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EXCEPTION FOR LOCATION-RESTRICTED KNIVES
TEX. PENAL CODE § 46.15(e)
Section 46.02(a-4) does not apply to an individual carrying a
location-restricted knife used in a historical demonstration or in
a ceremony in which the knife is significant to the performance
of the ceremony.
Under this exception, individuals who are historical reenactors
under the age of 18 who are demonstrating a historical battle where
a sword is a part of the reenactment are not guilty of the crime
of carrying a location-restricted knife. Likewise, persons under the
age of 18 who are participating in a ceremony, such as a wedding
where the bride and groom walk under a steeple of swords, would
also not be guilty of carrying a location-restricted knife since this
exception states that the provisions of Texas Penal Code Section
46.02(a-4) do not apply in such a situation.
3. Switchblades are no longer illegal!
Once listed as a prohibited weapon that was illegal to possess in any
place, switchblades were removed from the list in 2013. In 2017,
the legislature removed Texas Penal Code Section 46.01(11), which
defined switchblade. The continued presence of this definition
after 2013 had caused some confusion as to whether or not there
continued to be some regulations specific to switchblades, but rest
assured, it did not. This definition was a statutory relic of a bygone
era, that is no more.
However, all switchblades and automatic knives that possess a
blade longer than 5½ inches are regulated as any other locationrestricted knife.
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