Yeah you’re right, that is one limitation. The rational is that it has no purpose other than being a weapon.
Comment on Knife vs. Gun Control?
JeromeVancouver@lemmy.ca 4 months agoI think switch blades are illegal in Canada too, but I could be wrong
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think the difference between “assisted open,” which is almost always legal, and “automatic open” (e.g., switch blades") is very minor. They are both just ways of freeing and locking the blade for use. I don’t think either of them implies they will be used as a weapon. I would guess the laws are just stupid and, as another user pointed out, related to a historical “moral panic.”
Damned greasers and their switchblades and leather jackets. When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet all the way, from your first cigarette to your last dying day!
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Fair
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
I mean, those are reasonably weapons, no?
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Yeah you’re right, that is one limitation. The rational is that it has no purpose other than being a weapon.