CJ Buck
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There is a bill currently in the committee on Criminal Justice that was introduced as House Bill No. 5797. There are rumors of a Michigan Senate bill #6797 but I did not find anything on that bill from Statenet.
This bill adds verbage into existing switchblade law that state "Any sharp-edged, multibladed device, capable of being carried on the person, with blades that are, or can be, locked into place for use as a weapon."
What this means is that locking blades are being equated only with increasing the effectiveness of a knife as a weapon and they are ingnoring the obvious safety issues for making folding knives lock.
AKTI has not yet decided what is our best course to convince Michigan state legislators that lockbacks are for safety and keep this from passing.
AKTI needs to hear from someone local with some recommendations on who might be available in the area to take point, ie... a local attorney etc....
Here is the total bill text as I downloaded off Statenet: the underlining did not translate so I hope I have changed the color of anything new.
In bill text the following has special meaning
underline denotes added text
struck out text denotes deleted text
2003 MI H 5797
AUTHOR: Smith
VERSION: Introduced
VERSION DATE: 04/22/2004
HOUSE BILL No. 5797
April 22, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Smith and Hood and referred to the
Committee on Criminal Justice.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending sections 224 and 227 (MCL 750.224 and 750.227), section 224 as amended by 1991 PA 33 and section 227 as amended by 1986 PA 8.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 224. (1) A person shall not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or possess any of the following:
(a) A machine gun or firearm that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than 1 shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
(b) A muffler or silencer.
(c) A bomb or bombshell.
(d) A blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, sand club, sand bag, or bludgeon.
(e) A device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance designed to render a person temporarily or permanently disabled by the ejection, release, or emission of a gas or other substance.
(f) Any sharp-edged, multibladed device, capable of being carried on the person, with blades that are, or can be, locked into place for use as a weapon.
(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony , punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years , or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A self-defense spray device as defined in section 224d.
(b) A person manufacturing firearms, explosives, or munitions of war by virtue of a contract with a department of the government of the United States.
(c) A person licensed by the secretary of the treasury of the United States or the secretary's delegate to manufacture, sell, or possess a machine gun , or a device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance described in subsection (1).
(d) A person possessing a weapon described in subsection (1) pursuant to his or her duties with the armed forces of the United States.
(e) A person manufacturing, selling, offering to sell, or possessing a device described in subsection (1)(f) in the course of a lawful trade, profession, or occupation.
(4) As used in this chapter, "muffler" or "silencer" means 1 or more of the following:
(a) A device for muffling, silencing, or deadening the report of a firearm.
(b) A combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.
(c) A part, designed or redesigned, and intended only for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.
Sec. 227. (1) A person shall not carry a dagger, a dirk, a stiletto, a double-edged nonfolding stabbing instrument of any length, a sharp-edged multibladed device with blades capable of being locked into place for use as a weapon, or any other dangerous weapon, except a hunting knife adapted and carried as such a hunting knife , concealed on or about his or her person , or , whether concealed or otherwise , in any vehicle operated or occupied by the person, except in his or her dwelling house , or place of business or on other land possessed by the person.
(2) A person shall not carry a pistol concealed on or about his or her person , or, whether concealed or otherwise, in a vehicle operated or occupied by the person, except in his or her dwelling house , or place of business , or on other land possessed by the person, without a license to carry the pistol as provided by law and , if licensed, shall not carry the pistol in a place or manner inconsistent with any restrictions upon such the license.
(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony , punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years , or by a fine of not more than $2,500.00.
Copyright 2004 State Net. All Rights Reserved.
This bill adds verbage into existing switchblade law that state "Any sharp-edged, multibladed device, capable of being carried on the person, with blades that are, or can be, locked into place for use as a weapon."
What this means is that locking blades are being equated only with increasing the effectiveness of a knife as a weapon and they are ingnoring the obvious safety issues for making folding knives lock.
AKTI has not yet decided what is our best course to convince Michigan state legislators that lockbacks are for safety and keep this from passing.
AKTI needs to hear from someone local with some recommendations on who might be available in the area to take point, ie... a local attorney etc....
Here is the total bill text as I downloaded off Statenet: the underlining did not translate so I hope I have changed the color of anything new.
In bill text the following has special meaning
underline denotes added text
struck out text denotes deleted text
2003 MI H 5797
AUTHOR: Smith
VERSION: Introduced
VERSION DATE: 04/22/2004
HOUSE BILL No. 5797
April 22, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Smith and Hood and referred to the
Committee on Criminal Justice.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending sections 224 and 227 (MCL 750.224 and 750.227), section 224 as amended by 1991 PA 33 and section 227 as amended by 1986 PA 8.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 224. (1) A person shall not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or possess any of the following:
(a) A machine gun or firearm that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than 1 shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
(b) A muffler or silencer.
(c) A bomb or bombshell.
(d) A blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, sand club, sand bag, or bludgeon.
(e) A device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance designed to render a person temporarily or permanently disabled by the ejection, release, or emission of a gas or other substance.
(f) Any sharp-edged, multibladed device, capable of being carried on the person, with blades that are, or can be, locked into place for use as a weapon.
(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony , punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years , or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A self-defense spray device as defined in section 224d.
(b) A person manufacturing firearms, explosives, or munitions of war by virtue of a contract with a department of the government of the United States.
(c) A person licensed by the secretary of the treasury of the United States or the secretary's delegate to manufacture, sell, or possess a machine gun , or a device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance described in subsection (1).
(d) A person possessing a weapon described in subsection (1) pursuant to his or her duties with the armed forces of the United States.
(e) A person manufacturing, selling, offering to sell, or possessing a device described in subsection (1)(f) in the course of a lawful trade, profession, or occupation.
(4) As used in this chapter, "muffler" or "silencer" means 1 or more of the following:
(a) A device for muffling, silencing, or deadening the report of a firearm.
(b) A combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.
(c) A part, designed or redesigned, and intended only for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.
Sec. 227. (1) A person shall not carry a dagger, a dirk, a stiletto, a double-edged nonfolding stabbing instrument of any length, a sharp-edged multibladed device with blades capable of being locked into place for use as a weapon, or any other dangerous weapon, except a hunting knife adapted and carried as such a hunting knife , concealed on or about his or her person , or , whether concealed or otherwise , in any vehicle operated or occupied by the person, except in his or her dwelling house , or place of business or on other land possessed by the person.
(2) A person shall not carry a pistol concealed on or about his or her person , or, whether concealed or otherwise, in a vehicle operated or occupied by the person, except in his or her dwelling house , or place of business , or on other land possessed by the person, without a license to carry the pistol as provided by law and , if licensed, shall not carry the pistol in a place or manner inconsistent with any restrictions upon such the license.
(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony , punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years , or by a fine of not more than $2,500.00.
Copyright 2004 State Net. All Rights Reserved.