Section 1716. Injurious articles as nonmailable
(g) All knives having a blade which opens automatically (1) by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle of the knife, or (2) by operation of inertia, gravity, or both, are nonmailable and shall not be deposited in or carried by the mails or delivered by any officer or employee of the Postal Service. Such knives may be conveyed in the mails, under such regulations as the Postal Service shall prescribe –
(1) to civilian or Armed Forces supply or procurement officers and employees of the Federal Government ordering, procuring, or purchasing such knives in connection with the activities of the Federal Government;
(2) to supply or procurement officers of the National Guard, the Air National Guard, or militia of a State ordering, procuring, or purchasing such knives in connection with the activities of such organizations;
(3) to supply or procurement officers or employees of any State, or any political subdivision of a State or Territory, ordering, procuring, or purchasing such knives in connection with the activities of such government; and
(4) to manufacturers of such knives or bona fide dealers therein in connection with any shipment made pursuant to an order from any person designated in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
So ow are all these auto knife dealers getting knives into indiana? I doubt any of them have federal contracts?
And by reading this, according the the 1903 Militia Act, can i simply say I am in a militia since I am an able boddied man, and then just buy them scott free?
I know we can buy them in state and possess them now. I also know that these laws only apply to sellers, not buyers. I'm jsut dumbfounded how these people are legally purchasing these knives to sell in indiana when none of them are mad in indiana. US federal commerce laws still regulate switchblades. Any lawyers wanna help me out here? I'm scratching my head....
(g) All knives having a blade which opens automatically (1) by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle of the knife, or (2) by operation of inertia, gravity, or both, are nonmailable and shall not be deposited in or carried by the mails or delivered by any officer or employee of the Postal Service. Such knives may be conveyed in the mails, under such regulations as the Postal Service shall prescribe –
(1) to civilian or Armed Forces supply or procurement officers and employees of the Federal Government ordering, procuring, or purchasing such knives in connection with the activities of the Federal Government;
(2) to supply or procurement officers of the National Guard, the Air National Guard, or militia of a State ordering, procuring, or purchasing such knives in connection with the activities of such organizations;
(3) to supply or procurement officers or employees of any State, or any political subdivision of a State or Territory, ordering, procuring, or purchasing such knives in connection with the activities of such government; and
(4) to manufacturers of such knives or bona fide dealers therein in connection with any shipment made pursuant to an order from any person designated in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
So ow are all these auto knife dealers getting knives into indiana? I doubt any of them have federal contracts?
And by reading this, according the the 1903 Militia Act, can i simply say I am in a militia since I am an able boddied man, and then just buy them scott free?
I know we can buy them in state and possess them now. I also know that these laws only apply to sellers, not buyers. I'm jsut dumbfounded how these people are legally purchasing these knives to sell in indiana when none of them are mad in indiana. US federal commerce laws still regulate switchblades. Any lawyers wanna help me out here? I'm scratching my head....