I am looking for a list of NJ knife laws from a credible source. I found a lot of info on various sites, but non of them are from a "NJ site". Can someone post a link or point me in the right direction.

 

THANKS!!

Here:

http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=950612&Depth=4&TD=WRAP&advquery=2C%3a39-1%20%20Definitions&headingswithhits=on&infobase=statutes.nfo&rank=&record=%7B1A38%7D&softpage=Doc_Frame_Pg42&wordsaroundhits=2&x=34&y=12&zz=

 

 

2C:39-3. Section e. Certain weapons.

I don't seem to see anything on blade length or carrying. So hypothetically speaking I could carry a 12" knife on my belt and as long as it isn't a gravity knife, switch blade, etc. I'm legal?

You'll run into problems explaining the "lawful purpose" they tag on the statutes. Unless you're going hunting, they'll ask what kind of job you have where you need a knife with a gigantic blade. Chefhunter might get away with it, but I don't know who else will. LEOs have the flexibility to charge you with something and let the court settle it.

I think a lot of people misconstrue the length of the blade explanation.

2C:39-9.1. Sale of knives to minors; crime of the fourth degree; exceptions:

A person who sells any hunting, fishing, combat or survival knife having a blade length of five inches or more or an overall length of 10 inches or more to a person under 18 years of age commits a crime of the fourth degree; except that the establishment by a preponderance of the evidence of all of the following facts by a person making the sale shall constitute an affirmative defense to any prosecution therefor: a. that the purchaser falsely represented his age by producing a driver's license bearing a photograph of the licensee, or by producing a photographic identification card issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1980, c. 47 (C.39:3-29.3), or by producing a similar card purporting to be a valid identification card indicating that he was 18 years of age or older, and b. that the appearance of the purchaser was such that an ordinary prudent person would believe him to be 18 years of age or older, and c. that the sale was made in good faith relying upon the indicators of age listed in a. and b. above.

So, from that, the only time a length of the blade is even discussed is if a person sells "any hunting, fishing, combat or survival knife having a blade length of five inches or more or an overall length of 10 inches or more to a person under 18 years of age."

I think the real argument is the whole "for lawful purposes," which, IIRC, has been discussed quite a bit on the forum.

Thanks, and I suppose "because I can't carry a gun" isn't a good enough "lawful purpose".