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I've been doing some searching on why switchblades are illegal (your post sparked my curiosity) and can't seem to find a good reason other than 'politicians are

I've been doing some searching on why switchblades are illegal (your post sparked my curiosity) and can't seem to find a good reason other than 'politicians are scared of whatever hollywood villifies'. It seems all the interest in switchblades faded after they became illegal, so there was no lobby to bring them back into legality. Nunchaku and Nightsticks are also illegal in many places.

dsr_ 14y ago
Many of the state laws are written as if the author had just watched several 1960s and 70s martial arts films and mistook them for documentaries about gang culture. I'm not kidding. Read Massachusetts GL 269S10: http://www.knifeup.com/massachusetts-knife-law/ http://www.knifeup.com/massachusetts-knife-law/
betterunix 14y ago
Take a look at the history of laws prohibiting Bowie knives. This sort of thing goes back a long way...