Maine legalizing switchblades for one-armed people

It's about time!

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Wait, one armed people weren't allowed to have them?

What about two armed people?

Never mind, no one was allowed to have one until now. Eh, the law makes sense, so yay!

edited 11th Apr '11 11:32:34 AM by Usht

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Nobody was allowed to have them. Now there is an exception; you can have and use them if you have one arm, because if you have one arm using a folding knife is prohibitively difficult.

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What do you mean the law is reasonable?

edited 11th Apr '11 1:06:38 PM by del_diablo

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Switchblades are unnecessary. There is no reason you need to quick draw a blade.

Please.

Try closing a folding knife with one hand sometime and you'll understand that this is very useful for people with only one hand, del diablo.

edited 11th Apr '11 11:54:24 AM by Usht

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Oh. I took it to mean the "no switchblade" law was what was unreasonable.

Please.

Equally important to being able to use a folding knife, try opening one with only one hand.

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Yeah, I can see how you got that from my post then. Sorry about that.

edited 11th Apr '11 11:58:40 AM by Usht

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Quick-draw blades are not necessary, but banning them is a fundamentally silly piece of political grandstanding, since it makes no practical difference to safety. This is the case with most weapons laws in the US; they do nothing for real safety but politicians love to have them on their resumes.

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I didn't even know what a switchblade was until just now. Now I'm wondering why they aren't more popular—folding knives are really awkward to hold safely*

, and bowie knives are impractical to carry around.

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Ever open one in your pants? Not a nice feeling. But really its because, while cool, they are kinda impractical. Accidental opening. Prone to jamming. Not as cool as a butterfly knife. The handle needs to be the size of the blade. The list goes on and on.

Please.

Since when has cool meant practical?

Seeing all these piss ant tropers trying to talk tough makes me laugh. If Matrix were here, he'd laugh too.

what kind of person defends themselves with a knife? Nasty weapon, more likely to hurt yourself then your opponent.

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I met a girl from the Philipines who showed me some scars she got from her butterfly knife.

That study hall was intimidating on so many levels.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.

The kind that realizes a knife is the most effective, small weapon you can use to defend yourself?

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Same with folding knives right? As well as butterfly knives. But I agree, balisong is better than switchblade.

But yeah, I find these knife restricting laws kinda....sucky. Perhaps a sharpened stick with a sheath could replace any knife you may want to carry around but can't due to the law ...not sure if sharpened stick is illegal or not.

If you practice with a butterfly knife, you will hurt yourself many times. Luckily for me, my butterfly knife is dull as can be, though I've still stabbed myself a few times when just starting out...not to mention the pinching of my fingers between the handles...those are the worst.

Tip: when practicing with your balisong, make sure to wear shoes.

Well sure, if other people's safety is important to you

edited 11th Apr '11 4:37:44 PM by ViralLamb

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Please.

I don't see the big deal about switchblades, I have a really well broken in Gerber folder that easily fits in my pocket, has a big, sharp, very strong blade, and I can easily open it with one hand when I put a bit of pressure on the notch with my thumb while holding it. I could get that sucker ready to go faster than I could with a switchblade.

Why not just small guns. Most of the states have exposed weapons laws. You can lift aim and shoot quicker than you can draw a knife.

Please.

That's only if you have it loaded and ready to go and you see them coming. You would be surprised at the distance and time involved in the reality of a trained cop or someone being able to unholster and aim a gun before they fire it. Add more time if you need to put a round in the chamber or turn off the safety. It seems like it would be really easy to do it quick enough, but it often isn't.

Quite the contrary actually, most engagements occur within a distance close enough that neither side will have time to aim (not without sufficient training at least) before the other guts them with a knife. And thanks to the fact that switch blades and fold out knives have springs, it's not hard to pull them out real quickly.

edited 11th Apr '11 4:49:36 PM by Usht

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Ah good point. Forgot you have to have the gun unloaded in unconcealed. Still I rather carry pepper spray or a taser than a knife. Your just asking for someone to use your own knife if you do not know how to handle one.

Please.

I carry my knife in my left side, it'd be a distraction more than anything. Untrained fighters have a habit of fixating on a combatant with a weapon and forget other places an attack can originate from. Such as a right cross or a front kick to the gut while someone holds a knife in their left hand.

Tunnel vision = bad.

If you have one arm, just put it in your teeth. Or better yet, make your missing arm into a switchsword.

edited 11th Apr '11 4:55:31 PM by Barkey

Eh, I personally got training on how to handle a knife as well as how to knife fight and disarm someone with a knife, so it's not exactly a tool I'm uncomfortable with. However, I seriously don't see a one armed person being able to use a knife for anything like that, by virtue of the fact that they only have one arm (not trying to sound mean or anything).

Switch sword, yessssss.

edited 11th Apr '11 4:57:06 PM by Usht

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