WeaponsCollector
EXTREME GUN OWNER
Cool collection, thanks for sharing.
I bet guys in the civil war used them more for settling disputes with their own side than ever in battle, just a guess.
Curious, are 'brass knuckles' universally illegal now in the States, or just in some States? I sometimes see them advertised as belt buckles, and I want to say paper weights, don't recall exactly.
My understanding is like switch blades, legal to own, illegal to carry as a weapon, right?
(switchblade exception for LEO in Maryland).
In most places it's only illegal to use them or carry them but ownership is fine. A handful of states do ban ownership: California, Massachusetts, New York, and possibly Michigan and Illinois. There's also various local laws that outlaw knuckles and some states with no laws at all. Ones that are made overseas like in China or Pakistan often have a knob on one side for use as a belt buckle and will be sold as a "knuckle buckle" or "paperweight" on the packaging probably as a way to make confiscation less likely in places where they might be outlawed.
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