neuroblades
Regular Member
At some point or other, we've all encountered this issue, "What knife is legal"?
Well, with a CDWL any knife is legally carried. But this is for the OC crowd.
This issue is one that I've always considered to be confusing to a slight extent because Kentucky law states that a Deadly Weapon means any of the following: Any knife other than an ordinary pocket knife or hunting knife.
Additionally, there is no length in Kentucky law for a knife yet Stout v Commonwealth 33 S.W.3d 531 (2000) held that a 3" locking folder is deadly weapon.
This tells me that there are A LOT of individuals out there that are carrying a concealed deadly weapon in their pockets and don't even know it!
SOURCE: http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/USKnife.pdf
Well, with a CDWL any knife is legally carried. But this is for the OC crowd.
This issue is one that I've always considered to be confusing to a slight extent because Kentucky law states that a Deadly Weapon means any of the following: Any knife other than an ordinary pocket knife or hunting knife.
Additionally, there is no length in Kentucky law for a knife yet Stout v Commonwealth 33 S.W.3d 531 (2000) held that a 3" locking folder is deadly weapon.
This tells me that there are A LOT of individuals out there that are carrying a concealed deadly weapon in their pockets and don't even know it!
SOURCE: http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/USKnife.pdf