TX Governor Abbott signs HB 1935 Knife Bill

[hso]

That explains it then.
Also why I have 5-6 of the things in the console of my ride

We could have an entire thread on the airline knives ban history, the absurdity of the withdrawn attempt to relax it, and the ways we've coped. Matter of fact...https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...-annoying-subject-airlines-and-knives.823330/

 

[Rexster]

It's a huge improvement in every possible way.

1. There are no more illegal knives. Before any knife with a blade over 5.5" was illegal, as was any knife from the list of illegal knives and that list was made up of undefined terms.
2. Knives with blade length over 5.5" may now be carried by anyone over 18 as long as they avoid the well-defined list of places/activities provided in the law. Before, knives over 5.5" could not be carried anywhere by anyone unless they fell under the sporting activities exception in the law.
3. Knives with blades under 5.5" are now essentially unrestricted. Before, knives with blades under 5.5" might still be illegal knives based on the list of illegal knives.

I've looked through it all again and it is all good news. What are you seeing as bad news?

Well, so many excellent knives have six-inch blades, so are still "illegal." A large camp knife, machete, etc., which has plenty of legitimate purposes, and might be transported in one's backpack, or similar easily-forgotten transport mode on or about one's person, is still "illegal," and can still result in an arrest if one is not careful, and mistakenly carries it into a restricted area. Yes, things are about to be MUCH better, but one must still be very careful. (Personally, I need not worry, as 46.15 will apply to me, which is not exactly "fair," but it is what it is.)

 

[Jim NE]

I also like what Texas has done. It's a pain if you travel to a gun-hating state or city, or one that doesn't have reciprocity. I'd like to carry a knife in that situation, but laws about knives are profoundly confusing and inconsistent. (Hopefully TX allows non-residents the same rules.) Many citizens are sincere, but uninformed. I bought a gun from a store last night, and the clerk pulled out his knife to open the box, and I said, "nice knife, but you can't carry it."

He acted confused and said, "yes I can." I wondered how he couldn't know this, but I came to find out that he just moved here from somewhere else and didn't know that his new city has a 3" blade limit on folding knives.

 

[JohnKSa]

Well, so many excellent knives have six-inch blades, so are still "illegal."

First of all, there are no illegal knives any longer. A knife with a 6 inch blade is perfectly legal, and perfectly legal to carry, there are just a few locations where it may not be carried. As far as I know, there is no place in the U.S. where any possible knife can be carried any possible place--there are always a few places where at least a few knives are restricted.

If your definition of "illegal" were valid then my concealed handgun is illegal because I can't carry it every possible place I want to. Clearly that's nonsense. My concealed handgun is legal for me to possess and legal for me to carry. I just have to keep in mind that there are a few places that are off limits to carry. Just as is true in any place in the country.

If your definition of "illegal" were valid, then in TX even knives UNDER 5.5 blade length are illegal because they can't be taken on airplanes or into courtrooms. Again, clearly nonsense.

Second, it may not be the "best possible news imaginable" but all of the changes in the law are positive and most are big positive changes. Maybe if the law had gotten much better in 10 ways but there was an 11th aspect which added more restrictions we could reasonably say that it was only "mostly" good news, but that's not the case. It is ALL good news, not "mostly" good news. If we're going to adopt your philosophy of what is "mostly" good news, we would have to say that winning a billion dollars in the lottery is only "mostly" good news because it doesn't solve every possible problem in a person's life. (e.g. "I won a billion dollars--but it's only "mostly" good news because my taxes will be huge this year and people are going to pester me for money now. Also, I still won't be able to afford to buy an F22 fighter. ")

It's fair to say that the new law isn't perfect, but then nothing is perfect. If the criteria for "all good news" is perfection then there is no such thing as good news in the real world.

Hopefully TX allows non-residents the same rules.

The only criteria I see in the new law are blade length, age, locations and activities. Nothing about where the person carrying the knife is from.

 

[hso]

Well, so many excellent knives have six-inch blades, so are still "illegal."

Not in states that have removed blade length limits. Knife Rights has done away with length limits in many states.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

It great to live in Texas and it is getting better all the time. Sept 1st will be a great day!
Freedom is being expanded in our State.

 

[Sig Bill]

I got my Cold Steel Heavy Duty sword cane. Damn I love it!

This is out of box: