Are knives arms?

[Missourian]

If yes...is the right to carry a knife protected by the Second Amendment?

 

[Muhammed]

Yes and yes.

 

[miketx]

If yes...is the right to carry a knife protected by the Second Amendment?

In certain cases they are arms. Small hand arms.

 

[Hossfly]

In certain cases they are arms. Small hand arms.

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I carry both.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

If yes...is the right to carry a knife protected by the Second Amendment?

 

[miketx]

I carry both.

You any good at trimming the bush?

 

[Muhammed]

You any good at trimming the bush?

Do you want to find out how good?

 

[progressive hunter]

If yes...is the right to carry a knife protected by the Second Amendment?

of course they are,, and considering at the time the 2nd was written they were the main arms of the time,,
not everyone had a gun but it was hard to find someone without a knife of some sort,,

 

[Bobob]

If yes...is the right to carry a knife protected by the Second Amendment?

I don't believe that the founding fathers had knives alone as arms in mind and were referring to the right to bear arms, like guns or any deadly weapon, in the war with the British. That was the extent of it, and the issue has morphed into the catastrophe that we have today. I own 3 guns and support gun owner's rights, but not to the extent of the ridiculous. Common sense must be used.

 

[Hossfly]

You any good at trimming the bush?

Like the grim reaper, I am.

 

[progressive hunter]

I don't believe that the founding fathers had knives alone as arms in mind and were referring to the right to bear arms, like guns or any deadly weapon, in the war with the British. That was the extent of it, and the issue has morphed into the catastrophe that we have today. I own 3 guns and support gun owner's rights, but not to the extent of the ridiculous. Common sense must be used.

what common sense should be used??

 

[miketx]

Like the grim reaper, I am.

Ya gots ta keep a trim bush!

 

[Otis Mayfield]

If yes...is the right to carry a knife protected by the Second Amendment?

Although Second Amendment cases and scholarship have focused on guns, the Second Amendment does not protect “the right to keep and bear Firearms.” The Amendment protects “arms,” of which firearms are only one category. In this Article, we analyze Second Amendment protection for the most common “arm” in the United States—the knife.

https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/knives.pdf

I would say yes.

There's the "National Switchblade Act" that banned switchblades for some reason.

 

[Vastator]

"Common" sense is abject naievity, and ignorance. Anyone who looks to "common" sense as foundational grounding, is beneath imperical thought....

 

[Abatis]

Mostofcoursely!

In 2016 the Supreme Court held that a state law banning stun guns was a violation of the 2ndA. The lower court had upheld the law on the primary reasoning that stun guns, "were not in common use at the time of the Second Amendment’s enactment".

The Supreme Court (in a per curiam decision) vacated the lower court's decision, simply quoting Heller saying that “the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding”.

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[Harpy Eagle]

So, not just knives but also swords, battle axes, maybe a mace or a halberd.


It would be pretty cool to get on a train with a halberd

 

[Bobob]

what common sense should be used??

Certain guns are not necessary for gun owners to possess. For example, AR15 rifles don't belong in Bobby Joe's arsenal, in my view. Nor do machine guns.

 

[progressive hunter]

Certain guns are not necessary for gun owners to possess. For example, AR15 rifles don't belong in Bobby Joe's arsenal, in my view. Nor do machine guns.

who are you to say what another person wants or needs??
and if you look at the true intent of the 2nd you will see its specific to that type of gun/weapon/arms

 

[Blues Man]

Certain guns are not necessary for gun owners to possess. For example, AR15 rifles don't belong in Bobby Joe's arsenal, in my view. Nor do machine guns.

Your opinion.

Therefore meaningless.

 

[progressive hunter]

Certain guns are not necessary for gun owners to possess. For example, AR15 rifles don't belong in Bobby Joe's arsenal, in my view. Nor do machine guns.

this one should really make you run and hide