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Numchucks? (sp?)

MisterHappy said:
Yeah....I don't think that I've ever seen that spin. Of course, I also am not a lawyer. Perhaps a member with JD after their name will comment.
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Or...
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Not being into exotic weapons, I don't spend time researching them and in MA just assume everything is illegal and you'll be fine. [devil]

I could also see an interpretation that any exemption isn't to the entire section of law, but only a single paragraph, as most MGLs are poorly written (grammatically). And I've seen DAs twist the laws to their liking even when something is clearly legal.
 
Len-2A Training said:
Not being into exotic weapons, I don't spend time researching them and in MA just assume everything is illegal and you'll be fine. [devil]

I could also see an interpretation that any exemption isn't to the entire section of law, but only a single paragraph, as most MGLs are poorly written (grammatically). And I've seen DAs twist the laws to their liking even when something is clearly legal.
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Wouldn't it be epic if one of our esquires
pulled Rule of Lenity out of an orifice
and demanded that the escape clause
be applied to all of Ch. 269 §10...
ETA: (On behalf of a specific client trying to beat a specific rap).
 
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Parker Schreiber said:
If you read that clause literally, it means you can carry a machine gun without being subject to the penalties in subsection (c). But as far as I can tell there have been no rulings on the issue.
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Yes, it just means you are not in violation of THIS section. Machine guns are also covered under different sections, knives and nunchucks are not.
 
eric1337 said:
Yes, it just means you are not in violation of THIS section. Machine guns are also covered under different sections, knives and nunchucks are not.
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Take a look at the statute:

You'll see in the URL that the whole thing is a "Section," and above and below the phrasing in question, the wording uses the word "subsection" instead of "section." I agree that's what whoever drafted intended the language to apply to subsection a), but that's not what's actually written.
 
keylimes said:
I have a question or two..... when it states "dagger or a device or case which enables a knife with a locking blade to be drawn at a locked position, any ballistic knife", does this refer to a Navy Mark I in a sheath?

I realize it isn't a folding knife, which is what this seems to apply to, but this is MA so interpretation of the law depends on the latest vilification of said "weapon".

Also when it states "having a blade of over one and one-half inches", is this applicable to all knives, or just the prior wording regarding spring released knives?

I'm VERY confused, which I'm sure was the goal, to keep us all divided so they can conquer us into submission. LOL Funny, but not, at the same time!


TG, I carry a hammer in my car door pocket, I don't see those listed! LOL

Chapter 269: Section 10. Carrying dangerous weapons...

(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.
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dude, just keep a can of OC spray in your door pocket, lot easier to defend that in court or with the cops. You beat someone with a hammer you will end up in jail, guaranteed.
 

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