Are Butterfly Knives Legal in New York

Ok, so I have a katana, or like 3 it doesn`t go into details about swords, which is what I`m looking for. My friends and I try to dress up for Halloween and some parties, they are all sharp and ready to go, we will wear them open and prominent, but I am afraid they will be confiscated. Can someone give me a reference page or confirm if it is legal to open Carry? In New York, virtually all lockable pocket knives are (wrongly) considered “gravity counters.” If a policeman can open it by repeatedly painting it with all his might, you will be arrested. This has been so prevalent in recent times that advocates have specialized in this area. I am a law-abiding citizen without prior arrest and was recently arrested and detained for 7 hours for carrying a pocket knife with a blade less than 3 inches (small Sebenza 21), which was of course confiscated. I must now return to New York in February to appear in court. I had no idea I was breaking the laws. If you`re going to New York, leave your knife at home or be careful. – I still can`t believe what it costs me.

(Look for the gravity gauge and NYC) so just to summarize again.. It is legal to own any knife locked in the garage in a secure metal box with a padlock for which you do not have a key. Or it`s legal to own a knife of any size that sticks to the handle of your kidneys when you bleed. Yes, throwing knives is illegal in New York. Knives such as throwing stars, double-edged swords, and throwing knives are mainly used as illegal weapons in New York State. I would like to try to contact my representative from the State of New York to try to get revisions to these current knife laws. All knife lovers and owners need to band together and write or make phone calls and have a personal appearance with/in place, representative.it is too easy to get arrested because they carry a tool for which many have been arrested and convicted, and we need a clear guideline on what we can and cannot do. Now, just a side note from the Connecticut Supreme Court. Has already decided that all knives are protected by the Second Amendment.

Why didn`t my condition eat right away? It is time for us to take a stand and express our concerns. Let`s change some laws to make your defense easier, not to convict them. I believe all solid blades are legal, but double-edged blades may not be. Unfortunately, on the street, the legality of stewards depends on the officer`s ability to hit the knife. I`m sure since you wrote this question in 2016, your case is over. I would like to know the outcome of your case. I`m a retired New York police officer and since the knife was less than 4 inches long, it had nothing to do with locking you up ULESS, it was a switch blade or a gravity knife. Size only matters if everything else is legal.

For future reference, NEVER HAVE A PART OF THE KNIFE SHOWN, INCLUDING THE CLIP! It is illegal for a person who is not a citizen to carry a knife. All of the above types of knives are illegal in New York city because they are lethal weapons and can cause serious harm to others. It is possible to carry these knives for specific purposes such as fishing or hunting, provided you have a license. I had a sword. no pipe sword. It is a walking stick sword. There is a black bag. I want to know if the police will lock me up in the prison I`m walking with, just to defend me. When I speak to the judge, I will tell him that there is no pipe sword solely for self-defense and in New York law. It`s a walking stick sword that I bought an Assasins Creed hidden blade stainless steel cosplay toy and it`s neither sharp nor sharp and it comes out like a ballistic knife, is it illegal or legal. It`s illegal to carry a sword or katana as the oart of your Holloween costume, according to New York state law: Not all new york (as well as other state) laws are cut and dried.

A karambit isn`t explicitly mentioned in New York State regulations, but more importantly, it`s about whether you`re willing (or appear to be) willing to do something sketchy or illegal, like attacking someone. Otherwise, there is still a chance that you will be asked why you have a karambit whose sole purpose is to cut off another body. If I were you, I would either wear the hidden Karambit or open a 3.5-inch folding knife with a 3.5-inch blade to be on the safe side. To make things even more confusing, the City of Buffalo has its own laws prohibiting you from carrying OPEN knives on city property. I would never show my knife to anyone, and then you will never be asked about it, and no one will ever complain! Cheers, Pete Questions 1. I live in New York and I want a knife just for self-defense because I live alone with my mother. Are you planning to get a knife, but is 3 in the blade legal? The total length is 9`5, including the screwdriver etc. (a bit everything in a Tatian utility) 2. He has something called “Blade Flipper” is it also legal?? I also live in NY W, my mother and ALSL who are interested in carrying a legal knife to protect themselves.

Have you received good answers to your question (knife)? What is really legal to wear in New York to defend yourself??? If you can`t prove self-defense, it seems just as easy to be convicted of a crime if you cut off your abuser. In New York, it is legal to carry a Kershaw Ken onion knife. I know this because I had to prove that it was not a switching blade in court. Is it legal to own a karambite? I bought it from Amazon and it measures about 4 inches (the blade) and has a curved blade. I went to court, and the judge told me that even though it was technically illegal, it seemed mysterious and pointless to have indicted me. But instead of throwing it away, he forced me to plead. Not guilty would have required a trial, and Guilty was fined $100. I pleaded guilty. Although restrictions have been eased, depending on the circumstances, you can still be arrested if you have a gravity knife.

The gravimeter could be illegal, depending on how it is used or owned. Karambits are legal in New York. They can be used for hunting or farming purposes and must not have a blade length of more than three inches. No, it`s not for 2 reasons. The first is that it is longer than 4 inches. You have to be careful, because unlike any other state. NY measures the curve of the blade, not its height. The second is that it is made for combat and even if you use it to say open boxes, you can still be stopped. NYC carries very small, hard-to-open knives that are obviously made as a tool rather than a weapon. Upstate I`ve heard of people wearing machetes without any problems. It is the police officer you are dealing with, not the law. Some of them will bend and distort the law to wear something that is half illegal.

Yes, it is perfectly legal to own a Marauder or a cold steel knife, provided that it is single-edged and not intended to be used as a weapon, but to be used. Although the marauder looks threatening and would advise wearing it, you could easily get away with calling it a displey knife and everything would be fine, I live near Binghamton and have read the laws. That would be nice, legally it`s allowed because in New York there are no length restrictions except NYC In NYS in general, it shouldn`t be illegal to open a 2-3 inch Swiss Army knife tool as long as the blade doesn`t “snap” into position. In New York, however, even if the blade doesn`t lock, any police officer can arrest you or issue a subpoena that you would then have to fight in court. So, in the end, don`t open a knife. However, if you are arrested and run away, you will be broken again. Every time you carry a knife in New York City, you risk being arrested and having a criminal record that will haunt you for the rest of your life, even if you are found “not guilty” after the trial. Even in states where the possession and carrying of knives is legal, there are still places where the possession of knives is strictly prohibited. All federal property falls into the category of these prohibited places. Citizens are not allowed to carry butterfly knives on federal property, hidden or otherwise, unless that person is a federal agent. I`m always confused.

I know you have to have some kind of legal protection in my neighbourhood, I`ve been in jail for a violent crime and I know that if I get caught with a knife, it`s illegal immigrants who go to the North. I would rather have it and not need it that I need it and that I don`t have it Is it legal to have an illegal knife in your house and not carry it? Personally, I use a 4-inch Spyderco folder and a fixed blade here on LI every day. I`ve never had a problem. But I really don`t know. I wear just what I want, within reason. I don`t walk around with a KA-BAR on my hips, but I pack steel, usually partially covered or completely covered. Sometimes I even carry the strange large 12-inch Cold Steel Voyager XL folding knife. Imo, the Ontario RAT is a perfect knife in New York. 3.5-inch blade (imo anything below 3.5 isn`t really a tactical blade unless it`s a karambit or a long grip.), a solid lock that will never be missed in the stupid Flick test (tested), and it`s around $25 on Amazon, so you don`t care if it`s confiscated. One of the most precious knives of all time.

The above concepts are relatively simple in New York criminal law. However, legal decisions, jurisprudence and laws continue to grow. For more information on firearms-related offenses such as fourth-degree criminal possession, see the New York Weapon Possession & Crime section of the Saland Law website or the New York Weapon Possession section of the New York Criminal Lawyer Blog.

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