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Title: Is A Boot Knife Illegal?


Mark - October 15, 2009 12:13 PM (GMT)
Is wearing a boot knife illegal in Arkansas?

Malone Laveigh - October 15, 2009 04:05 PM (GMT)
Here ya go. :)
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Arkansas - 5-73-121. (a) A person who carries a knife as a
  weapon, except when upon a journey or upon his own
  premises, shall be punished as provided by section 5-73-
  123(b ).
(b ) If a person carries a knife with a blade 3-1/2 inches
  long or longer, this fact shall be prima facie proof that
  the knife is carried as a weapon.


Apparently it's not where you carry it, it's the size. :scratch:



Malone

Stratocaster - October 19, 2009 03:46 AM (GMT)
"A person who carries a knife as a
weapon"
Carrying a knife is not illegal.

ßÍgHat - October 22, 2009 06:52 PM (GMT)
Carrying a knife is not illegal ??.

[/B]Arkansas - 5-73-121. (a) A person who carries a knife as a
weapon, except when upon a journey or upon his own
premises, shall be punished as provided by section 5-73-
123(b ).
(b ) If a person carries a knife with a blade 3-1/2 inches
long or longer, this fact shall be prima facie proof that
the knife is carried as a weapon.



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