Seen several ads for auto knives. Are these legal in Georgia?
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Auto knives legal?
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Lots of conflicting information out there, but seeing as Martins Coins and Firearms sells them I’d say they’re good to go
Ain't sure about legal but I got some of them
Yes
Very legal. However, if you for some reason had an auto with a blade length greater than 12" (unlikely), the carrier must technically have a GA WCL.
www.akti.org
Georgia Knife Laws | American Knife and Tool Institute
Any knife having a blade measuring 12 inches or less may be freely carried. Some knives with blades longer than 12 inches are weapons and may not be carried beyond one’s home, property, automobile…
www.akti.org
So if you have a CCL feel free to get and out the front sword.
Yes. I carry a combat troodon every day since I moved here
Very legal. However, if you for some reason had an auto with a blade length greater than 12" (unlikely), the carrier must technically have a GA WCL.
Georgia Knife Laws | American Knife and Tool Institute
Any knife having a blade measuring 12 inches or less may be freely carried. Some knives with blades longer than 12 inches are weapons and may not be carried beyond one’s home, property, automobile…
Years ago the late owner of Burt's Blades knife shop in Warner Robins told me that in Georgia legally speaking it doesn't matter HOW the knife opens and closes. What matters is blade length. And I THINK he told me it needed to be under 6" in blade length to be legal. Otherwise it's supposed to be carried in a belt sheath or case. So OTF and side opening automatics are legal. Hell I bought two for my last daughter as Birthday and Christmas gifts at the Sports Center here in Perry. Same goes for gravity knives and butterfly knives.
State law, for the State of Georgia, doesn't address switchblades / auto-openers as far as I know.
Federal law DOES, but it only bans the sale of such knives in interstate commerce. So if I were a retail seller, I would not acquire any such knives online, knowing that they were
made overseas, imported into the USA in some state (probably not imported into Georgia, although we do have the Port of Savannah to consider),
then shipped to some big distribution center (very likely in some state other than Georgia),
and finally shipped to my little knife and blade shop here in Georgia.
Although the feds don't seem to interested in enforcing this law, it's on the books, and has been since the late 1950s.
(Due to all that West Side Story type stuff-- Sharks vs. Jets having a rumble and all that...)
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Federal law DOES, but it only bans the sale of such knives in interstate commerce. So if I were a retail seller, I would not acquire any such knives online, knowing that they were
made overseas, imported into the USA in some state (probably not imported into Georgia, although we do have the Port of Savannah to consider),
then shipped to some big distribution center (very likely in some state other than Georgia),
and finally shipped to my little knife and blade shop here in Georgia.
Although the feds don't seem to interested in enforcing this law, it's on the books, and has been since the late 1950s.
(Due to all that West Side Story type stuff-- Sharks vs. Jets having a rumble and all that...)
Federal Switchblade Act – Knife Rights
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