Expandable batons in California, who is exempt?

[motorhead]

i've got an airsoft replica of a pr24. for display purposes only.

[DedEye]

See the part where I typed "iirc"? And anyone who takes something they read on the internet as fact without checking for themselves is a fool. The part of the law that I was thinking of deals with fixed blade knives on school grounds.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...3&postcount=21. Already mentioned 626.10.

[asymmetricalwarfar3]

Yeah, you gotta have balls to keep a bat in your car in California.

hmmm......

Get it?

[N6ATF]

Verrry punny.

[swhatb]

bump...

[MP301]

Security can carry any type of baton; straight stick, side-handle and expandable with a guard card and baton card. BSIS no longer requires the permit to show which type of baton you have been trainined in, but its recommended you that learn how to use the one your carrying.

[ADOR]

Yes, same question here. Are the springy kinds legal or are they also considered expandable batons. I had one of this when I was overseas and it came handy when 3 dogs had me cornered in an alley. They fit nicely in the mini maglight holster and look just like flashlights.

Follow-up question for a non-CA resident. I have an ASP expandable baton that I am planning to take with me overseas for protection against dogs.

I will be flying out of LAX. Is it illegal to take this item with me if I am putting this baton in my "check-in" luggage? Definitely DO NOT want to get into any kind of trouble with the law.

If baton is not an option, how about pepper spray? Is that illegal to posses and carry in check-in luggage? (I doubt pepper spray will be helpful against dogs, but better to have something than nothing).

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Follow-up question for a non-CA resident. I have an ASP expandable baton that I am planning to take with me overseas for protection against dogs.

I will be flying out of LAX. Is it illegal to take this item with me if I am putting this baton in my "check-in" luggage? Definitely DO NOT want to get into any kind of trouble with the law.

If baton is not an option, how about pepper spray? Is that illegal to posses and carry in check-in luggage? (I doubt pepper spray will be helpful against dogs, but better to have something than nothing).

Yes, it's illegal.
The rapper/actor "Snoop Dogg" got busted once for having an expandable baton in his "check-in" luggage while going through LAX.

You need to check with the US State Department to see what you want to bring is legal in the country you are traveling to.

[SteveH]

Yes, it's illegal.
The rapper/actor "Snoop Dogg" got busted once for having an expandable baton in his "check-in" luggage while going through LAX.

You need to check with the US State Department to see what you want to bring is legal in the country you are traveling to.

Calvin Brodus, and it wasnt LAX IIRC. He got off with informal probation i believe.

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Calvin Brodus, and it wasnt LAX IIRC. He got off with informal probation i believe.

You're right, it was not LAX. It was John Wayne Airport.
He told LE is was a "prop" from a movie.
He paid a $150,000 bail.
Three year probabtion, 160 hours of community service, $1000 fine and court ordered $10,000 donation to a youth center.

[tacobueno]

I looked into this recently after a close call with a pit bull.

It is a misdemeanor for first time bust on carrying a concealed handgun. It is a felony for illegal possession of an expandable baton. Go figure.

It is a misdemeanor for first time bust on carrying a concealed handgun.

And I saw (from the law and order guy) it was a felony for carrying a concealed unregistered handgun.

What's the penalty for just plain unregistered handgun possession?

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It is a misdemeanor for first time bust on carrying a concealed handgun.

And I saw (from the law and order guy) it was a felony for carrying a concealed unregistered handgun.

What's the penalty for just plain unregistered handgun possession?

It is not illegal to own/possess an unregistered handgun.

However, an unregistered handgun makes some crimes a felony, instead of a misdemeanor.

[rubdub]

Okay, so if someone was to have an ASP at home (because someone used to be a public safety officer, and bought it for work, and now is no longer a PSO), how would/should that someone get rid of it?

Simply trash it? Or turn it in? or what?

[Decoligny]

It's also a felony for first time possession of a concealed FIXED BLADE knife.

You can legally carry a concealed folder almost anywhere in California.

[Decoligny]

Oops, forgot about that. And it has to be closed. The law also exempts knives with a blade under 2 1/2" iirc.

You do not recall correctly. The law for switchblades exempts under 2".

There is no length limit on a concealed fixed blade knife.

The way the law is written, even this knife, if concealed, could land you with a felony charge.