gs-riverside
01-07-2006, 00:53
I have a Kershaw Tactical Blur auto-assist open knife. I've read opinions on both sides of whether they are considered switchblades or not.
CA PC 635k:
For the purposes of this section, "switchblade knife" means a knife having the appearance of a pocketknife and includes a spring-blade knife, snap-blade knife, gravity knife or any other similar type knife, the blade or blades of which are two or more inches in length and which can be released automatically by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle, flip of the wrist or other mechanical device, or is released by the weight of the blade or by any type of mechanism whatsoever.
"Switchblade knife" does not include a knife that opens with one hand utilizing thumb pressure applied solely to the blade of the knife or a thumb stud attached to the blade, provided that the knife has a detent or other mechanism that provides resistance that must be overcome in opening the blade, or that biases the blade back toward its closed position.
ok based on those two passages would that knife be legal for concealed carry?
on the first hand a switchblade knife is a knife "...which can be released automatically by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle, flip of the wrist or other mechanical device..."
the on the other one it says that if you use a thumbstud (which that knife has) and there is a detent when you open it, and close it then its not a switchblade... any opinions on this?
CA PC 635k:
For the purposes of this section, "switchblade knife" means a knife having the appearance of a pocketknife and includes a spring-blade knife, snap-blade knife, gravity knife or any other similar type knife, the blade or blades of which are two or more inches in length and which can be released automatically by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle, flip of the wrist or other mechanical device, or is released by the weight of the blade or by any type of mechanism whatsoever.
"Switchblade knife" does not include a knife that opens with one hand utilizing thumb pressure applied solely to the blade of the knife or a thumb stud attached to the blade, provided that the knife has a detent or other mechanism that provides resistance that must be overcome in opening the blade, or that biases the blade back toward its closed position.
ok based on those two passages would that knife be legal for concealed carry?
on the first hand a switchblade knife is a knife "...which can be released automatically by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle, flip of the wrist or other mechanical device..."
the on the other one it says that if you use a thumbstud (which that knife has) and there is a detent when you open it, and close it then its not a switchblade... any opinions on this?