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The provisions of this subsection shall not affect the licensing requirements of section one hundred and twenty-nine C of chapter one hundred and forty which require every person not otherwise duly licensed or exempted to have been issued a firearms identification card in order to possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun in his residence or place of business.
(b) Whoever, except as provided by law, carries on his person, or carries on his person or under his control in a vehicle, any stiletto, dagger or a device or case which enables a knife with a locking blade to be drawn at a locked position, any ballistic knife, or any knife with a detachable blade capable of being propelled by any mechanism, dirk knife, any knife having a double-edged blade, or a switch knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which the blade is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half inches, or a slung shot, blowgun, blackjack, metallic knuckles or knuckles of any substance which could be put to the same use with the same or similar effect as metallic knuckles, nunchaku, zoobow, also known as klackers or kung fu sticks, or any similar weapon consisting of two sticks of wood, plastic or metal connected at one end by a length of rope, chain, wire or leather, a shuriken or any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown, or any armband, made with leather which has metallic spikes, points or studs or any similar device made from any other substance or a cestus or similar material weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand, or a manrikigusari or similar length of chain having weighted ends; or whoever, when arrested upon a warrant for an alleged crime, or when arrested while committing a breach or disturbance of the public peace, is armed with or has on his person, or has on his person or under his control in a vehicle, a billy or other dangerous weapon other than those herein mentioned and those mentioned in paragraph (a), shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years in the state prison, or for not less than six months nor more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction, except that, if the court finds that the defendant has not been previously convicted of a felony, he may be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction.
... whoever, when arrested upon a warrant for an alleged crime, or when arrested while committing a breach or disturbance of the public peace, is armed with or has on his person, or has on his person or under his control in a vehicle, a billy or other dangerous weapon other than those herein mentioned ...
While I'd avoid it for the simple reason that most police have the same misunderstanding of this particular law, I still haven't seen any actual law prohibiting it. Most likely scenario: you'll get arrested, then released, then likely be declared unsuitable.
Ken
Driving around with just your Louisville Slugger behind the seat is asking to get arrested. (Think intent.) Throw a mitt and a ball back there with it to be safe.
Ken
Driving around with just your Louisville Slugger behind the seat is asking to get arrested. (Think intent.) Throw a mitt and a ball back there with it to be safe.
Ken
That's why I love my 5 D-cell MagLite...
That's why I love my 5 D-cell MagLite...
I've got one in my truck, too!That's why I love my 5 D-cell MagLite...
I've got one in my truck, too!
That's why I love my 5 D-cell MagLite...
I've got one in my truck, too!
Same here. I have never had to "use" it, but wouldn't think twice if I had to.
... whoever, when arrested upon a warrant for an alleged crime, or when arrested while committing a breach or disturbance of the public peace, is armed with or has on his person, or has on his person or under his control in a vehicle, a billy or other dangerous weapon other than those herein mentioned ...
being black it is automatically classified as an evil assault Maglite.
Driving around with just your Louisville Slugger behind the seat is asking to get arrested. (Think intent.) Throw a mitt and a ball back there with it to be safe.
Ken