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Can anyone give me some info on Lousiana kife laws? The only thing I've heard of is that you can't carry anything with a blade more than 3 inches concealed.
RS 14:95
A. Illegal carrying of weapons is:
(1) The intentional concealment of any firearm, or other instrumentality customarily used or intended for probable use as a dangerous weapon, on one's person...
US Code TITLE 18 PART I CHAPTER 44 § 930 “The term “dangerous weapon” means a weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, animate or inanimate, that is used for, or is readily capable of, causing death or serious bodily injury, except that such term does not include a pocket knife with a blade of less than 2 1/2 inches in length.”
That is pretty vague, I'd hate to get roasted alive by the DA because I THOUGHT I was cool carrying a combat folder like this http://www.gerbergear.com/product.php?model=1608.
One could seriously argue that this knife is customarily used as a weapon and was designed and marketed as such.
By the way, the court measures from the tip of the knife to the beginning of the handle, not just the cutting edge.