To save yourself trouble, print a copy of the laws that apply to your port and keep it with you. This way, if the officer in question is “confused” about your legal right to carry a knife, you can present evidence to correct it. Stay out of California, problem solved! Even if the knife in your possession is a legal knife, they can still arrest you if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that they have committed a crime. Californian laws are stupid and reluculas, all these stupid laws they make just trample on your rights. Every day, it is law-abiding citizens who pay the price for enforcing these laws, I use my favorite knife not only for a tool, it`s my way of defending myself. They would confiscate my knives, arrest me and charge me, and guess what, now my knives are gone, but criminals still have theirs, now I am defenseless, these laws must be repealed, not only in California but also in several other states. It is not illegal to possess a knife larger than 2 inches in your home. My father always had a gun at home in case of an emergency, plus there`s a kitchen knife that`s over 2 inches tall and isn`t illegal. Does CA consider an “automatic” knife to be a “switch blade” knife? Does it matter whether he opens OTF or sideways? Does it matter if it is smaller, equal to or greater than 2″ long? Consequently, the records are not sufficient to establish that the applicant used the concealed folding knife in a manner that satisfies the relevant legal definition of the concept of `Dirk or dagger`, namely that the blade of the folding knife was exposed and locked. Oakland has city-specific laws that allow knives over 3″ to be carried. restrict. Any knife larger than 3″ is considered a dangerous weapon. This restriction includes carrying a knife in the driver`s or passenger`s seat of your car.
California Penal Code 417, also known as “swinging a gun,” makes it illegal to swing a knife threateningly, angry or aggressively, or to wield a knife during a fight. Swinging a knife is an additional fee that can be added to other knife offenses. A firearms charge could add additional sentences ranging from 30 days in the county jail to 3 years in the California state penitentiary. The law states that it is illegal for anyone to “draw or display a deadly weapon.” However, there is an exception to the law that allows a deadly weapon such as a knife to be thrown to defend oneself. Violations of the state`s ban on knives, possession of knives on public transportation and airports, and the law on undetectable knives are punishable by up to six months in prison and/or a $1,000 fine. Unlawful possession of a dagger or dagger or possession of one of the other knives is punishable by imprisonment for up to one year. Possession of an illegal knife on school grounds or in a state or local public building is also punishable by up to one year in prison. Most people say 18 but I`m 17 and I was stopped by the police and searched while I was wearing it, and the officers didn`t just care, they just asked me why I had it and I said it`s just what I always carry with me and they said it was perfectly fine with possession. The sale, manufacture or importation of any other prohibited knife is a wobble of any other knife.
(Another possible defence is that the accused carried the legally open knife and the police erred in thinking it was concealed.) Kamala Harris — then attorney general of California, now vice president of the United States — was upset and appealed to the California Supreme Court to reinstate Castillolopez`s conviction. AKTI submitted an amicus curiae letter on behalf of Mr. Castillolopez. The California Supreme Court ruled that his conviction should be overturned. In People v. Castillolopez, it is found that a non-lockable folding knife such as a sliding joint is not “locked” when opened and is excluded from the category of daggers and daggers. Switch blades and other spring knives larger than 2 inches may be illegally possessed on your person or vehicle in California and may not be sold, loaned, or given. Switchblade`s legal definition includes: “[any] knife that resembles a pocket knife and includes a pen knife, pressure knife, gravity knife or other similar knife with a blade or blades that are two inches or more long and that can be triggered automatically at the push of a button, by pressing the handle, turning the wrist or any other mechanical device or is caused by the weight of the blade or by any type of mechanism resolved. The law specifically excludes pocket knives that can be opened with one hand by opening the blade with the thumb, provided the knife has “a latch or other mechanism that provides resistance that must be overcome when the blade is opened, or that throws the blade into its closed position.” Code, § 21510 for the exact legal language of this offence. See also CalCrim No.
2502 for the California jury`s instructions on switch blades. Isaac, you can be any age in the 15s and I walk around my town and school (knife allowed) with a knife that`s damn close to a 1 1/2 foot long sword blade, but he`s a bowie, so it scares people (especially cops) but it`s legal A single action of the front knife works on similar principles, but only automatically extends the blade, which must then be removed manually.