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Meanwhile I accidentally left a switchblade in my bag and still managed to get through airport security twice.
by IndianAstronaut 10y ago
Meanwhile I accidentally left a switchblade in my bag and still managed to get through airport security twice.
- thesmallestcat 10y agoAs in an automatic knife? If so, you might be lucky. Those aren't just forbidden on airplanes, they're illegal in many jurisdictions.
- dghughes 10y agoThey are in Canada or at least in my province they are the law states that any knife you can open with one hand is illegal. Yet somehow a man managed to open a business in a strip mall selling just switchblade knives near a school and sold them to teenagers. He was caught and fined. Opened his store again and was caught selling them to teens again.
- x1798DE 10y ago> They are in Canada or at least in my province they are the law states that any knife you can open with one hand is illegal. Wow, that's obscene. Must suck to be a one handed person in your province.
- paulddraper 10y agoHoly crap, you're right. The US Switchblade Knife Act of 1958 prohibits the import or interstate commerce of switchblades. Plus a bunch of state laws about possession and carry. Add a button to a knife, and now it's dangerous.
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- dlgeek 10y agoNote that almost all knives people consider to be switchblades are actually "assisted open" knives instead. The law very specifically requires a switchblade be opened by pressing a button on the handle. (They're generally implemented by a spring pushing on the blade and a catch released by the button). An assisted open knife has you start opening the knife by applying pressure to a stud on the /blade/ which causes a spring which had been holding it closed to continue opening it instead. These do not meet the definition of "switchblade" and are not illegal in most jurisdictions.