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The only exception are switchblades. It is illegal to carry or possess a switchblade if it meets one of the following criteria: the blade is longer than 8.5 cm; the width in the middle of the blade is less than 14% of its total length; the blade is double sided. [43] [44]
Authorities said the Consumer Protection Unit of the Merced County District Attorney’s Office initiated the investigation.
A folding switchblade. A switchblade (also known as switch knife, automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, flick knife, gravity knife, flick blade, or spring knife) is a pocketknife with a sliding or pivoting blade contained in the handle which is extended automatically by a spring when a button, lever, or switch on the handle or bolster is activated.
In California, balisong/switchblade knives are legal to own, buy, sell, and transport if the length of the blade is not more than 2 inches (51 mm). If the length of the blade is more than 2 inches (51 mm) they are illegal to buy, sell, transfer, or possess in public although it is legal to possess one if kept at home (Penal Code section 17235 ...
As is often noted, "everything is illegal in Massachusetts" and "a switch knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device" is only one of a long list of weapons proscribed under ...
The act was a direct response to the deaths of five schoolchildren in the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in Stockton that year. [4] [5] The co-author of the legislation, California State Senate President pro tem David Roberti, found himself the subject of a recall attempt by the gun lobby in 1994.
Residents of Massachusetts are now free to arm themselves with switchblades after a 67-year-old restriction was struck down following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 landmark decision on gun ...
Similar to conventional automatic knives, federal law makes ballistic knives with a spring-operated blade [9] illegal to possess, manufacture, sell, or import "in or affecting interstate commerce." [ 10 ] This means they are illegal to import from outside the United States, as well as buy or sell over state lines, including possessing or making ...