Knife rights
In Maine, automatic unfolding knives made legal for people with the use of one arm. You probably know them by their scary name switchblades.
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April 8th, 2011 at 9:26 am
So what. Nc has had that for years. Why exactly does a one armed man need a switchblade more than anyone else? Not like gravity knives do not exist.
April 8th, 2011 at 9:43 am
I can’t too bent out of shape when it comes to a law like this, but don’t the lawmakers see how stupid it is at its core?
I mean you can OC in Maine without a permit, you can CCW with a permit. You can carry folding knives and fixed blades to your heart’s content…but a blade that opens at the push of a button, that’s dangerous as hell…or something.
I really hate the “That’s how its always been” mentality.
April 8th, 2011 at 10:49 am
“I hate a Roman named Status Quo”…
April 8th, 2011 at 10:57 am
“The bill to allow amputees and other one-armed people”
Umm…
April 8th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
John: Most “automatic knife” statutes seem to include gravity knives as well – certainly the Federal ones did last I checked.
Breda: The congentially one-armed are not amputees!
April 8th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
It’s gonna be blood running in the streets, I tells ya. Dodge City, High Noon knife fights over minor traffic incidents…
April 8th, 2011 at 6:25 pm
According to Wikipedia, 15 U.S.C. § 1244 says that handicapped people with the use of only one arm are authorized to possess and transport a switchblade with a blade of 3″ or less.
Wouldn’t that override any state laws banning switchblades? As far as the one-armed go, I mean.
Also, there should be more Fugitive jokes here. Richard Kimble is very disappointed in all of you.
April 11th, 2011 at 11:57 am
No, the federal law only creates an exemption for one-armed people to possess a switchblade that has traveled across state lines. Aside from LEOs or military “line of duty” possession, there pretty much isn;t ANY exemption for an automatic knife that has crossed a state line.
Under federal law, switchblades are closer to prohibited than machineguns.
Thank <iWest Side Story.