legality of carrying automatic knife

[brennan]

Military on duty and police and fire are exempt, that explains the "regular people" portion of the post.

How do you figure that?

 

[twoguns?]

Military on duty and police and fire are exempt, that explains the "regular people" portion of the post.

I dont see that in Any regs ....gotta link...

 

[twoguns?]

What about bow staffs? Is a bow staff legal to carry?

If theyre Not on the list ...they legal

The condition is a Defensive weapon vs an Offensive weapon....I carry mine as a Defensive tool......

 

[71buickfreak]

Section 1272.

UNLAWFUL CARRY

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry upon or about that person, or in a purse or other container belonging to the
person, any pistol, revolver, shotgun or rifle whether loaded or unloaded or any dagger, bowie knife, dirk knife, switchblade knife, spring-type knife, sword cane, knife having a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring, or other device in the handle of the knife, blackjack, loaded cane, billy, hand chain, metal knuckles, or any other offensive weapon, whether such weapon be concealed or unconcealed, except this section shall not prohibit:

1. The proper use of guns and knives for hunting, fishing, educational or recreational purposes;

2. The carrying or use of weapons in a manner otherwise permitted by statute or authorized by the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, Section 1290.1 et seq. of this title; or

3. The carrying, possession and use of any weapon by a peace officer in the performance of official duties and in compliance with the rules of the employing agency. Any person convicted of violating the foregoing provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 1276 of this title.

Pay attention to section 3.

 

[Gabriel42]

I dont see that in Any regs ....gotta link...

15 USC § 1244 - Exceptions

Sections 1242 and 1243 of this title shall not apply to—

(1) any common carrier or contract carrier, with respect to any switchblade knife shipped, transported, or delivered for shipment in interstate commerce in the
ordinary course of business;

(2) the manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution, possession, or introduction into interstate commerce, of switchblade knives pursuant to contract with the Armed Forces;

(3) the Armed Forces or any member or employee thereof acting in the performance of his duty;

(4) the possession, and transportation upon his person, of any switchblade knife with a blade three inches or less in length by any individual who has only one arm; or

(5) a knife that contains a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure of the blade and that requires exertion applied to the blade by hand, wrist, or arm to overcome the bias toward closure to assist in opening the knife.

Here ya go.

 

[Permanent37]

Here ya go.

Sentence 3, what would define performance of his duty?

 

[SMS]

Standing a post, or being "on duty". Not an airman driving home at the end of the duty day for example.

It's a dumb law and, like it's been mentioned, I doubt anyone who wasn't already breaking a host of other laws has ever been hooked up for it.

Heck, being military doesn't always exempt you from state/federal laws. I had to trash a nice SOG auto opener coming home from Afghanistan back in '07. Had an M9, M4 and a bayonet but the Guard guys running customs clearance at Bagram wouldn't let the pocket knife through. I broke it and put it in the garbage instead of their f#ing "amnesty box".

 

[SoonerP226]

On the other hand, my birth state of Kentucky issues a "concealed weapons license" that allows you to carry anything up to a civil war sword and M2 machine gun if you can manage to conceal it under your trench coat.

So, Connor MacLeod would be right at home there, eh?

I haven't checked on it lately, but before the SDA, it was a felony to carry one of the mentioned types of knives, but only a misdemeanor to (illegally) carry a concealed pistole. How screwy is that?