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where did you come by this really i would like to know what sparked this fireRoshi wrote:Now that Texas has decided that assisted opening knives are switchblades, have you seen any changes in sales of these knives or how law enforcement treats them?
Would you support making switchblades legal in Texas? I would. They are tools just like guns and there are no bad knives as there are no bad guns.
i dont think it existsBart wrote:Still no documentation for his claim.flintknapper wrote:lunchbox wrote:back to the subject at hand did we ever get any documentation to support this claim
Nope!
flintknapper wrote:Is their police department willing to be sued for false arrest?iratollah wrote:Would you be willing to spend the night in jail to tell your story? That was the option that NYPD offered my son over a $35 knife.flintknapper wrote:I would gladly go to court over it.
You relinquished "principle" over an officers mistaken idea of what a "gravity knife" is... and gave up $35.00 to boot. He knew you would.
its not the $35 its the principleiratollah wrote:Would you be willing to spend the night in jail to tell your story? That was the option that NYPD offered my son over a $35 knife.flintknapper wrote:I would gladly go to court over it.
iratollah wrote:If a LEO were determined to cause difficulties for you, most every assisted open knife can also be classified as a gravity knife. Most of mine can be flicked open without using the thumb stud. I actually try to work them in enough that they can open that way. Go ahead and give it a try with yours and you'll see what I mean. Of course the longer blade assisted openers are easier to operate as a gravity knife.
My son had his small SOG confiscated at the Statue of Liberty, officer said it was a gravity knife, and after about 20 tries he did get it to open. Told my son if he didn't want to surrender the knife that he could tell his story to the judge in the morning. I hope that NYC officer is enjoying his new knife.
flintknapper wrote:lunchbox wrote:i bet what happened is someone was caught and arrested with an assisted open knife and word got around that it was illegal cuz some liberal cop felt that it should be and thats the way he enforces it and if you dont know any better one will just go to jail without a word if in fact this is what happened we need a slick lawyer to take this case and put these cops behind a desk
i thought LEO were educated on what the law is and expected to enforce it as such
but it would seem to me they do what they want
Gosh, how did you arrive at all this from the little bit posted, you're being kinda rough on the "cops" don't you think?
I'd be much surprised if this were the case.
