Batons Legal?

[Bitter Clinger]

Any new info on this? I've tried searching and cannot find relevant statutes. I want for when i can't carry a gun, like at work, or when im (rarely) at a other place I cannot carry.

[jerrymrc]

I am glad ya searched but talk about some people long ago and far away.

[Mazin]

Hell I never gave it a second thought. I have had this little guy in everyone of my wife's cars since we met, guess I better start thinking about it. Totally tension with no spring and 27"






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[Kraven251]

I can't quote any statutes, but I have one with me at work all the time. Picked mine up at one of the Tanner shows. They had the spring batons there as well, glad I didn't get the spring version as I wasn't aware they were on the questionable list.

[Gman]

Holy WABAC machine, Mr. Peabody.

[Ah Pook]

I am glad ya searched but talk about some people long ago and far away.

Yep. I'd forgotten about some of them.

[StagLefty]

I am glad ya searched but talk about some people long ago and far away.

WOW I thought I was having a senior moment when I saw Karl !!!

[lawmage]

Quick glance shows:

18-12-102. Possessing a dangerous or illegal weapon - affirmative defense



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(2) As used in this section, the term "illegal weapon" means a blackjack...
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(4) A person who knowingly possesses an illegal weapon commits a class 1 misdemeanor.

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18-12-101. Definitions - peace officer affirmative defense

(a.5) "Blackjack" includes any billy, sand club, sandbag, or other hand-operated striking weapon consisting, at the striking end, of an encased piece of lead or other heavy substance and, at the handle end, a strap or springy shaft which increases the force of impact.

[Irving]

They sell the kind Mazin posted at the Army Surplus store.

[Gman]

Based on the description, a collapsible baton does not meet the literal definition of a blackjack...but I'm also not a lawyer.

This is a blackjack;