Proposed Ammendment


Auto Exemption >>	Career >>

Home Knife Wizard About the Knives

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CA PENAL CODE SECTION 653k

653k.         (a) Every person who possesses in the passenger's or driver's area of any motor vehicle in any public place or place open to the public, carries upon his or her person, and every person who sells, offers for sale, exposes for sale, loans, transfers, or gives to any other person a switchblade knife having a blade two or more inches in length is guilty of a misdemeanor.

                  (1) For the purposes of this section, "switchblade knife" means a knife having the appearance of a pocketknife and includes a spring-blade knife, snap-blade knife, gravity knife or any other similar type knife, the blade or blades of which are two or more inches in length and which can be released automatically by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle, flip of the wrist or other mechanical device, or is released by the weight of the blade or by any type of mechanism whatsoever. "Switchblade knife" does not include a knife that opens with one hand utilizing thumb pressure applied solely to the blade of the knife or a thumb stud attached to the blade, provided that the knife has a detent or other mechanism that provides resistance that must be overcome in opening the blade, or that biases the blade back toward its closed position.

                  (2) For purposes of this section, "passenger's or driver's area" means that part of a motor vehicle which is designed to carry the driver and passengers, including any interior compartment or space therein.

                                    (b) Subdivision (a) shall not be applicable to:

                                    (1) State, county, or municipal law enforcement or public safety personnel when on duty and the use is authorized by the agency and is within the course and scope of their duties;

                                    (2) State, county, or municipal supply or procurement officers or bonafide dealers who order, procure, purchase, possess, or sell such knives to entities described in subdivision (b)(1);