I understand under Texas law you cannot carry a blade over 5 1/2 inches, but does this also pertain to camping/hunting purposes? I want to buy a Bark River Bravo 2, which is a 7 inch blade, for my dedicated camping/ hunting pack. Is this breaking the law?

Thanks.

 

See 46.15 (b)(3):


So is it a weapon commonly used in the activity?  Well, sure, knives are commonly used in hunting and a 7" blade does not sound out of the question.

There's the gray area though of course, interpretation of "commonly used in the activity".

Thanks. It sounds as if I'd be legal in carrying it in my pack when camping and/ or hunting which is the only time I would have it.

Should just get a CHL and carry a gun with your knife.

I have one, but wasn't there a member here that was arrested and spent thousands defending himself from what should have been legal carry with a CHL?

Yep.  It is easy to tell someone else to be a another test case..  

Especially when it is unlikely a DA will ever let there be a test case.  If they don't let any precedent be set then they can still continue to arrest people at will without any consequences. They'll just dismiss after letting the defendant sweat a while and spend their money but prior to trial figuring that costing someone thousands in legal fees plus all their lost time and having an arrest on their record is punishment enough to be a deterrent for something that they don't like but they know isn't even a crime.

Yep not me. I'll just keep this knife in my hunting and camping load out.

Did the member that went through this file a civil case against the State as a result? When they start paying for it is when there will be change.

Officers are given incredibly lenient discretion and are generally considered to be protected by "qualified immunity" even when they knew or should have known that no crime was committed because it is very difficult to prove what they knew or not and the word of an officer is generally considered to be true unless they do something to discredit themselves.  In a false arrest case like the member's here, they will just claim it is a grey area in the law and it is very difficult to prevail because the courts will generally act in the interests of the state over those of the people.  If a few people won it would be a deterrent to filing charges when the law was unclear and given the number of laws that are confusing or poorly worded, especially those relating to firearms, that is not something that the government would allow to happen.

I don't think he has a case that he can prevail.  AND who can afford to hire an attorney for the civil suit after having to pay for the criminal defense.

I couldn't afford pushing forward without more support.  I tried knife rights and a couple of others and they weren't interested.