it a point to "lose" at least one vital part.


[This message has been edited by Eric M (edited 04-13-2001).]
 
There is another thread on the same topic. There are some relevent posts there that should be read.
Some folks have begun a practice of posting multiple threads in different forums on the same question or topic. That is a very bad idea. It confuses, duplicates and dissipates.
The previous post, for example, is good but doesn't add to the conversation over there and the posts over there don't add to the conversation over here because they are in different places.
I understand that some posts might be relevant to more than one forum and for completeness there is a temptation to duplicate, but at the bare minimum there should be a crossreference right off the bat and so that the crossreference doen't get forgotten as the thread gets longer, I would suggest that the discussion be confined to only one thread and the other have only one post in it: a post that crossreferences to the other thread and provides a hyperlink.


Anyway, I suggest that this thread be linked to that one, or visa versa, and the posts continue on only one.
And please stop doing multiple threads on one topic.



[This message has been edited by HJK (edited 04-13-2001).]
 
Ya, I understand. It's a problem and not your fault at all. The problem probably should be discussed in the general forum so the members can come up with a policy or something.
Anyway, great topic!
 
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