Posted on 06/05/2018 7:29:10 AM PDT by marktwain
On 25 May, 2018, Governor Edwards of Louisiana signed HB 892 into law. The bill now becomes ACT 341, which reforms Louisiana knife law, removing a 1950's era ban on switchblades. From wafb.com:
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) –
On Friday, May 25, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed 79 bills into new laws.
The bills he signed are as follows:
(snip)
ACT 341 – HB 892 Provides relative to the illegal carrying of certain knives.
The wording of HB892, now ACT 341, is as shown at legiscan. From legiscan.com:
(4)(a)
The manufacture, ownership, possession, custody or use intentional concealment on one's person of any switchblade knife, spring knife, or other knife or similar instrument having a blade which may be automatically unfolded or extended from a handle by the manipulation of a button, switch, latch, or similar contrivance located on the handle. Section 2. R.S. 14:95(J) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
CODING:
Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.
The legislative history of R.S 14:95 indicates the switchblade ban was put into place in 1956. The banning of switchblade knives was based on a propaganda campaign initiated in New York by Congressman James J. Delaney. Congressman Delany made a name for himself by pushing emotional appeals to ban switchblade knives, claiming that they were only useful for crime. Other New York politicians joined him. The same arguments used by the knife banners are in use today by
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Strap on the ol’ K-Bar.
When congress farts, the whole country stinks.
US: Louisiana removes the switchblade ban.
UK: There are calls to ban all sharp knives, including kitchen knives.
Bit of a difference there.
I thought there was a federal ban on these? The only federal law regarding knives.
Just don’t carry it in your pocket.
Yes there is a federal ban on interstate commerce in switchblades.
There is a federal ban on importation of switchblades.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/02/how-switchblades-were-banned.html
This is a huge mistake. Dancing, choreographed gangs with colorful costumes will make the streets run with blood. Well...implied blood, because no one wants to see that on the screen.
Unconstitutional it is.
But, I carry an assisted opener here in Washington state every day. If the repeal ever made its way up here, it probably wouldn’t change anything for me. Maybe I’d buy a switchblade for giggles.
Thanks to American ingenuity, the law has basically been circumvented by clever knife manufacturers. Lefties say it’s a loophole; I say it’s following the conditions of a poorly conceived law to the letter.
I'm confused. Does this mean that if if carry a knife, it must be big enough to stick out of your pocket? My Victornox Champ goes nicely into the sleeve pocket of my flight jacket.
Nope. They state the letter of the existing law, and then say that everything you just read has been repealed.
I.E. Not only can you have a switchblade, but you can carry it in your pocket as well.
I believe the new law prohibits concealed carry of switchblades.
We're all doomed.
And with Lithium ion batteries the vibrator option becomes the friend with benefits...
David AttentionHogg, any comment??
There’ll be blood in the streets. It won’t be long before Lousianans are all sliced and diced like so many Andouille sausages!
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