Machete Illegal in NY State

[JeremiahJohnson]

?A Deadly Weapon?: New York Senate Passes Legislation to Outlaw Machetes in the Empire State | TheBlaze.com


Know what's a deadly weapon? A baseball bat. You take the machete, I'll take the baseball bat. Guess who wins?

 

[Kart29]

They've been illegal in MA for years.

The weapon of choice for MS-13, I hear.

 

[Thor]

When I lived in that god forsaken state I used a machete to trim my hedges...now I'd be arrested for lawn maintenance.

As for MS-13 it just goes to show you it's the person not the tool.

I have a Mexican fighting machete that I picked up down there in the '70's and would not want to use it to fight someone with a bat...In fact I don't think I've actually used it for anything. More of a wall hanger than a tool. Pretty though.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Well, there's such a problem with machete's in NY you know. Scores of people killed and butchered.

State wide search for this guy right now:

 

[BluePig]

They won't be happy till everything is made of Nerf foam and adobe mud.
That way nobody gets hurt.

 

[cosermann]

What about axes and hatchets/tomahawks aren't they "deadly" too?

Stupid mentality out there - blaming tools for the actions of people. Violence is a behavior, not a tool.

 

[Cygnus]

They've been illegal in MA for years.

The weapon of choice for MS-13, I hear.

When I lived in that god forsaken state I used a machete to trim my hedges...now I'd be arrested for lawn maintenance.

As for MS-13 it just goes to show you it's the person not the tool.

I have a Mexican fighting machete that I picked up down there in the '70's and would not want to use it to fight someone with a bat...In fact I don't think I've actually used it for anything. More of a wall hanger than a tool. Pretty though.

Bull Honkery! I had to look it up. I mean I have heard of several home invasions using machetes around here over the last 3-4 years so I had to check. Switchblades? Now those are illegal in MA.



Lots of crappy laws here.....I wonder if the MA house has introduced a bill to keep up.

Hey was that fighiing machete angle and had a little notch ? Allegedly for the jugular? A bunch of etchings?

 

[actaeon277]

For most of the Northeast, most things are illegal.

 

[Fargo]

Possessing a slingshot with a wrist brace was a felony in NY last time I looked. So very dumb.

 

[Tombs]

But yet with a license you can carry a handgun.

I don't understand the state's laws... They're all or nothing with some massive holes. Even for a protectionist they'd have to be baffling.

 

[Cygnus]

Double post

 

[rhino]

Does it matter with respect to being illegal if it's a "muh shetty" or a "mah CHET tay"?

 

[Cygnus]

But yet with a license you can carry a handgun.

I don't understand the state's laws... They're all or nothing with some massive holes. Even for a protectionist they'd have to be baffling.

The laws we have are very vague in their language as well. Licenses issued by the state but restricted (or not) by the local chief or sheriff whichever applies where you live.

And of course the obligatory, mostly correct overstatement:

everything is illegal in massachusetts - Bing video

 

[Thor]

Hey was that fighiing machete angle and had a little notch ? Allegedly for the jugular? A bunch of etchings?

Well, lots of etchings, chrome blade, silver handle with bone inserts and a Trojan style head ala 300. Other than that pretty standard blade, no notch.

One side says "da estimacion es la amor de la cabeza" the other says "Es major cargar el muerto y no ocupar el ataud". If I were going into a fight with a blade though I've got a dozen other swords I'd choose first.