I've read the knife laws in NJ on a few sites, but none of them specify butterfly knives. Would they still count as gravity knives?

The short answer is yes, they do count as gravity knives in NJ.

 

Yeah, stinks I know

How about merely owning them rather than carrying? Like, let's say I were to have one in my home and the police were to come in one day and see it. Would big brother spank me for that?

Off topic

 

Knife section please!

 

okay, i'm done.

Yeah After I saw Kick Ass I got curious about the Benchmade Model 47b butterfly knife....

500 bucks :?

How about merely owning them rather than carrying? Like, let's say I were to have one in my home and the police were to come in one day and see it. Would big brother spank me for that?

 

Unfortunately in NJ it is illegal to both own and carry butterfly knives. I looked into it in high school and made the mistake of telling a lawyer-relative who promptly threw the book at me (well, a stack of statutes).

 

The chart here is somewhat difficult to decipher but you will find anything pointier than a dowel will get you in trouble in NJ.

 

http://www.thefiringline.com/library/bl ... elaws.html

 

Knife section please!

 

 

+1

 

+1 or like an "Edged Weapon" section.

Hmmmm. I think it is legal to have in your house, but you cant carry it around.

How about merely owning them rather than carrying? Like, let's say I were to have one in my home and the police were to come in one day and see it. Would big brother spank me for that?

 

Unfortunately in NJ it is illegal to both own and carry butterfly knives. I looked into it in high school and made the mistake of telling a lawyer-relative who promptly threw the book at me (well, a stack of statutes).

 

The chart here is somewhat difficult to decipher but you will find anything pointier than a dowel will get you in trouble in NJ.

 

http://www.thefiringline.com/library/bl ... elaws.html

 

Okay. That's all I needed to know. F***ing NJ. :x