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Posted: 5/14/2024 4:54:55 AM EDT

The governor signed HB 2342 into law. This makes the carrying of all deadly and dangerous weapons perfectly legal. The law makes it so that as long as a person is openly carrying any type of weapon, including switchblades or butterfly knives, they can do so.

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It's a Twitter post so who knows when this actually happened, but apparently Hawaii legalized open carry of all hand weapons like switchblades, butterfly knives etc as long as they're not completely concealed.

Utah similarly has no restrictions on hand weapons unless there's an intent to cause harm. I've never personally seen anyone carry anything but clipped folding knives here

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Ronin76 Joined Aug 2022 Posts 1182 EE 0% (0) JPN	Posted: 5/14/2024 5:11:14 AM EDT [Last Edit: Ronin76] [#1] I just Google'd the Hawaii state Legislature webpage... https://legislature.ai/bill/US/US_HI/StateLeg/2024/HB/2342 Difficult to say what this is - looks like they made it illegal to conceal switchblades or butterfly knives but doesn't say you cannot possess or carry them otherwise.

jerrwhy01 Member Joined Nov 2009 Posts 23763 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 5:30:13 AM EDT [#2] Finally, I can year my nunchucks on my belt where they belong.
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switchtanks Joined Feb 2012 Posts 23101 EE 0% (0) TN, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 5:35:15 AM EDT [#3] lol. This is going to be hilarious

BoneB1B Joined Sep 2022 Posts 8780 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 5:53:45 AM EDT [Last Edit: BoneB1B] [#4] Melee weapons I’d use a trench mace as a keyring

Prijador Joined Mar 2013 Posts 9422 EE 0% (0) MI, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 6:03:18 AM EDT [Last Edit: Prijador] [#5] Quote History Originally Posted By BoneB1B: Melee weapons I’d use a trench mace as a keyring View Quote Attached File Katana and Wakizashi for me, I guess.

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FoxValleyTacDriver Member Joined Nov 2011 Posts 4681 EE 100% (35) USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 6:07:00 AM EDT [#7] I remember the 7/11 clerk that lopped off a homeless dudes hand with a Katana near Waikiki a couple years ago.

ARDunstan Throbbing Member Joined Nov 2002 Posts 17227 EE 0% (0) CHN	Posted: 5/14/2024 6:07:41 AM EDT [#8] Those damn haoles again.
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wienerman1961 Member Joined Nov 2012 Posts 13465 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 6:08:25 AM EDT [#9] Foons, Rons and Diots. The whole lot.

SAE Member Joined May 2009 Posts 51436 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 6:09:42 AM EDT [Last Edit: SAE] [#10] Quote History Originally Posted By ARDunstan: Those damn haoles again. View Quote Not tourist friendly. I would absolutely not participate. What the fuck is wrong with these people anyway? What a bunch of fags!

Windustsearch Member Joined Mar 2005 Posts 37391 EE 0% (0) WA, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 6:12:03 AM EDT [Last Edit: Windustsearch] [#11] Hell yeah, throwing stars and numbchucks. Maybe get some ninja claws.

RR_Broccoli Brassica Oleracea Joined Jul 2008 Posts 45563 EE 0% (0) WI, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 7:29:19 AM EDT [#12] So now it is legal to open carry a bucket of machetes? I may actually visit that liberal shithole after this!
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cwm1150 Call sign: Galactic Joined May 2001 Posts 40484 EE 100% (166) TX, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 7:33:00 AM EDT [#13] If true that is pretty surprising
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Posted: 5/14/2024 7:36:01 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By RR_Broccoli:
So now it is legal to open carry a bucket of machetes?

I may actually visit that liberal shithole after this!

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9divdoc Member Joined Mar 2001 Posts 136828 EE 100% (121) WI, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 7:38:58 AM EDT [#16] Open carry a crossbow
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SAE Member Joined May 2009 Posts 51445 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 7:40:53 AM EDT [Last Edit: SAE] [#17] Quote History Originally Posted By 9divdoc: Open carry a crossbow View Quote Right down Military Ave with jungles on. That ought to show em'. Lol

Crazyascanbe Member Joined Dec 2023 Posts 535 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 7:56:23 AM EDT [#18] I would carry and entrenching tool on my belt

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WTFShane Joined Oct 2011 Posts 10514 EE 100% (69) HI, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 8:30:52 AM EDT [#20] Quote History Originally Posted By FoxValleyTacDriver: I remember the 7/11 clerk that lopped off a homeless dudes hand with a Katana near Waikiki a couple years ago. View Quote You knew him? I've been to that 7-11 a few times after hanging out at the Irish Rose.

Bravo_Six Member Joined Jul 2007 Posts 14116 EE 100% (6) PA, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 8:32:20 AM EDT [#21] If my frags are in belt pouches, and the pouches are visible, does that count as open carry?

cyclone Member Joined Jul 2003 Posts 71806 EE 100% (81) GA, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 8:32:59 AM EDT [Last Edit: cyclone] [#22] Quote History Originally Posted By jerrwhy01: Finally, I can year my nunchucks on my belt where they belong. View Quote Or you can walk around like Lord Toranaga in Shogun with your Katana and Wakizashi
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SAE Member Joined May 2009 Posts 51453 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 8:34:57 AM EDT [Last Edit: SAE] [#24] Quote History Originally Posted By Crazyascanbe: I would carry and entrenching tool on my belt View Quote Attached File "Aftermath of the attempted robbery"

WTFShane Joined Oct 2011 Posts 10515 EE 100% (69) HI, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 8:36:46 AM EDT [#25] Not that I want to carry, but makes it legal for me to purchase them now. I've been wanting some legit butterfly knives for a while.

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Brassrainbows Joined Mar 2019 Posts 1741 EE 100% (30) OR, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 8:43:09 AM EDT [#27] People that open carry hunting knives are typically odd folks.

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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:44:08 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By WTFShane:
Not that I want to carry, but makes it legal for me to purchase them now. I've been wanting some legit butterfly knives for a while.

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I bought a trainer and a real one in Utah, although they're legal in NY. I got home and kind of flipped the trainer around and decided it was a terrible idea and put them in a cupboard

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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:44:40 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By WTFShane:
Not that I want to carry, but makes it legal for me to purchase them now. I've been wanting some legit butterfly knives for a while.

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You do realize that this is a ploy by leftists in your state to set a precedent about being able to open carry in the United States, but at one point with no open or concealed firearms being around any longr.

And, that being after a comprehensive ban on all firearms has occurred nationwide.

Saw it right off in the OP.

You still get to fuck around with your butterfly knives all you want though.

Eventually though, they'll take all of those away from the public too.

Good luck brudda! Lol

The Chinese are coming and I can see it plain as day.

Their Pearl Harbor upon you.

Pull your katana on them then and see what happens next.

They don't like anything that resembles Japanese either.

Know your fuck stick enemies before you buy!

You don't want a Chinese Marine jamming your new knife up somewhere where the sun doesn't normally shine because that would be a waste.

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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:50:01 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Brassrainbows:
People that open carry hunting knives are typically odd folks.

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I saw a few guys in NY open carrying k bars a few years ago, I thought maybe it was a Sons of Anarchy thing. When I drove cross country in 22 I saw some guys carrying fixed blade knives when I stopped for the night at motels. I think they were truck drivers

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sgtlmj Member Joined Jan 2002 Posts 8304 EE 100% (382) CO, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 8:51:48 AM EDT [#31] I always pocket carried a Spyderco Pacific Salt when we lived on Kauai. All of the counties (islands) have exceptions for dive knives. It's also bright yellow so no one can say I was trying to hide it.

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Posted: 5/14/2024 8:58:00 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Aimless:
I bought a trainer and a real one in Utah, although they're legal in NY. I got home and kind of flipped the trainer around and decided it was a terrible idea and put them in a cupboard

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I have a few trainers that I fuck with. I know I'll probably cut myself flipping a live blade, but I still want one because I've always been fascinated with butterfly knives.

PeepEater Joined Dec 2009 Posts 56566 EE 100% (2) USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 8:59:01 AM EDT [#34] You can carry a knife but that won't stop the government from burning down your house and selling your property.

M14chud Joined Feb 2006 Posts 3288 EE 100% (33) FL, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 9:02:15 AM EDT [#35] I bet some of those Haole Go Home independence types already have their warclubs festooned with shark teeth and ready to go, which makes me slightly jelly.

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Posted: 5/14/2024 9:10:12 AM EDT

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Hawaii weapons laws are just stupid. As far as I know, they're the only state that has a gun category called "assault pistol", and of course, they're banned.

Overall, Hawaii is a beautiful place, but I would never want to live in that bigoted state. My Hawaiian wife hates it there too. I have always felt like an outsider there, for lack of a better description. It's like I'm not even considered a fellow American there, I'm just a haole from the mainland, a separate category.

pr24guy Member Joined Mar 2004 Posts 11094 EE 100% (1) NJ, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 9:11:48 AM EDT [#38] Quote History Originally Posted By Brassrainbows: People that open carry hunting knives are typically odd folks. View Quote Every hunter, fisherman, woodsman, Scandinavian, Soldier, and camper are odd in your eyes? That says a lot about you, Mam.
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Posted: 5/14/2024 9:14:18 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By sgtlmj:
I always pocket carried a Spyderco Pacific Salt when we lived on Kauai. All of the counties (islands) have exceptions for dive knives. It's also bright yellow so no one can say I was trying to hide it.

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In Texas it doesn't matter either way. Texans are able to open carry swords at their discretion.

I'm sure some do and Bowie type knives as well.

I have only seen this a couple of times in the last three years, but never a sword or a long cutting devise such as a sabre and the like.

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Posted: 5/14/2024 9:21:46 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By CarlosC:
Hawaii weapons laws are just stupid. As far as I know, they're the only state that has a gun category called "assault pistol", and of course, they're banned.

Overall, Hawaii is a beautiful place, but I would never want to live in that bigoted state. My Hawaiian wife hates it there too. I have always felt like an outsider there, for lack of a better description. It's like I'm not even considered a fellow American there, I'm just a haole from the mainland, a separate category.

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In some cases their negroes for sure. Those apparently have some sort of chip on their shoulder as well. Politically motivated to some extent in sure.

On the other hand I've had Hawaiian and Samoan friends and we got along just fine.

Usually, back then, it was the younger crowd or the old school natives that remembered the war years and even before then that were friendly towards mainlanders like us.

In my experience, if you liked to party then you came to the right place and they partied hard.

Some of them were the best you will find; competent and motivated warriors in the field as you will find anywhere.

They loved what they did as far as I could tell.

I wouldn't have wanted to be up against them in a tight.

burkeva Member Joined Mar 2007 Posts 27028 EE 100% (8) PA, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 9:25:10 AM EDT [#41] That new law isn’t enough for most of the basement dwellers on here to go visit.
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Efl15 Joined Jan 2019 Posts 17305 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 9:26:02 AM EDT [Last Edit: Efl15] [#42] BRB, moving to the great state of Hawaii.

miseses Joined Feb 2024 Posts 269 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 9:42:35 AM EDT [Last Edit: miseses] [#43] You have been able to open carry long blades for a long time in HI. Like machete is fine. People do not look twice, either. IT is really weird since they are anti gun.

tparker241 retired blue Joined Jan 2021 Posts 2132 EE 0% (0) AL, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 9:49:35 AM EDT [#44] Got my eye on a new trebuchet ! Now, finding a holster to carry it in Maui may be a bit of a problem. A good level 3 from Safariland may have to be special order.

mikeyb76 Joined Mar 2024 Posts 282 EE 0% (0) UT, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 10:13:53 AM EDT [#45] in before all the Japanese start yelling "stop appropriating my culture!" to all those sword wielders. sounds more like an opportunity for LEO to get some paid leave.

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intercooler Member Joined May 2010 Posts 4180 EE 100% (36) SC, USA	Posted: 5/14/2024 10:45:19 AM EDT [#49] i cant believe this...what would the spirit of Aloha think?
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