Knife Carry in Florida - Page 2

Rustynuts · February 23rd, 2008, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fernset

What the heck makes a knife "tactical"?

I would think stuff like a clip, finger hole or lug for easy one hand opening, part or full serrations, or if it's marketed with a bad sounding name like the annihilator, etc. Something like the knife pictured in the banner up top. May not look that tactical, but doesn't look like your ordinary pocket knife either.

Cakewalk · February 23rd, 2008, 11:05 PM

You know, a Leatherman can be a pretty nasty weapon...

Puppy · February 23rd, 2008, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ELCruisr

From the lawyers I talked with it seems FL knife law is a bit of a gray area. A common pocket knife is legal but it does not, by law, define just what that is. A somewhat chancey definition is a folder under 4". However I believe there has been one conviction on a knife under 4" because it's "tactical" features meant it was no longer a common pocket knife but a weapon.

Stay with a plain non tactical knife under 4" and you should be safe. They can do as much damage as a so called "tactical" model anyways.

Hmmmm, okay! Now define "Tactical" please.

retsupt99 · February 24th, 2008, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Cakewalk

You know, a Leatherman can be a pretty nasty weapon...

Yeah, if you want to put the 'screws' to someone...
(I believe it has both phillips and a regular heads..)

45MINK · February 24th, 2008, 01:07 AM

here's a thought ........once you tell the officer about it or where it is , It's no longer concealed ...............

ELCruisr · February 24th, 2008, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Puppy

Hmmmm, okay! Now define "Tactical" please.

Our illustrious and honorable politicians probably don't have a clue. If it's not a knife meant for whittling, cleaning your fingernails or picking your teeth it must be evil.......

There is a bias against serrations, scary looking things like chisel points and other features marketed as "tactical". Beats the heck out of me. I keep fully serrated blades around for rope cutting, nothing better. I guess that means it might just leap up at any second and slash to pieces any line in sight.......

Anubis · February 24th, 2008, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Puppy

Now define "Tactical" please.

Anything scary-looking, including any black item. I'm quite tactical because black is the color of my Wilderness belt, kydex holsters, Glocks, AR-15, Emerson folder, magazine carriers, allen wrenches, and avatar.

Ridgeline · February 24th, 2008, 05:35 PM

I have never heard of this from our friends on the east coast. So it does bring up a question. If a person receives a CWL or CHL in Fl. does that qualify you to carry a"tactical" knife?

David in FL · February 24th, 2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Ridgeline

I have never heard of this from our friends on the east coast. So it does bring up a question. If a person receives a CWL or CHL in Fl. does that qualify you to carry a"tactical" knife?

Yes. As long as it remains concealed.

FLSquirrelHunter · February 25th, 2008, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 45MINK

here's a thought ........once you tell the officer about it or where it is , It's no longer concealed ...............

uh, no, that's an affirmative defense in GA, not FL

on the other side of paradise, if an observer can't see enough of it to know what it is, it's concealed no matter what you tell the police

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February 23rd, 2008, 11:05 PM	#12
Cakewalk Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 234	You know, a Leatherman can be a pretty nasty weapon...

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45MINK Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: florida Posts: 149	here's a thought ........once you tell the officer about it or where it is , It's no longer concealed ...............