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Martial Arts Topics / Getting caught with a blade: conversations with a cop
« on: March 04, 2004, 08:35:22 AM »
Ah, I'll get this right eventually. Am I me now, or just another number?
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Martial Arts Topics / Getting caught with a blade: conversations with a cop
« on: March 03, 2004, 11:03:33 AM »
Hello everyone, glad that DB has a forum!
Rules vary by state, of course. Unfortunately CA is one of the least friendly states for self-defense.
Here are MI's rules on pointy things.
I still wouldn't answer "self-defense" if carrying a longer folding blade, since intent and perceived intent is the sole distinction. You're not a criminal and there's no need to make the police officer suspect you are one.
Oddly enough the MI CCW law which allows me to carry a firearm does not (from my reading) permit me to carry a concealed fixed-blade knife.
Sticks, walking sticks, hardwood canes, are all OK, as are non-mechanically-opened folding knives (including 'butterfly' knives).
Rules vary by state, of course. Unfortunately CA is one of the least friendly states for self-defense.
Here are MI's rules on pointy things.
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18. I recently purchased a double-edged survival knife. Does Michigan law allow me to carry this in my vehicle?
MCL 750.227 No. A dagger, dirk, stiletto, or double-edged non-folding stabbing instrument of any length, or any other dangerous weapon, except a hunting knife adapted and carried as such, cannot be carried concealed on or about a person, or whether concealed or otherwise in any vehicle operated or occupied by the person, except in their own home, place of business or on other land possessed by the person.
19. Is it illegal to have a knife with a blade over 3 inches in my possession?
MCL 750.226 No. Michigan law specifies that a person, with intent to use the knife unlawfully against another, shall not go armed with a knife having a blade over 3 inches in length.
I still wouldn't answer "self-defense" if carrying a longer folding blade, since intent and perceived intent is the sole distinction. You're not a criminal and there's no need to make the police officer suspect you are one.
Oddly enough the MI CCW law which allows me to carry a firearm does not (from my reading) permit me to carry a concealed fixed-blade knife.
Sticks, walking sticks, hardwood canes, are all OK, as are non-mechanically-opened folding knives (including 'butterfly' knives).
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