Is it illegal to carry a switchblade knife in Arizona?
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Is it illegal to carry a switchblade knife in Arizona?
You can check the answer of the people under the question at Quora “knife laws arizona“
About Peyton
Actually Arizona knife law has no limit on knife type or knife blade length if you are 21 or older.But if you’reminors (under 21),it’s just allowed to own or carry pocket knives-certain folding knife to be carried in pocket,be opened or closed manually,not automaticly or by gravity.
Besides, kinves are prohibited at some occasions,such as a polling place on any election day,school grounds,hydoelectric facilities,nyclear facilities,scene of crime or terrorist activity.What’s more,people must report truthfully if he carry knives or other offensive weapons when a low enforcement officer asked if he is armed.
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Probably. If you want a switch blade you can buy one with a secret locking mechanism for when the cop asks to see it. I’m pretty sure the law hasn’t caught onto this one yet.
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2016 Arizona Revised Statutes :: Title 13 – Criminal Code :: § 13-3120 Knives regulated by state; state preemption; definitions
A. Except as provided in subsections C and D, a political subdivision of this state shall not enact any ordinance, rule or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, gift, devise, licensing, registration or use of a knife or knife making components in this state.
B. A political subdivision of this state shall not enact any rule or ordinance that relates to the manufacture of a knife and that is more prohibitive than or that has a penalty that is greater than any rule or ordinance that is related to the manufacture of any other commercial goods.
C. This section does not prohibit a political subdivision of this state from enacting and enforcing any ordinance or rule pursuant to state law, to implement or enforce state law or relating to imposing any privilege or use tax on the retail sale, lease or rental of, or the gross proceeds or gross income from the sale, lease or rental of, a knife or any knife components at a rate that applies generally to other items of tangible personal property.
D. This section does not prohibit a political subdivision of this state from regulating employees or independent contractors of the political subdivision who are acting within the course and scope of their employment or contract.
E. A political subdivision’s rule or ordinance that relates to knives and that is inconsistent with or more restrictive than state law, whether enacted before or after the effective date of this amendment to this section, is null and void.
F. For the purposes of this section:
1. ” Knife” means a cutting instrument and includes a sharpened or pointed blade.
2. ” Political subdivision” includes any county, city, including a charter city, town, municipal corporation or special district, any board, commission or agency of a county, city, including a charter city, town, municipal corporation or special district or any other local public agency.
What is Legal/Illegal in Arizona:
Pocket knives are legal.
Balisong knives are legal.
Switchblades, gravity knives, Bowie knives, and stilettos are legal.
Knives of any length are legal.
It is legal for anyone over 21 to carry knives concealed.
It is illegal to not inform a police officer when they stop you that you are carrying a concealed knife when the knife is not a pocket knife.
It is illegal for someone under 21 years of age to carry a non-pocket knife concealed.
It is illegal to bring a knife into schools.
Outside of what is listed above, it is illegal to use a knife to commit a behavior that is already illegal. What this means is that it is illegal to rob a bank with a knife and you will be penalized more severely than if you robbed a bank without a weapon
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