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by skub
Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:55 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Are you "over-prepared"?
Replies: 59
Views: 14925

Re: Are you "over-prepared"?

chasfm11 wrote: OK, I wasn't clear on this. If I buy an illegal knife at a gun show, I have to transport it home. From the minute that I own it until I'm back on my property, I'm breaking the law, right? I suppose that you could make a case for provision #2 - that after the purchase, I was heading directly to the car.

Actually, the way I read this, #2 would cover you from the gun show to your car, as long as you went directly from the gun show to the car. (I guess technically, someone might argue that if you bought the knife, and then you continued to walk around the gun show, you would be in violation, but I would be surprised to see that ever become an issue.) BUT, one clarification that I would add is that, once you get to your car, you are good - that seems to be clearly stated in #2. Having it in your car is the same as having it in your home.

<insert standard legal disclaimer - IANAL, et al.>
by skub
Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:44 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Are you "over-prepared"?
Replies: 59
Views: 14925

Re: Are you "over-prepared"?

chasfm11 wrote: Of course, if it were illegal, they shouldn't be selling it, should they?
It's not against the law to have an illegal knife ( :headscratch ) , just to carry off your property, or outside your vehicle.
PC §46.02. UNLAWFUL CARRYING WEAPONS. (a) A person com- mits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly car- ries on or about his or her person a handgun, illegal knife, or club if the person is not:
(1) on the person's own premises or premises under the person's control; or
(2) inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person's control.

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