[SML] Prop Weapon Question - Legality

[Stuart Baulch]

Expanding on Kristi's comment:

New York VIllage Voice Article - How a '50s-Era New York Knife Law Has
Landed Thousands in Jail

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/10/nyc-gravity-knife-law-arrests.php?page=all

Stuart B

On 8 January 2015 at 02:09, Dale Farmer via Stagecraft
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> On 1/8/2015 1:03 AM, Dave Vick via Stagecraft wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Maia Robbins-Zust via Stagecraft
>> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>
>>> who happens to be in the middle of renewing her "License to Carry" in the
>>> state of Massachusetts
>>
>>
>> Oy vey.... May the Grand Architect smile on you, my sister.
>>
> It's not as bad as it used to be.  The gun laws got overhauled last year and
> they reconciled all the parts that contradicted each other.   It's still
> somewhat the whim of your local chief of police, but if they turn you down,
> the chief is required to give a written reason for denial, and sets up an
> appeal process.
>
>   And finally, unlicensed possession of a pepper spray is no longer an
> instant felony.  Anyone of legal age can buy one in the state and carry it
> for self defense, just like the other 49 states have done for years.
>
> Unfortunately, they did not quash the fiat pseudo-laws that the state
> attorney general imposed on firearms, invented out of his imagination and
> the general consumer protection laws that the AG enforces.  Invented by an
> elected AG who believed that guns were the root of all evil, and the couple
> of his successors who were also true believers of the anti-gun gospel of
> Sarah Brady.
>
>    --Dale
>
>
>
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