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    Switchblade knives would be legal in Michigan under new bill

    LANSING, MI -- A state law banning switchblade knives is no longer necessary, says one Michigan Senator sponsoring legislation to strike it from the books.

    "For years we've had on the books it's a violation to have a knife with a mechanical way of opening it. And this has led to a lot of people being charged with a one-year, high misdemeanor and it really isn't necessary," said Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge.

    His Senate Bill 245 would repeal the part of the Michigan Penal Code that bans switchblades, making them legal throughout the state.

    Currently the only people allowed to carry switchblades are those in the police,
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    Another one of those idiotic, nonsensical laws that needs to go.
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    I hope that the law passes, I have lived in 2 or 3 states where switchblades are legal, they are handy to have in certain situations.
    When I lived in WV, a state trooper showed up at my NG unit and sold them out of his trunk. And I am not sure if the were legal at the time, for civilians.

    {I passed on them, since I carried a Kabar, exposed in the small of my back when in civvies, occasionally.}
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    I don't want one myself, but I see no reason for them to be illegal. Most pocket knives made today are able to be operated with one hand anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Talon View Post
    I don't want one myself, but I see no reason for them to be illegal. Most pocket knives made today are able to be operated with one hand anyway.
    My unit learned the hard way that many of those have springs inside them, making them 'switchblades,' under the legal sense. Ever heard of the 'spring assisted,' knives? Those are switchblades.
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    Quote Originally Posted by juskom95 View Post
    My unit learned the hard way that many of those have springs inside them, making them 'switchblades,' under the legal sense. Ever heard of the 'spring assisted,' knives? Those are switchblades.
    Spring assist is legal here but switchblades are not...
    Figure that one out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hawgrider View Post
    Spring assist is legal here but switchblades are not...
    Figure that one out.
    I just perused MI's knife laws . . . those are screwy as hell!
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    Quote Originally Posted by hawgrider View Post
    Spring assist is legal here but switchblades are not...
    Figure that one out.
    What is the difference?
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    What is the difference?
    Switchblade you push a button. Spring assist you push a lever of sorts. And spring assist open like a folder.
    Switchblades used to spring straight out through the handle
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    Cause Lord knows the only reason more people arent stabbed is because the attacker didn't get his blade open fast enough.


    I had a teacher tell me my lock blade knife was illegal because it couldnt close on my hand if I tried to stab someone...

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