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Posted by: Unregistered

My friend from FL is driving up in a few days and he always has a combat knife in his car...secured, I know laws are way different so I was wondering what the laws where on that?

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Posted by: KEVDEMT

MGL c.269 s10B
Whoever, except as provided by law, carries on his person, or carries on his person or under his control in a vehicle, any stiletto, dagger or a device or case which enables a knife with a locking blade to be drawn at a locked position, any ballistic knife, or any knife with a detachable blade capable of being propelled by any mechanism, dirk knife, any knife having a double-edged blade, or a switch knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which the blade is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half inches, or a slung shot, blowgun, blackjack, metallic knuckles or knuckles of any substance which could be put to the same use with the same or similar effect as metallic knuckles, nunchaku, zoobow, also known as klackers or kung fu sticks, or any similar weapon consisting of two sticks of wood, plastic or metal connected at one end by a length of rope, chain, wire or leather, a shuriken or any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown, or any armband, made with leather which has metallic spikes, points or studs or any similar device made from any other substance or a cestus or similar material weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand, or a manrikigusari or similar length of chain having weighted ends; or whoever, when arrested upon a warrant for an alleged crime, or when arrested while committing a breach or disturbance of the public peace, is armed with or has on his person, or has on his person or under his control in a vehicle, a billy or other dangerous weapon other than those herein mentioned and those mentioned in paragraph (a), shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years in the state prison, or for not less than six months nor more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction, except that, if the court finds that the defendant has not been previously convicted of a felony, he may be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction.

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Posted by: Killjoy

What the hell is a "combat knife"?

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Posted by: Q5-TPR

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Originally Posted by Killjoy What the hell is a "combat knife"?

I have a pretty sweet Emerson Super Karambit that some friends from work helped me get before I left. Does that fall under the definition of a "combat knife"?

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Posted by: 5-0

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Originally Posted by Killjoy What the hell is a "combat knife"?

Isn't it like an "Assault Rifle"?

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Posted by: frank

Is that combat knife fixed, or does it have a collapsing stock? Does it have a handgrip? Is it a select fire, semi auto, or bolt action combat weapon?

It is Massachusetts, so it does matter...

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Posted by: Wolfman

Does the combat knife have a bayo lug that you can affix a little pistol onto?

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Posted by: cj3441

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Originally Posted by Wolfman Does the combat knife have a bayo lug that you can affix a little pistol onto?

Yes, provided there is no flash suppressor.

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Posted by: Deuce

And the combat/assault knife must not hold more than 10 other mini knives. As we all know, it's the 12th knife that kills people....

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Posted by: frank

Actually, don't listen to Deuce. As long as it is a tubular magazine and .22 caliber rimfire knives, you can hold as many as you want!

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Posted by: celticsfan

Does he have that knife for All Lawful Purposes, or just Whittling?

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

Does he have a culinary cooking license?

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