Assisted Opening Knives

[Crawfish141]

Are they legal in Ca?

[wilit]

Yes.

[jinggoyd1967]

I you don't mind me asking, what's the difference between a regular folder, an assisted opening, and an automatic.

[Crawfish141]

Yes.

Wow, I'm honestly surprised. Guess Ca must have ok knife laws.

[ke6guj]

I you don't mind me asking, what's the difference between a regular folder, an assisted opening, and an automatic.

a regular folder is your classic folding pocket knife.

An automatic is a switchblade. A knife that has a spring inside that, when you push a button, snaps the blade open.

An assisted opener is a folding pocket knife that has a spring that, when your start to open the knife and have the blade out a couple degrees, snaps the blade open.

The difference is that if you push a button to initiate the opening it is a switchblade, but if you push on the blade, it isn't.

[ke6guj]

Wow, I'm honestly surprised. Guess Ca must have ok knife laws.

Crawfish, read this excelent summary on CA knife laws, http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw/knifelaw.html . It covers pretty much everything you need to know. Read it and then ask more questions, if need be.

[Crawfish141]

Read it, wow the laws are way better for knives than guns.

[leelaw]

I you don't mind me asking, what's the difference between a regular folder, an assisted opening, and an automatic.

Folding knife: Classic pocket knife. Opens with a thumb stud or nail cut. Has a bias towards closed when the blade is folded close to the closed position.

Assisted opening: Similar to a folding knife. After pushing the blade beyond the limits of the bias towards closed, a tension bar flips the knife to the open position.

Automatic folder: press a button, switch, or lever and the blade springs from fully closed to fully open.

[dwa]

So stupid is the classification of an automatic knife. It's as sharp as an old-timers folding knife. Feel-good-do-gooders...

but it is designed for spray from the hip and what not, i mean the things AUTOMATIC

[1JimMarch]

Read it, wow the laws are way better for knives than guns.

Yup. You've got basically "Vermont Carry" for big (unlimited big!) folding knives. I was about ready to build a folding Katana at one point before moving to AZ.

Cold Steel has some superb 6" class folders at decent prices.

California's knife laws are better than MOST of the states that have shall-issue CCW. Even AZ doesn't allow concealment of megafolders unless you also have a CCW permit - which in AZ covers...well, basically anything short of nuclear/biological/chemical. Brass knuckles? Cane swords? Concealed bowie knives? Cool. When they say "weapons permit" they are NOT kidding.

Here's a good one for ya. You know which secured government buildings in California have consistently the BEST rules about sticking your knife in a drawer with your name on it and giving back no hassles when you leave? More or less every city/county owned security building in SAN FRANCISCO! The courthouses, city hall, police station all have the coolest metal detector rules anywhere.

Care to guess why?

It's the bicycle messengers. Without fail, EVERY one of 'em packs cutlery, no exceptions...male, female, doesn't matter. Most also have pepper spray. If they didn't, the hoards of homeless would raid them for their bikes.

And since they're frequent visitors to those public buildings......

[Decoligny]

Read it, wow the laws are way better for knives than guns.

The main difference is that there is no State preemption with knife laws. That means that Counties and Cities can and do make their own laws in regards to knives and knife carry. You not only have to know the State laws, you have to know the local laws wherever you carry.

[Haplo]

The main difference is that there is no State preemption with knife laws. That means that Counties and Cities can and do make their own laws in regards to knives and knife carry. You not only have to know the State laws, you have to know the local laws wherever you carry.

This is where things seem to get murky to me. State law is pretty liberal, but the local laws can be different from city to city and it's almost impossible to keep track of them all.

[1JimMarch]

It's not impossible, at least not in the major towns. Look up the actual statutes. Most aren't all that bad.

Take San Francisco for instance...yeah, there's a knife ban all right, but only applies when you're also illegally loitering.

You guessed it - a "disarm the bums" law.

[dantodd]

Bike messenger in San Francisco.
Sounds like the quintessential definition of Good Cause, doesn't it?

I guess they fear that their blatant disregard for traffic laws and continued abuse of drivers is likely to eventually end them up in some sort of confrontation.

[vandal]

Loving my Benchmade Barrage.