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teft@piefed.social 1 day agoGravity knives are considered switchblades in many jurisdictions.They aren’t spring assisted switchblades. They are gravity assisted hence the name. Switchblade just means any knife you open with a switch or button. Don’t take my word for it though, go read the first line of the wikipedia page on switchblades.
In any case, they’re no more dangerous than your standard folding knives of the same general proportions.
Often they are less dangerous since they can fail to deploy (especially an OTF spring assisted switchblade). I had a sweet benchmade switchblade when I was in the army but alas it got lost at some point. That knife was the best for one handed box cutting.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 day ago
maybe instead go to the wikipedia page for ‘Gravity Knife’
or just read my comment more fully. Gravity knives don’t have switches. or buttons. If you’re considering the hinge mechanism that allows a gravity knife to operate, then practically any folder is a “switch blade” and that’s just not true.
from the wiki I linked:
Even in gravity knives that appear to be opened by a switch or buttons… all that button is doing is unlocking the blade to allow it to be deployed or retracted. If simply having a button or switch or something is all it takes to be a switchblade, then this classic gem would also be a switchblade.
teft@piefed.social 1 day ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchblade
Like I said, many jurisdictions consider gravity knives to be switchblades.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 day ago
and many jurisdictions have laws written by people who don’t have a frooking clue and are simply reacting to a knife being associated with whatever out-group happens to exist at the time.
teft@piefed.social 1 day ago
What does that have to do with the price of tea in china?
My original comment said gravity knives are considered switchblades in many jurisdictions. Politicians being morons doesn’t change that fact.