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18. Louisiana Knife Laws
What is Legal to Own Louisiana

  • Balisong knives, also called butterfly knives
  • Dirks, daggers, stilettos, and other slim knives
  • Disguised knives like belt knives
  • Undetectable knives–knives that will not set off metal detectors
  • Throwing stars and throwing knives
  • Bowie knives and other large knives
  • It is illegal to own switchblades and other automatic knives.
The only banned knife in Louisiana are switchblades. However, if you are a law enforcement officer, you might be able to get an automatic opening knife because there is an exemption for “rescue knives” in the law.

Limits on Carry

  • Any knife is legal for open or concealed carry as long as it is not a switchblade.
Look up your state here
https://survivallife.com/knife-laws-state/
 
Legal to own most any knife in Mississippi but they say it is illegal to carry an auto knife concealed. Sorry but my Gerber Covert Auto stays in my pocket. Not a day goes by that I don't use it either at work or around the farm.

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I think every time I drive through Alabama to Mississippi to go deer hunting I am technically violating Alabama laws on knives.

OK, here is the funny thing about Alabama knife laws. Walmarts in Alabama sell knives that are illegal to carry in your car. So how in hell are you supposed to take the damned thing home?
 
I think every time I drive through Alabama to Mississippi to go deer hunting I am technically violating Alabama laws on knives.

OK, here is the funny thing about Alabama knife laws. Walmarts in Alabama sell knives that are illegal to carry in your car. So how in hell are you supposed to take the damned thing home?

Every Bowie I ever had wouldn’t have been too easy to conceal due to the size. I don’t understand a lot of this crap....
 
The mafia killed thousands of people with switchblades! And gangs, the kind that only carried switchblades, they must have killed, well, millions.

It's all dumb. Knife laws are just like most restrictive weapon laws, knee jerk political reactions to a one time event.


States with no restrictions have no difference or even less crime involving a knife than those that do. So the useless laws are just political stupidity.

"Phil McKrakkin, TOUGH on knife crime"

Vote for Phil.
 
I have several old and modern switchblades/ spring assist knives here in Washington, I can carry it in Oregon, Utah and Idaho, my primary travel states, I think it's stupid all these knife laws, I guess it's a feel good measure for idiots!

What is Legal to Own in Washington

Dirk, dagger, or other stabbing knives
Bowie knife
Stiletto
Disguised knives, such as a lipstick or belt buckle
Throwing stars

What is Illegal to Own in Washington

It is illegal to own a switchblade or other spring blade knife in the state of Washington

Restrictions on Carry

It is illegal to conceal carry a dirk.
It is illegal to conceal carry a dagger.
It is illegal to conceal carry any dangerous weapon.
 
When I was a paramedic, I carried a cheap, flea-market switchblade...and not as a weapon.

There are thousands of miles of canals here in Florida, and I had to go into wrecked cars in canals to get my patient.

One hand could be occupied keeping a patient's head out of the water, and I needed a knife that I could open with one hand so that I could cut seatbelts and clothing that might be tangled in the wreckage.
 
And even though they're downplayed...I always like (and carry) a swiss army knife (Victorinox) with a lot of doodads.

I also carry a Leatherman tool, which I picked up a taste for after my fellow paramedics and EMTs introduced me to it.

My mother (rest in peace) always carried a knife, as she worked at home in a barn around horses. She preferred a folding florists' knife, and sometimes created minor problems when she went through metal detectors and security screening at the courthouse.
 
April 2009, the Germans made it illegal to carry any sheath knife over 12 cm blade length, any dagger with both sides sharpened, any spring type or gravity drop blades.
That just about ruled out 90% of my collection...still carry four blades daily but in different pockets, forms and lengths...
 
Texas has finally made it less restrictive to own as you like and carry as you like. I'm enjoying actually getting to legally
carry the Italian stiletto I've owned for 25 years.
I enjoy carrying my switchblade pretty much everywhere. It's super convenient and I love to see the look on people's faces when I open a box or use it for some other random purpose. They are legal in MS too but apparently I'm breaking the law every time I drive through LA?
 
I enjoy carrying my switchblade pretty much everywhere. It's super convenient and I love to see the look on people's faces when I open a box or use it for some other random purpose. They are legal in MS too but apparently I'm breaking the law every time I drive through LA?
The laws on knives and blades are so screwed up.

I have a few switchblades because I collect knives, and I've often carried them . . . although they are not my first choice as an edged weapon.

When I was a medic and an EMT, you often have to work in confined spaces (like a badly crushed car) where there is room for only one rescue person.

As a consequence, you don't have enough hands. One hand to hold the IV, one hand to stabilize someone's head (in case of a fractured cervical spine), one hand to cut seatbelts, tangled clothing, and so on, one hand to hold the oxygen mask . . . I'm sure you get my point. The paramedic of the future will be a genetically engineered person who will look like the Hindu goddess Durga (see below, riding the tiger).

800px-Durga_Mahisasuramardini.jpeg


My switchblade could--obviously--be opened with one hand, which meant that a dangerous blade was, effectively, sheathed until I wanted it open.

That way, I could cut seatbelts, etc. with one hand instead of two.

This is very similar to the reason why I carried switchblades while rappelling, because if an arm, leg, or my torso got tangled up, I could cut myself free with only one hand. There were similar reasons for me to carry them when I've been caving, or if I was doing "confined space rescue" (or "narrow-angle rescue").

Switchblades were quite against the rules by the standards of the service that I worked for, so I tended to carry cheaper ones, and surreptitiously threw them away if it looked like I was going to get busted by a supervisor.

I preferred to get mine at the flea market for $16.00 or so, and they worked fine for me.

I still have one or two of my original switchblades floating around somewhere in my knife collection.
 

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