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Serious question - it certainly sounds like it would be fine, but I thought I'd ask because your laws are well, you know, fucking retarded.
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And can I carry a mini Griptillian with a clip? Any issues with that?
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Serious question - it certainly sounds like it would be fine, but I thought I'd ask because your laws are well, you know, fucking retarded.
Maryland state knife law has no restrictions on blade length or style.
The only things banned are fixed blades (except during activities requiring them e.g. hunting, fishing, camping, when they must be carried openly), automatics (legal to own/collect, cannot carry outside the home), and "gravity knives."
"Gravity knives" are a legal classification which has no strict definition - however, it basically means an automatic that doesn't have a spring. You hold it upside-down, press the button, and the blade falls out and locks open. If you need to turn your wrist or manipulate the knife further to
complete the opening, it's NOT a gravity knife. So while you can hold, for example, a Benchmade Griptillian horizontally with the spine of the blade down, retract the AXIS lock, and the blade will fall down into the halfway open position... because you then have to turn the knife more and/or apply rotational force to get it to complete the opening, it is NOT a gravity knife.
Spring assist is 100% legal under MD law as well. Again, any blade style or length is also okay.
HOWEVER...
State law does
not have preemption.
Baltimore may have additional restrictions, such as the mentioned ban on spring-assists. I don't know that they do or don't; I'm not a resident.