[FONT=&]which has an exposed point or edge of more than one-half (½) inch, unless the point or edge is protected with a guard so as to cover it and prevent injury to any person coming in contact therewith.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]which has an exposed point or edge of more than one-half (½) inch, unless the point or edge is protected with a guard so as to cover it and prevent injury to any person coming in contact therewith.[/FONT]
Municipal ordinances are fine only.
The law isn't designed to keep you from possessing or using a sharp object, it's to keep you from having an exposed sharp object that someone could bump in to and hurt themselves or walking around with an exposed blade in your hand. I vaguely remember it being discussed in the academy, and apparently it goes back to the days of trolley cars and people getting poked with ornamental hat pins.