Re: turn in your knives!

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>]

Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote:
>    A pocket knife, stilleto, switchblade (flip
> knife I think it's called in UK), I can see... 

That, I never understood.  I live in California.  If you get any 
knife/sword/weapons catalogs in the States, you'll notice all the 
interesting stuff says "cannot ship to CA or MA" on the bottom. 
Anything that is assisted opening, concealed, or apparently designed to 
be easily concealed.

The law is designed to address concealability.  But I can conceal my 
fixed-blade knives just fine, too.  And I can promise that the "opening" 
time (and blade strength) of my fixed-blade knives is significantly 
better than a switchblade or butterfly knife.  Plus, if I concealed the 
fixed-blade knife, I'd STILL get a concealed weapons charge if I got 
caught.  So the special concealed weapons charge is pretty pointless.

My favorite example:  One of the catalogs I get has fantasy-themed 
swords.  As in, you can buy replicas of the Lord of the Rings weapons, 
D'rizzt's swords, Klingon swords, and so on.  In the past there has been 
one sword... 3 or 4 foot long blade, sharpened I believe.  That 
particular sword cannot be shipped to CA.  Because if you press a button 
in the hilt, two little 2 or 3 inch spikes pop out near the hilt, under 
spring control.

Umm.. rant over. :)

                                                BB
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