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The Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA) is a California law that bans the ownership and transfer of over 50 specific brands and models of firearms, which were classified as assault weapons. Most were rifles, but some were pistols and shotguns. The law was amended in 1999 to classify assault weapons by features of the firearm.
Article 3, §1 of the 2006 Weapons Act [7] lists the switchblade or automatic knife (couteaux à cran d'arrêt et à lame jaillissante), as well as butterfly knives, throwing knives, throwing stars, and knives or blades that have the appearance of other objects (i.e. sword canes, belt buckle knives, etc.) as prohibited weapons. [8]
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.
New York law bans the manufacture, transport, disposal or possession of an assault weapon in the state. It defines an "assault weapon" as: A semi-automatic rifle or pistol able to accept a detachable magazine and that has at least one from a list of characteristics; A semi-automatic shotgun that has at least one from a list of characteristics; or
Here’s a roundup of seven new laws in California and how they work: A lease agreement form. AB 12 limits security deposits for renters. Under Assembly Bill 12, renters can no longer be asked for ...
The federal law also makes it a separate crime to use or possess a ballistic knife during the commission of a federal crime of violence, with a minimum sentence of five years in a federal prison. Federal law does not prohibit the possession, manufacture, or sale of a ballistic knife within a state's boundaries, and the individual laws of each ...
California now has an official state bat (the pallid bat) thanks to one new law, and an official state mushroom (the golden chanterelle) thanks to another. But other laws could have a larger impact.
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 ...