Can I keep a knife in my car in Hawaii?
I'm 18, live in Hawaii, and was thinking about getting a rescue knife to keep in my car for general purposes just in case I need it when I'm camping or during an emergency; also the window punch and seat belt cutter could come in handy if something extreme happens. I was looking at the laws here: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS_0134-0051.htm but am having a hard time interpreting it; am I allowed to carry this knife or not? It's a 4 inch, spring assisted blade.
Spring assisted would be prohibited.}{
�134-51 Deadly weapons; prohibitions; penalty.
(a) Any person, not authorized by law, who carries
concealed upon the person's self or within any vehicle
used or occupied by the person or who is found armed
with any dirk, dagger, blackjack, slug shot, billy,
metal knuckles, pistol, or other deadly or dangerous
weapon shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be
immediately arrested without warrant by any sheriff,
police officer, or other officer or person. Any weapon,
above enumerated, upon conviction of the one carrying
or possessing it under this section, shall be summarily
destroyed by the chief of police or sheriff.
(b) Whoever knowingly possesses or intentionally uses or
threatens to use a deadly or dangerous weapon while
engaged in the commission of a crime shall be guilty of
a class C felony.
[L 1937, c 123, �1; RL 1945, �11114; RL 1955, �267-25;
HRS �727-25; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of �1; am L 1977, c 191, �2;
am L 1983, c 267, �1; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 211, �10;
am L 1990, c 195, �3 and c 281, �11; am L 1992, c 87, �4;
am L 1993, c 226, �1; am L 1999, c 285, �2]
�134-52 Switchblade knives; prohibitions; penalty.
(a) Whoever knowingly manufactures, sells, transfers,
possesses, or transports in the State any switchblade
knife, being any knife having a blade which opens
automatically (1) by hand pressure applied to a button
or other device in the handle of the knife, or
(2) by operation of inertia, gravity, or both, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Whoever knowingly possesses or intentionally uses
or threatens to use a switchblade knife while engaged in
the commission of a crime shall be guilty of a class C felony.
[L 1959, c 225, �1; Supp, �264-9; HRS �769-1;
ren L 1972, c 9, pt of �1; am L 1990, c 195, �4]
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