In Maryland, they are legal to own by anyone. No transfer, in that you cannot "sell, barter, display, or offer to sell or barter".I have seen them on rare occasions. Mostly, they are just there as part of a collector's display. I was told that they are purchase restricted to LEO, First Responders and Military. Maybe someone can confirm that?
In Maryland, they are legal to own by anyone. No transfer, in that you cannot "sell, barter, display, or offer to sell or barter".
I have given away a switchblade, as it seems a gift is okay.
https://knifeup.com/maryland-knife-laws/
Thank you. From that, it appears that there are no exceptions regarding purchase.
I've bought a couple online. No problems...
I've bought a couple online. No problems...
There are several dealers at the Chantilly show that have the Benchmade "spring assist" knives, that have a push button to deploy the blade and then push it again to retract it.
I don’t know if it’s the exact same, but I bought something that sounds just like this at a timonium show a few months ago. I didn’t know it wasn’t a true switchblade but for the price I just grabbed it because I had never seen any for sale.
Looks like a Benchmade Infidel or a copy their of. Nice knife.Was it a Smith and Wesson brand? The company the licenses the S & W name makes a handful of assisted OTF knives that are single action. Meaning you must manually retract the blade instead of pushing the button on the handle to close the knife. I have seen automatic knives at every gun show I have ever been to, including Maryland shows. The knife pictured below is an assisted opening OTF. It looks like a switch, but it's not.
Plenty of on line venders will sell you anything you want
If you want something just look around
They are only illegal in a couple of areas in md so I don’t know why everyone is so scared of getting them