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Knife Laws by State
The whole trade guesses at knife law, and a buyer pays for the guess. This house keeps a plain reading of every province in the union — legal blade length for open and concealed carry, whether switchblades, balisongs, ballistic knives and double-edged blades are permitted, and which cities write stricter law than their capitals. Read from published statute on 2026-09-04. It is a reading of law, not counsel, and it says so.
For a reading of one specific piece to one specific address, use the Lawful Edge — free, and it lays a town's own ordinance over the state's.
- AlabamaBroadly permissive
- AlaskaBroadly permissive
- ArizonaBroadly permissive
- ArkansasBroadly permissive
- CaliforniaStrictly governed
- ColoradoLawful with conditions
- ConnecticutStrictly governed
- DelawareStrictly governed
- District of ColumbiaStrictly governed
- FloridaBroadly permissive
- GeorgiaLawful with conditions
- HawaiiStrictly governed
- IdahoBroadly permissive
- IllinoisStrictly governed
- IndianaBroadly permissive
- IowaLawful with conditions
- KansasLawful with conditions
- KentuckyBroadly permissive
- LouisianaLawful with conditions
- MaineLawful with conditions
- MarylandStrictly governed
- MassachusettsStrictly governed
- MichiganLawful with conditions
- MinnesotaStrictly governed
- MississippiBroadly permissive
- MissouriLawful with conditions
- MontanaBroadly permissive
- NebraskaLawful with conditions
- NevadaBroadly permissive
- New HampshireBroadly permissive
- New JerseyLawful with conditions
- New MexicoStrictly governed
- New YorkStrictly governed
- North CarolinaLawful with conditions
- North DakotaLawful with conditions
- OhioBroadly permissive
- OklahomaBroadly permissive
- OregonLawful with conditions
- PennsylvaniaLawful with conditions
- Rhode IslandStrictly governed
- South CarolinaBroadly permissive
- South DakotaBroadly permissive
- TennesseeBroadly permissive
- TexasLawful with conditions
- UtahBroadly permissive
- VermontLawful with conditions
- VirginiaLawful with conditions
- WashingtonStrictly governed
- West VirginiaBroadly permissive
- WisconsinBroadly permissive
- WyomingBroadly permissive