The laws about this are weird in many places. I’ve been on the subway in New York with Coney Island sword swallowers and martial arts practitioners openly carry

The laws about this are weird in many places. I’ve been on the subway in New York with Coney Island sword swallowers and martial arts practitioners openly carrying swords, but the switchblade laws are strict enough to encompass a lot of normal tools nobody would bring to a fight, and a lot of people do get charged under them.