Iowa member's, help?

[The.one.true.Lebowski]

Just can't seem to find a clear answer anywhere I search. In Iowa with a CCW can you carry a push dagger? Who makes a good reasonably priced push dagger or other full tang double edged dagger? Iowa knife laws are written as confusing as possible, most of our "weapons" laws kind of are. Any Way push dagger in Iowa with ccw or not?​

 

[glistam]

Iowa has very broadly phrased laws on the matter of knives. Most push daggers would generally fall within the state's definition a "dangerous weapon" because, let's face it, they're designed to stab people and have no other non-weapon purpose.

However, the carry restrictions have one big exception:

Subsections 1 through 3 do not apply to any of the following:
i. A person who has in the person’s possession and who displays to a peace officer on demand a valid permit to carry weapons which has been issued to the person, and whose conduct is within the limits of that permit. A person shall not be convicted of a violation of this section if the person produces at the person’s trial a permit to carry weapons which was valid at the time of the alleged offense and which would have brought the person’s conduct within this exception if the permit had been produced at the time of the alleged offense.

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2018/724.4.pdf

The phrasing of the statute seems to suggest if you have a CCW, you are effectively exempt from all knife carry restrictions, provided knife is something other than a spring-operated ballistic knife.