The real issue is that this was a felon on probation. The ruling should have been that felons on probation have no right to carry automatic knives to court.
I’m ok with that.
The ruling should have been that felons on probation have no right to carry automatic knives to court.
Pennsylvania law does not ban felons from carrying knives. He surrendered the knife at the checkpoint, as he was supposed to do.
The judge said that if it had not been an automatic knife, he would have been ok. He legally could have carried a sword or a bowie knife.