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sammy the blade
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Re: Legalization

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Luke_of_Mass wrote: Sun May 05, 2019 7:07 pm Luckily, it appears that in most cases the letter of a lot of state laws specifies a ban on carrying switchblades. This is where the loopholes start because the legal definition of carriage is sometimes less definitive than what constitutes a switchblade vs gravity knife vs spring assisted and so-on. Here in MA the actual ban is for carrying, not owning. What constitutes carry is basically the framework they use to define the carriage of a firearm. Locked in the trunk of your car (so long as the trunk is not part of the passenger cabin), locked in a box or glove compartment is apparently not carrying.

I imagine that switchblade laws will never actually get changed in most states, but rather fade away as blue laws as they're virtually impossible to enforce unless some type of violent crime is taking place. It's not like you need background checks to buy them nor do you need to register them the way you would with fire arms. On top of this they're fairly easy to build compared to fire arms. In fact I think this has been in motion for many years now. Latama is importing them to New York of all places and has been for nearly 2 decades. Obvious federal and state law violation in the very state that's infamous for starting the prohibition trend. Walt has said he's never had any real issues with seizure. Drawing attention to the legalization of something with such a negative connotation might even do more harm than good in some cases as my understanding is that most law enforcement agencies are not interested in knives at all.
Laws have been changed in a lot of states. Legal in Indiana now but you still don't see many for sale in stores.
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Re: Legalization

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sammy the blade wrote: Sun May 05, 2019 10:10 pm ...but you still don't see many for sale in stores.
because it's still a federal offence to import them perhaps, also normal individuals won't pay $60+ for a knife :P
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Re: Legalization

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I've seen some Benchmade in a chain store but they don't sell very well. I agree it's the price, most people don't want to pay much for knives.
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Re: Legalization

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SMKW is now selling Italian switchblades, and has sold the lightnings too....Interesting as the import laws at least are broken.....
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Re: Legalization

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Laws, we don't need no stinkin laws!
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