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The appearance of the knife (how aggressive it appears), the length (although there is no legal limit on length), the location where it was carried (large gatherings, schools, public buildings etc.) and the demeanor of the person carrying the knife all factor into the decision on whether the law has been broken.
Law enforcement and retired law enforcement are exempt from the assault weapons ban. Magazine capacity restriction? Yes: Yes § 265.02: Magazine size is limited to 10 rounds. Law enforcement and retired law enforcement with last service weapon only, are exempt from the 10 round limit.
AKTI, which favors abolishing knife restrictions across the country, maintains a guide to which states do and don't restrict automatic knives, as well as a broader directory of state knife laws ...
There were 262 murders involving a knife or sharp instrument in the year to March 2024, according to the Ben Kinsella Trust. Fifty-seven of those killed were under 25. Fifty-seven of those killed ...
Legal – Effective July 1, 2014 – State Code: 39-17-1302 Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine: Texas Legal – Effective 9/1/13 – HB 1862: Limited – Effective September 1, 2013 – Legal for adults and minors to carry a switchblade (or any knife) with a blade length of less than 5.5 in (14 cm) (measuring the non-handle portion) HB ...
Knife-enabled homicides stood at 225 in the 12 months to June 2024, down 5% from 237 in the previous year and lower than pre-pandemic figures (253 in 2019/20).
The act of 1837-8, ch. 137, sec. 2, which prohibits any person from wearing any bowie knife, or Arkansas tooth-pick, or other knife or weapon in form, shape or size resembling a bowie knife or Arkansas tooth-pick under his clothes, or concealed about his person, does not conflict with the 26th section of the first article of the bill of rights ...
Using a butterfly knife for a crime of any kind – as is any illegal weapon – is punishable by from 1 to 10 years imprisonment. In Hungary, balisongs, switchblades and gravity knives are treated like normal knives. They are legal to possess one regardless of its length, but it is illegal to carry one that is longer than 8 cm (3.1 in) in public.