[Theoria]

Unfortunately, Baltimore has deemed this 2nd amendment device dangerous and not for the commons. This type of knife is very nice to have on you. I have several of them, like many of FReepers.

§ 59-22 Switch-blade knives.

a) Possession or sale, etc., prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, carry, or possess any knife with an automatic spring or
other device for opening and/or closing the blade, commonly known as a switch-blade knife.

(b) Penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this section, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not
more than $500 or be imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
(City Code, 1950, art. 24, §155; 1966, art. 19, §160; 1976/83, art. 19, §185.) (Ord. 44-057.)

[Travis McGee]

And we still don’t know if the “illegal switchblade” really existed, or is a false meme inserted to bolster the cops’ story.