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Derf00 wrote:If this is the case, why is it legal to sell butterfly knives in Mall shops?

Because it's a stupid law that no one cares to enforce. It's an add-on charge, or one of those "I can't make a case on anything else, so I'll arrest them for this and see what else we can come up with" laws.

UCW used to be in that same category, then about 20-25 years ago, police started enforcing it equally, instead of against "those people" for whom it was intended.

That's not a bad thing, because it forced a turn of events where we now have a legal way to carry. Even "those people" can now safely carry without worry of being arrested. The best way to get rid of bad laws is to enforce them universally, with no exceptions.

(All gun control laws have racist roots. Yet another reason to overturn them.)

Kevin

No one can define what a Bowie knife is, because it's such a wide variety of knives. Is it a Sheffield? A Searles? Many Bowies have nothing in common, other than a blade that's usually over six inches in length.

Again, the answer is to get rid of the knife laws, intead of trying to further define the terms.

Kevin

JohnKSa wrote:Personally, I GUESS I can see the purpose of the length limitation if it's carefully defined. All the others are pretty stupid.

So's the length limit. Even a Claymore only adds about 4 feet over a pocket knife. Make it an Asian-style "sword spear", and we're up to 6 feet.

Tueller taught us that the minimum safe distance against an edged weapon is 21 feet, and that's for an officer carrying open in a duty rig.

I absolutely agree with the need for clarity, but when the legislature seeks to "clarify" by adding definitions, they seldom fix things. A better solution is to clarify by striking sections.

Kevin

flintknapper wrote:Actually, it is "cane" that is my passion, they make a devastating weapon. As far as I know, they are still legal just about everywhere. Good item to have aboard a commercial airplane.

Anyway, I'll stop here...before I start spewing cane techniques.

I had a book on Hapkido which illustrated some devastating cane techniques, including throws and wrist-breaking maneuvers. Not to mention throat and groin rips...

Kevin

My vote for changing the knife laws: eliminate them completely.