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I can flick open my Cold Steel Recon 1 lockblade just as fast, with the added advantages of the Recon 1 being legal for carry in all 50 states and much more rugged and durable than cheap switchblades.My auto knives are finally legal. One of the dumbest laws ever enacted, an auto knife should not be any different than any other knife. Literally a Hollywood impact that made them scary.
Wolf signs bill making switchblades legal in Pa.
The bill removes automatic knives from the list of prohibited offensive weapons, which includes bombs, grenades and machine guns.
Who said I buy cheap auto-knives? I try not to leave the commonwealth if possible, it is heaven on earth.
Benchmade makes beautiful auto knives and I have a few. Microtech makes equally nice knives and are affordable. My point was there are lots of great knives, both assisted and auto open.
This comment sent me searching for state knife laws, I realized I know a lot about state gun laws and very little about knife laws.
It’s actually a misdemeanor with a fine for a first offense. Still, I agree with you. I have a Benchmade infidel and a microtech Halo V but I don’t carry them. Just bought them one day when I was flush because I always wanted them.
So? Lol. Just because most cheap autos are trash doesn't mean they should be illegal. I have at least one in cold storage thats no less reliable than the ball bearing or spring assist folders i have.
Cold Steel folding knives are my favorites, because they are reasonably priced, very rugged and razor sharp right out of the box. I left the Chief 60 .38 at home a couple of months ago when my wife and I took the Salem ferry to Boston's North End to enjoy the Saint Anthony festivities and carried the Recon 1 folder concealed in my back pocket. She just carried OC spray.. The streets and sidewalks were packed with people, literally shoulder to shoulder. A gun would not be appropriate under those circumstances.
And demonized our Puerto-Rican brethren as well (I believe they were the ones in the play with the switch blades, when back in 1958, straight razors were the preferred weapon of choice in gangland battles of that demographic).And publicly demonized by the movie West Side Story.![[thumbsup]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/044.gif "Thumbs Up [thumbsup]")
My focus is on a knife being practical. Legality? That depends on location, location, location as realtors are so fond of saying. MA has "home rule" bullshit which allowed a number of cities here to impose ridiculous blade length limits of 2.5", which renders the knife worthless for many purposes. I carry the Recon 1 while fishing, hunting and just doing home maintenance projects. A cheap knife, auto or manual, would simply not cut the mustard. With my luck, it would fail when I needed it most.
Strange, I check but I couldn’t find it either. The law used to say that carrying an auto knife on your person was a disorderly person offense which is a misdemeanor.
Thanks for looking!!
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I know they are in Bradford because I have a place in Warren County, I didn't know they made auto knives there, cool stuff.
If you really were worried about that you need a carebear as an avatar not the punisher logo...jfc
Streets were blocked by Boston PD. Some nut detonates a homemade backpack bomb loaded with ball bearings, 10 penney nails or wrapped in prenotched wire, game over regardless. My .38 would be about as useful as a milk bucket under a bull. Better off packing a large first aid kit to help deal with the wounded. Look what happened at the Boston Marathon finish line. Plenty of cops. Some of them got hurt as well.
