Laws pertaining to tomahawks

• Nov 16, 2016

• #1

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Hondo

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Apr 23, 2014

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Can anyone fill me in on the legalities of carrying a tomahawk in a car in Maryland? I have a feeling that this was probably covered at some point but I haven't found a thread on this subject.

Thanks.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #2

Inigoes

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No mention of Tomahawks in 4-101

http://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2013/article-gcr/section-4-101/

However, make sure it isn't a peace pipe. You might get nailed for drug paraphernalia. lol

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #3

iH8DemLibz

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Hondo said:

Can anyone fill me in on the legalities of carrying a tomahawk in a car in Maryland? I have a feeling that this was probably covered at some point but I haven't found a thread on this subject.

Thanks.

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They're not tomahawks. They're small hatchets. For chopping kindling when you go camping. No law against gathering firewood.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #4

campns

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iH8DemLibz said:

They're not tomahawks. They're small hatchets. For chopping kindling when you go camping. No law against gathering firewood.

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Good, cause as an engineer I usually have a machete, axe, and hatchet in my truck at all times...

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #5

iH8DemLibz

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campns said:

Good, cause as an engineer I usually have a machete, axe, and hatchet in my truck at all times...

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You just never know when you'll be driving through Amish country when all of a sudden someone asks you to help them raise a new barn.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #6

campns

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iH8DemLibz said:

You just never know when you'll be driving through Amish country when all of a sudden someone asks you to help them raise a new barn.

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absolutely, Mr. Yoder is a good friend of mine!

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #7

Blackstar65

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Why would you be carrying said tomahawk?

 

• Nov 16, 2016

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Pale Ryder

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Camping implement, used for cutting firewood, pounding tent stakes, etc.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #9

tmd99

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Aug 22, 2015

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Frederick

Why not? hatchett, tomahawk, axe, chainsaw bayonet, all the same right?

 

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• Nov 16, 2016

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Blackstar65

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Pale Ryder said:

Camping implement, used for cutting firewood, pounding tent stakes, etc.

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Good answer. Make sure you say that if your stopped.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

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d33rhunt3r

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I have not looked this up to determine the validity, but our farm truck always has at least 2 machetes and an axe as well as other wood cutting utensils. From what I've been told, they are considered "tools" until used otherwise because of the truck being designated farm vehicle.

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• Nov 16, 2016

• #12

Sealion

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Doesn't it depend on whether the tomahawk looks evil?

 

• Nov 16, 2016

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PapiBarcelona

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iH8DemLibz said:

You just never know when you'll be driving through Amish country when all of a sudden someone asks you to help them raise a new barn.

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Come on guy, Amish asking for help?

They're like beavers. Drive down middle of nowhere in PA, look at a field and it's empty. Come back the next day and there's a huge barn built that's filled up with hay.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #14

highli99

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Nov 10, 2015

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I think Mel Gibson weaponized these in a movie where Heath Ledger died.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #15

Mark75H

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Weaponized Amish or tomahawks?

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #16

Allium

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Just do NOT park the car on school grounds. Had an old machete fall into a wheel well froom using my car to carry camping gear. Son drove it to school, parked in teacher lot - big no no - car got searched. They found what I had lost years earlier covered in rust. Had to go to court for that.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #17

CrazySanMan

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Mar 4, 2013

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I keep one of the Estwing tomahawks in my car. It is a tool to extract an injured person from a vehicle after a car crash.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

• #18

lowoncash

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Jan 4, 2010

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Calvert county

Good idea. I never thought about carrying a missile. i'm gonna need a launch mount and a fire control button.

 

• Nov 16, 2016

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highli99

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Mark75H said:

Weaponized Amish or tomahawks?

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The one where he roid raged on red coats

 

• Nov 17, 2016

• #20

Biggfoot44

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Aug 2, 2009

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We chuckle, but before Sam Colt made men equal, tomahawks/ hatchets , and big ass knives Were sidearms. Pistols were too unreliable and single shot at best, swords and muskets were cumbersome for constant carry. ( And knives and hatchet equivalents had usefulness as everyday tools.)

But at the OP's inquiry, tomahawks/ hatchets are not enumerated in 4-101 as *Extra Evil* , so they would be treated the same as fixed blade knive, axes, hammers, chain saws, swords, etc.

Don't conceal them . Don't commit felonies. Don't traffic CDS. Don't have intent to ( kind of varies in case law). Be cognizant of possible ambiguity between transported in vehicle, and carried concealed in vehicle.