If it’s illegal to have a concealed knife in a vehicle in California, then how do people drive around in an RV with a drawer full of knives?

    • Kintarian@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      It’s very confusing to me. Since the cops aren’t running around arresting campers I guess I just won’t worry about it. There’s no particular reason for them to search my vehicle anyway.

  • Seasm0ke@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I got pulled over in California with a 3.5" benchmade folding knife in my pocket. The cop asked me to exit vehicle and asked if I had any weapons. I told him I have a folding pocket knife which was in my right pocket and he asked me to remove it and place it on the hood of the vehicle. I did so slowly and telegraphed my movements and then stepped away from the vehicle so he could Pat me down. He then inspected the knife and gave me a sobriety test. I passed and he let me go. If you gave a fixed blade machete in your car you just put it in the trunk and declare it. If you’re hiking with it you just need it in a holster.

    You cant have a cane sword or an assasins creed style contraption or shit like that. A knife in a knife block in a cardboard box that says kitchen isnt going to violate the law

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      2 months ago

      When a cop asked me if I have any weapons my answer is no. My knives are not weapons. They are tools. A weapon is made to have only one purpose and that is to cause great bodily injury or death. My knives are not solely meant to do that.

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        2 months ago

        You gotta remember cops are dumb panicky animals and take any sentence longer than 8 syllables as a personal attack.

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    CA is crazy:

    It’s illegal, on a school campus carry a razor blade or box cutter

    So… How am I to open a box.

    Also the law against locking blades. Fuck folding knives without locking blades. I prefer to keep my fingers

  • CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Not legal advice: try concealing a chefs knife on your person and then ask a cop to frisk you.