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This includes hunting knives, pocket knives, multi-tools, survivor knives, butterfly knives etc. as knives are not considered weapons. 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 ...
Aug. 8—Hawaii's 30-year ban on butterfly knives was overturned Monday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals when the three-judge panel ruled that the right to carry the blade was protected by ...
In Florida, butterfly knives are legal, as Florida defines butterfly knives as a type of folding knife. However, butterfly knives are subject to the same concealed carry licensing requirements as all other folding knives with blades longer than four inches. In Hawaii, it was illegal to possess, manufacture, sell, transfer, or transport any ...
A federal court ruled Hawaii's 30-year ban on butterfly knives is unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court's new "history and tradition" standard.
In some jurisdictions it is illegal to conceal knives larger than a certain size or with blades over a certain length, particularly when combined with locking blade mechanisms. The possession or carrying of a folding pocketknife with a quick-opening mechanism such as a gravity knife, butterfly knife (balisong), or switchblade may be
The Bruen decision upended gun and weapons laws nationwide. In Hawaii, a federal court ruling applied Bruen to the state’s ban on butterfly knives and found it unconstitutional. That case is ...
Subsection (3) waives the "good reason" or "lawful authority" requirement when the item is a folding (non-locking) pocket knife if the cutting edge does not exceed 3 inches, as this knife is not illegal to carry in public. [21] The cutting edge is different from the blade length.
A 26 year-old-man and a 17-year-old-boy were both arrested at an address on Ennerdale Close.