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Knife Rights wins preliminary battle against NYC

Posted by David Hardy · 22 September 2015 03:28 PM

The Second Circuit has mostly reversed a trial court ruling that Knife Rights members had no standing to sue.

"Standing to sue" is often a complex issue, and some courts use it as a "dump button" when faced with a case they don't like. The challenge is to the NY ban on "gravity knives," defined as any folding knife that opens by force of gravity or centrifugal force. The statute doesn't define how much centrifugal force, and in practice NYPD will cite or arrest for any folding knife that any officer can flip open in this way, or even for a knife that he cannot, if he speculates that someone stronger or faster might be able to do so.

2 Comments | Leave a comment

oldguy | September 24, 2015 8:41 AM | Reply

I have heard that they are even applying it to assisted opening knives that have a stud or notch so it can be opened with one hand.
Basically the cops/city do not want to to carry a knife. During high school I was living in NYC and working at a supermarket. We were warned not to carry the box cutters because the cops often stopped teens and if they found one you were in big trouble.

JimB | September 24, 2015 9:43 AM | Reply

If you must carry a knife in NYC... Blade MUST be less than 3 inches. Keep the knife IN your pocket. If NYPD sees the clip they can and will stop you.

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