tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7623171100778410272..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Texas criminalized uprooting seagrass, legalized switchblades (but not daggers, dirks, stilettos, poniards, or Bowie knives)Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11885291202429842162013-07-27T12:57:36.076-05:002013-07-27T12:57:36.076-05:00Illegal knives are illegal to carry on or about on...Illegal knives are illegal to carry on or about one's person when not in a vehicle or engaged in one of the listed exceptions ( see 46.15). They are not what switchblades have been for years, a prohibited weapon that is illegal to possess (others include chemical dispensing devices and knuckles).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34610989614312390982013-07-27T12:57:00.993-05:002013-07-27T12:57:00.993-05:00Illegal knives are illegal to carry on or about on...Illegal knives are illegal to carry on or about one's person when not in a vehicle or engaged in one of the listed exceptions ( see 46.15). They are not what switchblades have been for years, a prohibited weapon that is illegal to possess (others include chemical dispensing devices and knuckles).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6607467976235864752013-07-23T13:26:32.563-05:002013-07-23T13:26:32.563-05:00Phillip, I suppose you must thank some combination...Phillip, I suppose you must thank some combination of dumb luck and prosecutorial discretion as to why those knives don't get you prosecuted. As for what's legal or illegal, I suggest should read the referenced Penal Code provisions for yourself.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2740244916927104682013-07-23T13:04:36.064-05:002013-07-23T13:04:36.064-05:00Are such knives illegal just to posses or to have ...Are such knives illegal just to posses or to have in public? I guess I may be living in a TDCJ unit down the road. My chef knife is a good 10" if not longer. So's my bread knife. I also possess a Bowie knife and a sword. And what about those huge meat cleavers most BBQ joints use. They're throwable.<br /><br />Somebody needs to alert the Knights of Columbus and the Masons. There could be whole units devoted to knife crimes. All proving once again that our Lege often acts as a clown college.Phillip Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-76091476348811826412013-07-23T10:04:33.761-05:002013-07-23T10:04:33.761-05:00That's surprising, given the enormous fear gra...That's surprising, given the enormous fear grand jurors must feel going about their work, and the extraordinary steps they take to conceal their identities.<br /><br />http://www.bigjollypolitics.com/2013/07/22/if-harris-county-sheriffs-department-needs-a-helicopter-we-should-fund-it-legitimately/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27386672247696201842013-07-23T10:00:16.124-05:002013-07-23T10:00:16.124-05:00No, they focused exclusively on stuff that passed,...No, they focused exclusively on stuff that passed, which is all the practitioners care about. The stuff that failed is all insider baseball.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12973621640552291402013-07-23T08:35:09.330-05:002013-07-23T08:35:09.330-05:00Grits--any mention of the death of SB 834 (aka, th...Grits--any mention of the death of SB 834 (aka, the "Patricia Pollard Protection Act of 2013")?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com