AIM's Original German Paratrooper LL-80 Gravity Knife legal?

[Steyr_223]

Are these legal in Cali? The AIM site does not have the normal "Will not ship to Cali" wording.

http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/Bayonets.html

[SanMiguel3]

A "gravity knife" appears to be prohibited under Penal Code Section 653k...


653k. Every person who possesses in the passenger's or driver's
area of any motor vehicle in any public place or place open to the
public, carries upon his or her person, and every person who sells,
offers for sale, exposes for sale, loans, transfers, or gives to any
other person a switchblade knife having a blade two or more inches in
length is guilty of a misdemeanor.
For the purposes of this section, "switchblade knife" means a
knife having the appearance of a pocketknife and includes a
spring-blade knife, snap-blade knife, gravity knife or any other
similar type knife, the blade or blades of which are two or more
inches in length and which can be released automatically by a flick
of a button, pressure on the handle, flip of the wrist or other
mechanical device, or is released by the weight of the blade or by
any type of mechanism whatsoever. "Switchblade knife" does not
include a knife that opens with one hand utilizing thumb pressure
applied solely to the blade of the knife or a thumb stud attached to
the blade, provided that the knife has a detent or other mechanism
that provides resistance that must be overcome in opening the blade,
or that biases the blade back toward its closed position.
For purposes of this section, "passenger's or driver's area" means
that part of a motor vehicle which is designed to carry the driver
and passengers, including any interior compartment or space therein.

[Steyr_223]

Thanks for the PCS...Knew is was too good to be true. Wonder how long it would take for AIM to add the no Cali shipping warnings..

[DedEye]

Legal to own, but not to carry.

[Shane916]

Legal to own, but not to carry.

Lets not go down this road again...

[DedEye]

Lets not go down this road again...

Agreed. That topic belongs in the other thread:

[C123K_LoadMaster]

Check out the gravity knife in action.

CLICK HERE

[Steyr_223]

Ok, I was going to let this go..However, after seeing that video. Why is this knife illegal? I can open my Benchmade AFCK my faster then that.

[SanMiguel3]

Ok, I was going to let this go..However, after seeing that video. Why is this knife illegal? I can open my Benchmade AFCK my faster then that.

I'd theorized irrational fear. And your Benchmade used to be illegal until the Penal Code Sections were specifically amended to make them not illegal anymore. A number of District Attorneys and some police chiefs spoke out against the amendment at that time citing the speed with with these "one-hand opening" knives could be deployed.

At the time it was considered to be a great "victory" for we knife enthusiasts. A number of knife manufacturers were behind the amendment, the most notable being Buck, using their Cross-Lock as the "spearhead" and pointing out how these were useful to law enforcement and EMTs to speedily cut the seatbelts of trapped folks in ther cars which were involved in auto accidents.