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Originally Posted by iamskippy
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You can own just can't carry....
From the site you linked
"Banned Knives In Massachusetts
There aren’t any. When it comes to edged weapons you can own whatever you want;
you just can’t necessarily carry it."
"What can you carry?(b) Whoever, except as provided by law, carries on his person, or carries on his person or under his control in a vehicle, any stiletto, dagger or a device or case which enables a knife with a locking blade to be drawn at a locked position, any ballistic knife, or any knife with a detachable blade capable of being propelled by any mechanism, dirk knife, any knife having a double-edged blade, or a switch knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which the blade is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half inches, or a slung shot, blowgun, blackjack, metallic knuckles or knuckles of any substance which could be put to the same use with the same or similar effect as metallic knuckles, nunchaku, zoobow, also known as klackers or kung fu sticks, or any similar weapon consisting of two sticks of wood, plastic or metal connected at one end by a length of rope, chain, wire or leather, a shuriken or any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown, or any armband, made with leather which has metallic spikes, points or studs or any similar device made from any other substance or a cestus or similar material weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand, or a manrikigusari or similar length of chain having weighted ends; or whoever, when arrested upon a warrant for an alleged crime, or when arrested while committing a breach or disturbance of the public peace, is armed with or has on his person, or has on his person or under his control in a vehicle, a billy or other dangerous weapon other than those herein mentioned and those mentioned in paragraph (a), shall be punished by imprisonment…"
"Exceptions
MA allows the carry of large fixed blades when hunting or fishing, or traveling directly to and from hunting and fishing.
There’s another odd exception which seems to allow carrying little tiny switchblades and
daggers with blades of no more than 1.5 inches. Perhaps they’re considered so useless as weapons that they’re not worth banning."
I stand corrected on the RI laws...
I was always under the impression that daggers were illegal here.
RI laws are a tad different..
You can't conceal carry any blade with more then 3" from handle to tip. but you can open carry any blade of any size provided local laws allow..