Posted on 06/15/2012 6:21:58 AM PDT by marktwain
Screw driver, ball-pein hammer, roll of quarters in a sock, metal case ballpoint pen, Chop stick, 3/4” Sched 40 PVC cut at acute angle, 1/4” rebar, tent peg, Baseball bat, Cricket bat (”It’s for a cross-cultural show & tell at school, officer.”), icicle made with cloth, etc, etc, etc.
Repeat after me, Liberals/Progressives, “Objects don’t murder people, people murder people.”
Liberals are fond of quoting “The Pen is mightier than the Sword”, yet refuse to acknowledge that their regulations have harmed more people that pocketknives, etc.
I had a Case double-blade pocket knife in the first grade. We’d play “mumbly-peg” at recess. All the boys had either a Case or a Barlow.
You call THAT a knife? THIS is a knife.
Kid looks dangerous and suspicious to me. No wonder the cops spotted him. /s
F*
NY!
he's wearing a hoodie. obviously a gang member. good thing the police got this vicious criminal off the streets. /s
Uh, I wonder why baseball isn't illegal here.
That is one DANGEROUS-looking character! /s
Just exactly like in the movie “Escape From New York”, lol.
Sec. 46.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) “Club” means an instrument that is specially designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting serious bodily injury or death by striking a person with the instrument, and includes but is not limited to the following:
(A) blackjack;
(B) nightstick;
(C) mace;
(D) tomahawk.
Thus a baseball bat is not a club. However case law has defined that an item used with the intent of bodily injury qualifies as a club even if not manufactured initially with that intent. So if you rob a store using a baseball bat as a threat, it would now qualify as a club and be against the law...similarly if you go over to your neighbor with your bat in the heat of an argument, you could be charged under unlawful carry of a weapon. That is assuming you are not arguing about a backyard game of baseball :)
Whoops I made a mistake above...It is ok to have them in your car etc..
See 46.02(a)(2) and (a-1) at http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/docs/PE/htm/PE.46.htm
Sec. 46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(1) on the person’s own premises or premises under the person’s control; or
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person’s control.
(a-2) For purposes of this section, “premises” includes real property and a recreational vehicle that is being used as living quarters, regardless of whether that use is temporary or permanent. In this subsection, “recreational vehicle” means a motor vehicle primarily designed as temporary living quarters or a vehicle that contains temporary living quarters and is designed to be towed by a motor vehicle. The term includes a travel trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, motor home, and horse trailer with living quarters.
None the less, at least three states have moved to remove nearly all of their restrictions on knives from their law: New Hampshire, Arizona, and Utah, with several others considering the option.
The mayor should be in prison for these laws as well as any cops enforcing them.
The mayor should be in prison for these laws as well as any cops enforcing them.
"Ka-bar" means different things to different people. I seriously doubt that this Ka-Bar is "Street Legal" in NYC.
Kabar is a brand...that is why my post contained a link to the exact knife I was talking about.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. I've been told that my whole life.
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