Federal facilities, including the post office, have a posted message on the door banning the possession of dangerous weapons per Title 18, Section 930 of the US Code. Many people believe that one may not possess any knife with a blade of 2.5 inches or greater. The code states in subsection (g)(2)
"The term dangerous weapon means a weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, animate or inanimate, that is used for, or is readily capable of, causing death or serious bodily injury, except that such term does not include a pocket knife with a blade of less than 2 1/2 inches in length."
Besides the point of your shoe laces being define as dangerous weapons, I think that any length blade legal for your area is also legal in a Federal facility in that area based on the following:
Statute
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d), whoever knowingly possesses..... etc.
subsection (d) states:
"Subsection (a) shall not apply to -"
"(3) the lawful carrying of fierarms or other dangerous weapons in a federal facility incident to hunting or other lawful purposes."
What do you guys think?
Any lawyers in disguise out there??
(sorry about the length, but this has been on my mind for some time)......
"The term dangerous weapon means a weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, animate or inanimate, that is used for, or is readily capable of, causing death or serious bodily injury, except that such term does not include a pocket knife with a blade of less than 2 1/2 inches in length."
Besides the point of your shoe laces being define as dangerous weapons, I think that any length blade legal for your area is also legal in a Federal facility in that area based on the following:
Statute
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d), whoever knowingly possesses..... etc.
subsection (d) states:
"Subsection (a) shall not apply to -"
"(3) the lawful carrying of fierarms or other dangerous weapons in a federal facility incident to hunting or other lawful purposes."
What do you guys think?
Any lawyers in disguise out there??
(sorry about the length, but this has been on my mind for some time)......