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I just reread it for the 10'th time while you were typing and realized my mistake.
Under Mass Law - a Dirk is a double edged knife. In a car would be under your control.
Fox said:more important than how you read the law - is how the law has been interpreted by the courts.
In Mass you can own any type of blade you so choose and keep it in your home. There is NO written law stating possession is illegal.
Yes, but Fox's position is that it's more complicated than that because of case law making it impossible to get that knife into your home without breaking the law.
IMO a knife in the trunk or a locked container in the farthest back position is plenty to satisfy the MGL's.
I agree. But I'm willing to be convinced with case law that the MA court system is retarded...
I have the largest knife store in New England. I have been in business for 8 years
Do you really think a store can sell something that a person cannot legally walk out the front door with?
Are you serious about the quote above? There are a ton of things you can buy in stores that aren't legal to possess in MA. One being those little knives that look like a house key. Under MA law those are covert weapons (designed to not look like a knife in this case) and are a 5 year felony if convicted. You can also go to many martial arts stores and army navy stores and buy things you can't have by law.
The problem you run into with nationwide chains like WalMart is that they usually have a set of inventory for a store regardless of the laws of that state. Look at the Bass Pro fiasco when they opened in Foxboro. Do you think BP corporate knowingly shipped a bunch of Kimbers and Glocks to MA? No, they didn't give a crap since their lawyers never found the need to study our mundane gun laws.
Bottom line is just because you can buy it doesn't make it legal to possess in MA.
+1, well said, was in Walmart this AM and there were knives that would be illegal to possess for sale....
like what?
I noticed two auto knives,
Auto, or Assisted Opening.......There IS a difference......