Excellent point.
To reporters who call a semi-auto rifle a machine gun, a folder that flicks open with a thumb stud or similar easily becomes a switchblade (mine’s a Chris Reeve Sebenza; my EDC since 1998).
I took the thumb studs off my big Cold Steel folder. They just slow down or hang up the draw from the pocket. The blade opens easily one-handed with a back and down flick motion.
I’m a “benza” head, love ‘em