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Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 8:19 am
by RockChalkFlipper
Kansas, illegal as hell. They fall under the gravity knife category. I find this odd as Kansas has a conceal carry law that allows anyone with $250, a 4 hour class, and a gun do as they please. :roll:

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 10:20 am
by Palethius
RockChalkFlipper wrote:Kansas, illegal as hell. They fall under the gravity knife category. I find this odd as Kansas has a conceal carry law that allows anyone with $250, a 4 hour class, and a gun do as they please. :roll:


Hey, I'm from Lawrence. High schools.. college...16 years.... That's where I started flipping. I miss the place.

In KS, it is legal to own/buy/sell... just not to carry.

It seems as though knife and gun laws don't seem to jive together very often. Lets make the more dangerous, made to kill items legal to carry.... but god forbid we let a scary knife sit in someone's pocket. Yeah, TX is the same way. It's totally ridiculous.

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:25 am
by RockChalkFlipper
Rock Chalk Jayhawk man!

Palethius wrote:
In KS, it is legal to own/buy/sell... just not to carry.


Crap...

I have no idea anymore, I went so far as to call the local PD in both Lawrence and Wichita (where I'm originally from) and they both said they were illegal. The law seems...vague, at best.

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 12:42 pm
by Palethius
RockChalkFlipper wrote:Rock Chalk Jayhawk man!

Palethius wrote:
In KS, it is legal to own/buy/sell... just not to carry.


Crap...

I have no idea anymore, I went so far as to call the local PD in both Lawrence and Wichita (where I'm originally from) and they both said they were illegal. The law seems...vague, at best.


I was wrong, I looked it up... and you're right, it's totally illegal. No buying, selling, making, carrying, flipping, thinking about, etc. BUT, the law also pretty much prohibits all knives made today... because you can open them with one hand.

Kansas knife law states the following:
(a) Selling, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing or carrying any bludgeon, sandclub, metal knuckles or throwing star, or any knife, commonly referred to as a switch-blade, which, having the appearance of a pocket knife, also has a blade that opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle of the knife, or by other mechanical contrivance, or any knife having a blade that opens or falls or is ejected into position by the force of gravity or by an outward, downward or centrifugal thrust or movement;


I mean, hell, the bold parts eliminate almost all folding knives produced today. A thubstud is a mechanism where you apply outward thrust to open = illegal. stupid. They don't believe in evolution either.

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2011 9:32 pm
by savage12k
Wisconsin;
other than switchblades, WI has NO specific knife laws. some of the cities do though, so watch out for that. and WI state troopers are notorious for making up a length law off the top of their head. don't let them fool you. Do find out what the local laws are though, it just saves the headache.

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:44 pm
by boomtnt
California: Illegal to carry, but im not sure about owning, but most weapons are illegal in CA anyway :TD:

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:06 pm
by uwanaugoda
Arizona:

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:07 am
by sirhorsechoker
MISSISSIPPI: about the same as Texas. I edc a 51. Cops have taken knives from me but that's just precaution. They give them back.

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:57 am
by reaper9243
montana: legal to carry and own (montana is extremely laid back about knives and guns)

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:57 am
by c-mon96
anyone know about maryland?

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:05 pm
by fixCZer
Czech Republic - open carry, completely legal balison :lol:
balsiong is no problem

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 2:08 am
by RokBoks
Cali here too, legal to own and carry as long as blade is under 2 inches (that basically means the whole blade stock) falls under gravity knife/switchblade territory i think which is a damn shame cause my b200 is well over that... oh cant buy or sell here i think dont know about making them :)

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:59 am
by DrIGGI
Austria: Own/Carry etc. legal from 18 years and up

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:58 pm
by Riptide
Silent Jay wrote:New Jersey
Illegal to carry and own.


New jersey sucks, just about anything that is sharp, or even considered a weapon, can be illegal, or at the very least taken away. Had a 2.5 in S&W folder open carry around town (i worked in a packagin factory, so i was cutting boxes open all day), confiscated by local PD because they considered it to be dangerous. as for balis, ILLEGAL AS FUCK

Re: Knife laws around the world

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:03 am
by Malcolm Reynolds
Indiana is legal to own and carry if the blade is under 4 inches