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(A) No person, except as provided by law, shall carry on his or her person, or carry under his or her control in a vehicle, any knife having any type of blade in excess of 2½ inches, ice picks, dirks or similar weapons that are likely to penetrate through Police Officer’s ballistic vests, or other object or tool so redesigned, fashioned, prepared or treated that the same may be used to inflict bodily harm or injury to another, except:
(1) When actually engaged in hunting or fishing or any employment, trade or lawful recreational or culinary activity which customarily involves the carrying or use of any type of knife;
(2) In going directly to and/or returning directly from such activities; or
(3) If the knife is being transported directly to or from a place of purchase, sharpening or repair, and if packaged in such a manner as not to allow easy access to the knife while it is being transported.
(B) No person, except as provided by law, shall carry on his or her person, or carry under his or her control in a vehicle, a machete. For purposes of this Section,
MACHETE means a heavy knife at least 18 inches in length and having a blade at least 1½ inches wide at its broadest measurement. This Subsection shall not apply to carrying a machete on one’s person or in a vehicle if the machete is carried for the purpose of cutting vegetation or if the machete is being transported for the purpose of cutting vegetation.
(CBC 1985 16-45.1; Ord. 2001 c. 10; Ord. 2008 c. 13 § 1) Penalty, see Subsection 16-45.4
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