Comments on: About being secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects

By: jed

jed — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:05:01 +0000

re. illegality of switchblade knives. I decided to be lazy and not look up the federal law, but it’s there, with the typical “it is illegal to introduce into interstate commerce …” language. Exception for people with handicaps which would prevent operation of “normal” two-handed openning folders.

I did find this summary of knife law.

In some jurisdictions, nearly anything (e.g. a screwdriver) can be considered a weapon for purposes of prosecution under possession or concealment laws, if the court agrees with an “intended to be used as a weapon” argument. (Source, either Blade Magazine or Tactical Knives magazine — I forget which.)

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:53:36 +0000

Drug-related seizure (and cash seizures related to the WOD) has gotten out of control. Departments now count on it to make ends meet.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:50:42 +0000

I like how they use the old “The drug dog hit on the cash” excuse. I remember reading somewhere that a large majority of cash has some form of drug residue on it from previous handling.

By: SayUncle : Knife laws

SayUncle : Knife laws — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000