Forget gun laws... why is MA's Knife Law just as bad?[views:3956][posts:28]_____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 11:05am - arilliusbm ""] Yea, so I've started up a little knife collection and find MA's knife law horrible. You can't even have a double edged blade? lol wat. I remember hearing that both Worcester and Boston have their own laws? Like you can't have a blade more than 2'' ? LOL TITLE I. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. CHAPTER 269. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE. 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. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 11:11am - trioxin245 ""] old news. Fuck MA. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 11:14am - arilliusbm ""] Yea, remember when butterfly knives were banned? |
| __________________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 11:14am - 2002 Kinslayer ""] MA is full of libs and posers, only RI is real bennyhillifier |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 11:19am - the_reverend ""] oh I see you've played knifey spoony before. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 11:42am - largefreakatzero ""] Sorry to rub it in, but switchblades are now legal in NH. Don't worry -- the police will protect all of you always. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 11:46am - Alx_Casket ""] Tazers and mace are illegal as well. Found that out after buying some off ebay in college. It's all a ploy to con the public into taking self-defense classes, and I will have no part in that. |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 12:38pm - trioxin_245 ""] [img] |
| ___________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 12:55pm - CurlyRed ""] The knife laws are stupid. Is it really only a 2 inch blade? I thought it was longer for some reason. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 12:57pm - arilliusbm ""] *cue beavis and butthead laugh* |
| _______________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:00pm - Hoser ""] largefreakatzero said:Sorry to rub it in, but switchblades are now legal in NH. Don't worry -- the police will protect all of you always. Impossibroo! |
| __________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:09pm - CurlyRed ""] I had to go find this out now lol so I don't think Mass has any law on length but like you said local cities can make their own. |
| ______________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:18pm - Yeti ""] [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:20pm - the_reverend ""] I thought it was 3.5" |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:22pm - the_reverend ""] zoobros what is a zoobow? |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:23pm - arilliusbm ""] Acording to the law I pasted in OP is 1.5 inches. Whats the point of having a 1.5 inch knife? |
| __________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:23pm - CurlyRed ""] May as well carry a fork around |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:24pm - trioxin_245 ""] I don't think I've ever even seen a knife that was only 1.5" that's gotta be wrong. I bought a knife that's at least 3" from the army navy store in Salem MA a few months ago. |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:31pm - arilliusbm ""] You can buy 8 inch knives at places. I think its like shrooms. You can buy and have spores, but you cant carry mushrooms. In otherwords, you can buy a knife, but cant carry them? Wait, HORRIBLE ANALOGY |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:35pm - arilliusbm ""] I can go to Walmart and buy a 6 inch survival knife, yet cant have it on me when I'm walking down the street? Am I not understanding this law? |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:40pm - arilliusbm ""] Taken from some knife forum: " I am a Massachusetts resident. You can possess any knife but not carry in public any autos, ballistic knives, daggers, stilettos or dirks, which means any double-edge knife. This feature of the law protects collectors, but it does not specify how a collector is to legally carry his/her new purchase to their home, since public carry is a felony. Boston, Lawrence, Cambridge, Revere, Lynn, Salem and Beverly have 2.5" blade limit for knives carried in public. These are local ordinances, punishable by arrest and $300 fine. Worcester also has a blade limit, 3" if I recall correctly. Holders of a Massachusetts Class A licenses to carry firearms (even if restricted to hunting and target shooting) are exempt. For what its worth, I EDC a 4" lock-blade folder at all times. I simply removed the clip and carry it completely concealed. I have spent a lot of time in the above anti-knife jurisdictions and never had a problem. Dress well, practice good concealment and keep a low profile. You should be fine." |
| __________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:42pm - CurlyRed ""] Sounds about right for Massachusetts... |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 1:44pm - arilliusbm ""] LOL @ the law not specifying how one is to bring a knife home after purchase. |
| __________________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 4:01pm - largefreakatzero ""] Massachusetts' over-the-top liberalism is eating itself alive. The laws don't even make sense anymore (ie, how are you supposed to get your knife home). Supposedly if you travel through MA with a firearm (even a long gun in a locked case) you are supposed to notify the state police about the day you'll be travelling, where you're going, etc. I have decided that law is unconstitutional and choose to ignore it. |
| __________________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 4:04pm - largefreakatzero ""] Haha, one of my neighbors is having full-blown target practice right now. Living in the woods rules. |
| __________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 4:20pm - CurlyRed ""] ^^ lol luckily I live right on the border of NH so I can actually shoot in my backyard. |
| ______________________________ [Jul 26,2012 5:15pm - Lamp ""] arilliusbm said:LOL @ the law not specifying how one is to bring a knife home after purchase. Go to the store, make a purchase, have them ship it to your house I guess? Do all knife sales online? I dunno. |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 5:58pm - arilliusbm ""] This law was in place before the internet, I believe. But still, quite the loophole. |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 26,2012 9:28pm - the riversend ""] because people could buy many knives and throw them at one time at people causing another tragic mass murder |