Knives - once and for all. LEOs? Lawyers?

[CapLock]

Thread now has me wondering about my knife that I carry daily. It only has a three inch blade, but is spring loaded. Looks like a normal folder with a thumb button on the blade. Barely touch it and it swings open fully every time. Been a great easy to open knife. Even have cleaned a deer with it. Is it now considered too dangerous for me to possess or carry?
BTW its a Ken Onion Kershaw 1560

(Having to worry about carrying a pocket knife...GMAFB)

[OneGuy67]

Thread now has me wondering about my knife that I carry daily. It only has a three inch blade, but is spring loaded. Looks like a normal folder with a thumb button on the blade. Barely touch it and it swings open fully every time. Been a great easy to open knife. Even have cleaned a deer with it. Is it now considered too dangerous for me to possess or carry?
BTW its a Ken Onion Kershaw 1560

(Having to worry about carrying a pocket knife...GMAFB)

I viewed a video of your knife online and while it appears to be pretty close to what could be considered a switchblade, I would say it isn't according to the strict interpretation of the definition. Again, I wouldn't hassle anyone that had a knife such as yours unless the knife was being used in a manner that violated other laws. That is just me and I know a number of old cops like me that feel the same way about the issue.

[ldmaster]

I'm going to do this one time, just because people want to pick apart every little thing to somehow make themselves seem superior:

I don't know you 1guy67, but you do have issues with me (or rather, with what I write), so let's draw issue with your definition of "municiple".

It's right in the friggin dictionary, to quote:

1: of or relating to the internal affairs of a major political unit (as a nation)
2 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a municipality
b : having local self-government
3: restricted to one locality


The meaning of "municipal" has NOTHING to do with whether or not some political subdivision is a city or a county.


The actual denver law says "mechanical contrivance" all too broad.

1guy67. You would ask that I put out all the information? I provided the links, wasn't that enough?

And municipal code is NOT statutorily defined as having to do with a city or township. ANY statutory political subdivision of the State can have it's own code, commonly referred to as municipal code.

La Plata county, has a municipal code, for instance.

Your definition is insufficiently thorough as "Home Rule" can apply to ANY municipality that declares itself to be "self governing". It is a description of a municipality that it claims the right to "Home Rule", in doing so it must conform to CRS statutes applying to any municipality that says it has "home rule" Thus any municipality may be home rule, but it's by choice. Denver is a statutory city, but also is "home rule". Home rule is not a TYPE of city or town, it is what a city or town defines itself as.

If you're going to pick apart a couple of words, you should look to your own posts.

[Byte Stryke]

I'm going to do this one time, just because people want to pick apart every little thing to somehow make themselves seem superior:

I don't know you 1guy67, but you do have issues with me (or rather, with what I write), so let's draw issue with your definition of "municiple".

It's right in the friggin dictionary, to quote:

1: of or relating to the internal affairs of a major political unit (as a nation)
2 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a municipality
b : having local self-government
3: restricted to one locality


The meaning of "municipal" has NOTHING to do with whether or not some political subdivision is a city or a county.


The actual denver law says "mechanical contrivance" all too broad.

1guy67. You would ask that I put out all the information? I provided the links, wasn't that enough?

And municipal code is NOT statutorily defined as having to do with a city or township. ANY statutory political subdivision of the State can have it's own code, commonly referred to as municipal code.

La Plata county, has a municipal code, for instance.

Your definition is insufficiently thorough as "Home Rule" can apply to ANY municipality that declares itself to be "self governing". It is a description of a municipality that it claims the right to "Home Rule", in doing so it must conform to CRS statutes applying to any municipality that says it has "home rule" Thus any municipality may be home rule, but it's by choice. Denver is a statutory city, but also is "home rule". Home rule is not a TYPE of city or town, it is what a city or town defines itself as.

If you're going to pick apart a couple of words, you should look to your own posts.

This is going to be great

[Greyhound]

That's the Kershaw Whirlwind. It is a spring-assisted knife, not a switchblade. It doesn't have a button or other device on the handle to trigger opening the blade, and it requires a nudge from a finger to get the blade moving before the spring opens it the rest of the way. It's legal. The federal Switchblade Knife Act was amended to exclude spring-assisted knives.

[CapLock]

Thanks for the info

[demtek9]

Personally I carry a Strider SMF or SnG. Both have cutting edges less than 3.5 inches, but the handle design could make the SMF seem longer depending on how it is measured. There is close to an inch of finger choil on the designs. I'm not doing anything to cause me concern and I work on the Air Force base most days, so most any day I'm only seeing an SP in passing. Interesting read.

[Irving]

Are Blackjack's still illegal?

Like this, in case someone doesn't know what I'm talking about.

[cstone]

I don't know about CO law on saps and blackjacks but I remember when uniformed pants for many police departments still could be bought with pockets along the seam for them. Most cops don't use them anymore. Everyone seems to have moved to asps. I kind of miss the blackjack. Much more effective than a PR-24 or straight baton.