16-45.1   Carrying of Weapons Prohibited.   No person, except as provided by law, shall carry on his person, or carry under his control in a vehicle, any knife  having any type of blade in excess of two and one-half (2½ ) inches, ice picks, dirks or similar weapons that are likely to penetrate through police officer's ballistic vests, or other object or tool so redesigned, fashioned, prepared or treated that the same may be used to inflict bodily harm or injury to another, except:
   a.   When actually engaged in hunting or fishing or any employment, trade or lawful recreational or culinary activity which customarily involves the carrying or use of any type of knife , or
   b.   In going directly to and/or returning directly from such activities, or
   c.   If the knife  is being transported directly to or from a place of purchase, sharpening, or repair, and if packaged in such a manner as not to allow easy access to the knife  while it is being transported.
   No person, except as provided by law, shall carry on his person, or carry under his control in a vehicle, a machete. For purposes of this section, "machete" means a heavy knife  at least eighteen (18) inches in length and having a blade at least one and one-half (1.5) inches wide at its broadest measurement. This subsection shall not apply to carrying a machete on one's person or in a vehicle if the machete is carried for the purpose of cutting vegetation or if the machete is being transported for the purpose of cutting vegetation.
(Ord. 2001 c. 10; Ord. 2008 c. 13 § 1)  Penalty, see subsection [url=http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=jumplink$jumplink_x=Advanced$jumplink_vpc=first$jumplink_xsl=querylink.xsl$jumplink_sel=title;path;content-type;home-title;item-bookmark$jumplink_d=massachusetts(boston)$jumplink_q=[field folio-destination-name:'16-45.4']$jumplink_md=target-id=JD_16-45.4]16-45.4[/url]

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Be aware that places with "security" or metal detectors aren't going to allow knives either. USS Constitution comes immediately to mind.

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The USS Constitution is a active duty Navy ship